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Alina Habba is withdrawing as Trump’s lead attorney for E. Jean Carroll’s rape claim. Last month, a federal judge sanctioned her $1 million for bad lawyering.
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Alina Habba is stepping down as lead counsel representing Donald Trump in E. Jean Carroll’s rape lawsuit.
Joe Tacopina, who has represented the Washington Commanders NFL team and Meek Mill, will lead Trump’s team.
Carroll’s lawyer said in a court filing that Habba would withdraw entirely — which Habba and Tacopina denied.
Donald Trump’s go-to attorney Alina Habba and her law partner Michael Madaio are stepping down as the lead attorneys representing the ex-president in a pending rape lawsuit against him, court filings show.
The move comes in a case filed by…