Trump slams ex-lawyer’s $50m deal with pardoned banker’s family
Summary
President Donald Trump criticized former lawyer Alina Habba Mildon over a contract worth more than $50 million with a company owned by the family of Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini. The reported deal began while she was a Justice Department adviser, and Herrera received a presidential pardon two weeks after she started working for his family. Habba Mildon has denied helping secure the pardon.Key Facts
- The New York Times reported that Habba Mildon signed a four-year contract in October 2025 with Concord Partners, a company owned by Herrera’s family.
- The contract reportedly guaranteed her more than $50 million, including a $10 million annual salary and bonuses.
- At the time she signed the contract, Habba Mildon was acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey; she later became a senior adviser to the attorney general.
- Habba Mildon began working for Herrera’s family on January 1 while still employed by the Justice Department.
- Trump pardoned Herrera on January 15, according to the article.
- Herrera had faced U.S. federal bribery charges over an alleged payment to former Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced; he reached a plea deal with prosecutors in August 2025.
- Habba Mildon said she had not worked to obtain Herrera’s pardon or discussed it with officials at the White House or Justice Department.
- Trump called the arrangement unacceptable and said he told Habba Mildon he did not want her to be paid.
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