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Former President Donald Trump’s defamation trial has put his attorney, Alina Habba, and the presiding judge, Arthur Engoron, at the forefront of media headlines. These exchanges have been marked by ongoing disagreements, with the seasoned judge occasionally questioning Habba’s comprehension of legal intricacies. Nonetheless, remarkably, at the age of 39, Habba has rapidly transitioned from being a relatively obscure litigator to taking on a prominent role in handling some of the ex-president’s most intricate legal challenges.
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Habba’s roots trace back to New Jersey, where she was born to Chaldean Catholic parents who sought refuge from persecution in Iraq during the early 1980s. However, her breakthrough with the former President occurred when she represented him in a $100 million lawsuit against the New York Times and his estranged niece, Mary L. Trump. While the court recently ruled in favor of the NYT, Habba’s overall performance in representing Trump has been varied. Nonetheless, Trump praised Habba for her effective management of the case in which the former POTUS was accused of sexual assault.
