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Trump slams ex-lawyer’s $50m deal with pardoned banker’s family
Al Jazeera • • nation
Key Points:
- Former US President Donald Trump criticized his ex-lawyer Alina Habba Mildon for signing a contract worth over $50 million with the family of Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini, whom Trump later pardoned.
- Habba Mildon signed the lucrative four-year deal while serving as a federal prosecutor and later worked for the banker’s family while still employed as a senior adviser to the US Department of Justice.
- Herrera faced federal bribery charges related to alleged bribery of Puerto Rico's former governor and reached a plea deal before Trump granted him a full presidential pardon in January 2026.
- The arrangement has raised conflict of interest concerns due to Habba Mildon’s government role and ties to Trump, though she denies involvement in securing the pardon.
- Trump expressed anger over the contract's size, reportedly urging Habba Mildon to donate some earnings to his presidential library and calling the situation "terrible."
