Trump's ex-lawyer Alina Habba loses massive contract days after president blasts 'outrageous' deal
President Donald Trump's former personal attorney, Alina Habba Mildon, has lost a four-year contract worth more than $50 million to serve as general counsel for a company founded by the daughter of a Venezuelan billionaire Trump pardoned earlier this year, according to The New York Times.Concord Partners, a Florida-based company founded by Isabela Herrera, daughter of Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini, terminated Habba Mildon’s contract after President Donald Trump urged the Herrera family to stop paying her, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Wednesday.A source familiar with the matter confirmed the termination to Fox News Digital.TRUMP SIGNS PARDONS FOR ALASKA DIESEL MECHANICS ONSTAGE DURING RALLY TOUTING MAJOR ENERGY DEALSWhite House Presidential Counselor Alina Habba delivers remarks before being sworn in as the interim U.S.attorney for New Jersey in the Oval Office at the White House March 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
Habba is a former personal attorney for President Donald Trump. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)Concord Partners cited a "failure to perform duties" in a Nov.
4 termination letter obtained by The New York Times.Trump pardoned Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini Jan.15, 2026, just two weeks after Habba Mildon began working for the company founded by his daughter.
Herrera faced federal bribery charges tied to an alleged scheme involving Puerto Rico’s governor and struck a plea deal accepting a misdemeanor campaign finance violation in August 2025.The firing came just days after Trump publicly blasted Habba Mildon’s $50 million arrangement as excessive and said he did not want her to receive the money."I thought it was terrible," Trump told reporters at Mar-a-Lago Oct.31, Reuters reported.
"I told her, and I said, 'I don't want her paid.'" He called the arrangement "totally obnoxious and outrageous" and "not acceptable."President Donald Trump listens as White House Presidential Counselor Alina Habba delivers remarks before being ...