Wedding reception for ex-Trump official Alina Habba and Turkish billionaire begins at posh NYC hotel
The lavish, star-studded wedding reception of Alina Habba, the former acting New Jersey US attorney and one-time person lawyer for President Donald Trump, kicked off at the Waldorf Astoria Saturday.Habba, 42, was set to wed Turkish billionaire Turhan Mildon, 29, CEO of Miller Holding, a prominent Turkish multinational conglomerate founded by his grandfather in 1967 sometime this weekend.
It’s unclear if couple has said “I do” yet, but celebrations were beginning Saturday evening in the legendary midtown hotel’s fourth-floor ballroom, which was festooned with scores of pink and white cherry blossoms and hundreds of red roses.One top event planner estimated that the cost to rent the ballroom and provide the music and flowers is “easily $1 million.” However, that doesn’t factor in any extra costs for renting guest rooms or additional public spaces in the hotel, the source said. The couple planned the swanky spectacle in just three months and brought in two top Palm Beach wedding planners, a source told The Post, noting Habba and Mildon wanted to celebrate at the iconic Plaza Hotel but it was booked out.Through his business, which specializes in energy, construction and mining, Mildon has reportedly developed close ties to government leaders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Venezuela, including interim President Delcy Rodriguez.Hours before the glittering reception, Habba’s two young children, daughter Chloe and son Luke, were seen brought through the lobby by a Waldorf staffer.Margo Martin, a special assistant and communication advisor to President Trump was among the early guests to arrive.Other notable administration officials spotted at the star-studded bash included Director of the FBI Kash Patel and US Attorney General Todd Blanche.Trump did not attend the Saturday night event as he was in Knoxville, Tennessee, to watch a huge college football game where No.
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