Why did Trump lawyer Alina Habba makes, then backs off, 'conflict' allegation against E. Jean Carroll judge

Habba had complained after a report alleged that U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan was a "mentor" to Carroll's lawyer 30 years ago. Carroll's lawyer called the claim "utterly baseless

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Habba on Monday filed a letter with the court citing a New York Post story that said U.S

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District Judge Lewis Kaplan and Carroll attorney Roberta Kaplan, who are not related, had worked at the major law firm Paul, Weiss

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Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in the 1990s. An unidentified former partner at the firm

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Habba told the New York Post that the situation was "insane and so incestuous

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Her letter suggested the "conflict" might have something to do with his "rulings, tone, and demeanor

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Roberta Kaplan responded in a letter of her own to the judge Tuesday, saying the "allegations are utterly baseless

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