The lavish, star-studded wedding reception of Alina Habba, the former acting New Jersey US attorney and one-time personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, kicked off at the Waldorf Astoria Saturday.<\/p>\n
Habba, 42,<\/a> was set to wed Turkish billionaire Turhan Mildon, 29,\u00a0CEO of Miller Holding, a prominent Turkish multinational conglomerate founded by his grandfather in 1967 sometime this weekend. <\/p>\n Former lawyer to President Trump, Alina Habba\u2019s lavish wedding reception kicked off at the Waldorf Astoria Saturday night. ABC via Getty Images<\/p>\n It\u2019s unclear if the couple has said \u201cI do\u201d yet, but celebrations were beginning Saturday evening in the legendary midtown hotel\u2019s fourth-floor ballroom, which was festooned with scores of pink and white cherry blossoms and hundreds of red roses.<\/p>\n One top event planner estimated that the cost to rent the ballroom and provide the music and flowers is \u201ceasily $1 million.\u201d However, that doesn\u2019t factor in any extra costs for renting guest rooms or additional public spaces in the hotel, the source said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The hotel\u2019s ballroom was festooned with scores of pink and white cherry blossoms and hundreds of red roses. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n 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. <\/p>\n 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n Habba, 42, was set to wed Turkish billionaire Turhan Mildon, 29,\u00a0CEO of Miller Holding, a prominent Turkish multinational conglomerate Credit: Miller Holding<\/p>\n Hours before the glittering reception, Habba\u2019s two young children, daughter Chloe and son Luke, were seen brought through the lobby by a staffer.<\/p>\n Margo Martin, a special assistant and communication advisor to President Trump was among the early guests to arrive.<\/p>\n Other notable administration officials spotted at the star-studded bash included Director of the FBI Kash Patel and US Attorney General Todd Blanche.<\/p>\n Top administration officials including Director of the FBI Kash Patel, US Attorney General Todd Blanche and special assistant to President Trump Margot Martin attended the glittering event. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n Trump did not attend the Saturday night event as he was in Knoxville, Tennessee, to watch a huge college football game where No. 1 Texas survived No. 14 Tennessee 20-17.<\/p>\n The couple was first spotted together publicly in April, at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner that was cut short when a gunman attempted to rush the ballroom<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n They were later seen partying together at the Executive Branch<\/a>, a private club in Washington, DC, on the Fourth of July.\u00a0<\/p>\n Guests started attending the Waldorf Astoria Saturday afternoon ahead of the swanky spectacle. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n