Alina Habba’s ‘weird’ angry letter will come back to bite her: analyst

Alina Habba’s ‘weird’ letter bemoaning a decades-old work relationship between E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer and the judge who oversaw former President Donald Trump’s civil defamation trial didn't do the much-maligned lawyer any favors, a new legal analysis contends.

Former prosecutor Jordan Rubin raised a serious eyebrow Tuesday at Habba’s letter accusing Judge Lewis Kaplan of concealing his mentorship of attorney Roberta Kaplan, at a white-shoe law firm about 30 years ago.

“She does a weird thing there,” Rubin writes. “Habba's effort may hurt her in the long run.”

Rubin was baffled by Habba’s decision to bold language from the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges pertaining to work relationships that would mandate a judge’s recusal.

He notes the language Habba bolded would only apply if the two Kaplans (no relation) had worked together while Carroll’s lawyer was pursuing her case.

“The language Habba highlighted appears to show why her own claim has no merit,” Rubin argues.

What’s more, Kaplan, the attorney, has disputed the New York Post report Habba relies on, arguing the lone anonymous source who spoke to the tabloid mischaracterized their working relationship.

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Kaplan says she doesn’t even recall working with the judge at the firm in the early 1990s and has threatened Habba with legal action.

“What is actually troubling is both the substance and timing of her false accusations of impropriety by on the part of E. Jean Carroll’s counsel or the Court,” Kaplan wrote in a response.

“We reserve all rights, including but not limited to the right to seek sanctions.”

As Rubin summarizes it, "Carroll's lawyer is not amused."