Former Trump attorney and ex-New Jersey federal prosecutor Alina Habba is reportedly marrying a 29-year-old Turkish billionaire this weekend, capping a rapid courtship that began at a Kennedy Center event earlier this year.
Habba, 42, and Turhan Mildon, CEO of the Turkish multinational conglomerate Miller Holding, are scheduled to wed Saturday at an undisclosed location, the New York Post reported, citing an earlier account from The Correspondent, an independent news outlet that first broke the engagement on Tuesday.
Mildon is 13 years Habba's junior. This will be her third marriage and his second. The Daily Mail reported that Mildon is also previously divorced.
The Correspondent reported that the couple first met earlier this year at a Kennedy Center event in Washington. By April, they were spotted together publicly at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, an evening cut short when a gunman attempted to rush the ballroom.
They surfaced again on the Fourth of July at the Executive Branch, a private club in Washington, D.C., that caters to the capital's political class.
Most recently, the Daily Mail encountered Habba and Mildon outside the Polo Room, a restaurant in West Palm Beach, Florida. Habba was wearing a large diamond engagement ring the outlet described as believed to be at least 23 carats.
The speed of the courtship is striking, even by Washington standards. High-profile relationships among political figures often draw intense public scrutiny, and Habba's trajectory from the West Wing to a third trip down the aisle has been no exception.
Habba first rose to national prominence in 2021, when President Trump hired her as his personal attorney. She became a visible defender of the president during a stretch of legal challenges and media appearances that made her a recognizable figure in conservative circles.
She later moved into government, briefly serving in the West Wing as a counselor to the president before being picked to lead the New Jersey U.S. Attorney's Office, the state's top federal prosecutor post. She resigned from that role last December.
Sometime after stepping down from the prosecutor's office, Habba divorced her second husband, Gregg Reuben, described as a parking lot magnate. She had previously divorced her first husband, attorney Matthew Eyet, in 2019.
Trump's personal and professional relationships have always drawn public attention. The president's own interpersonal dynamics, from early friction with King Charles over climate policy to his loyalty to close allies, have been a recurring feature of his political life. Habba's closeness to the president's orbit ensures her personal milestones get a similar level of scrutiny.
Mildon, at 29, leads Miller Holding, a prominent Turkish multinational conglomerate founded by his grandfather in 1967. The firm specializes in energy, construction, and mining.
The Correspondent reported that Mildon has developed close ties to government leaders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Venezuela through his business dealings. Among those named was Delcy Rodriguez, described by the outlet as Venezuela's interim president.
The nature of those government relationships, whether purely commercial, political, or both, was not detailed in the reporting. Nor has either Habba or Mildon publicly confirmed the engagement or commented on the record.
For a former Trump administration official who has been floated as a potential successor to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, a marriage to a foreign businessman with ties to governments in Africa and South America will inevitably raise questions in Washington. Habba has denied having interest in the press secretary role.
Celebrity relationship news, from late-night family announcements to sudden engagements, tends to move fast and fade faster. Whether Habba's next chapter stays in the tabloids or returns to the political arena is the open question no one in her circle seems ready to answer.
Washington will watch either way. It always does when power, money, and proximity to the president converge in one story.
