Alina Habba Mildon Loses $50 Million Contract

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Alina Habba Mildon was terminated last week by Concord Partners, the company owned by the family of Venezuelan businessman Julio Herrera Velutini, which canceled the remainder of a reported $50 million contract she had signed weeks before President Donald Trump pardoned Herrera Velutini. Concord Partners cited a November 4 letter saying Habba Mildon was fired for a "failure to perform duties," and a person familiar with the situation told The New York Times her priorities "shifted" after she began dating Turhan Mildon. The contract would have paid her $10 million every four years plus bonuses; Habba Mildon will reportedly keep an $8 million signing bonus and $6.5 million already paid to her, a total of $14.5 million. Herrera pleaded guilty in August 2025 to a misdemeanor campaign finance violation in a Puerto Rico bribery-related case; his family had worked to secure a pardon after hiring Habba Mildon and registering a law firm in Florida. Trump publicly condemned the deal as "totally obnoxious and outrageous," saying he did not want her paid and suggesting she donate the money to his presidential library; Habba Mildon briefly responded "haha" by text to a question about that suggestion and then deleted it. The New York Times reviewed the termination letter and reported the timeline linking the contract, the family's hiring, and the subsequent pardon.

Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

New Jersey Charges Alina Habba Mildon With Ethics Violations www.washingtonsun.com/legal/new-je...

4902d ago

Erinn8

She needs a bigger cross, ig

Stephanie; We Are All Pretti & Good🌻4

This is what seems to happen to most lawyers who work for Trump: Their careers turn into shit and they end up being disbarred. (Pay attention, Tod Blanche.)

Mark Ratledge4

That cross around her neck isn't going to stop her from being disbarred :)

Billy Portugal3

The consequences are coming. It will be glorious

Blair Palese2

Headline missed “Trump lawyer” and “illegal settlement”

coconutlizard.bsky.social2

Disbar - is she really a lawyer

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Dag.209

So you had a bad day.

James Grimmelmann12

The complaint is great reading. Trump's Bedminster golf club approached Habba (a member) to deal with a sexual harassment lawsuit by Alice Bianco. Habba approached Bianco, talked her into firing her current lawyer, and negotiated a $15,000 settlement, all without disclosing her conflict of interest.

Ernest Luckman5

This happened after Trump 1 also. Congress may not hold people accountable but state bars will.

Steve Herman

@newsguy.bsky.social

NYT - Alina Habba Mildon, one of Donald Trump’s former lawyers, was fired last week by the family company that gave her a $50 million contract weeks before the president granted a pardon to the family’s patriarch. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/u...

1352d ago

Rabbit of Caerbannog2

I hope she sues for wrongful termination so we can more details of this grift and who exactly was bribed for the pardon

Scribbie ♾️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦💕🦮🐦‍⬛🌎🥘1

I’m sure they just eliminated her as the middle man and gave the money to Trump directly via Crypto or some other untraceable method.

Yashar Ali 🐘

@yasharali.bsky.social

1. BREAKING The company controlled by a Venezuelan family whose patriarch received a pardon from President Trump has fired Alina Habba. A letter obtained by the NYT states that Habba failed to perform her duties.

1132d ago

Yashar Ali 🐘63

2. Habba will be allowed to keep her signing bonus and the pay she has received thus far, which total $14.5 million. The deal was said to be worth over $40 million. Trump, who was furious when he learned of the deal, said on camera he told an intermediary to tell the family they shouldn’t pay her

MartinC8

If the pardon was received that suggests she fulfilled her duties completely.

Thats Bananas2

I'll bet she and her husband saw this coming and that's probably why they backed out of two real estate deals for homes AFTER putting down deposits. I think they lost the deposits on both. Don't count your multi-million dollar homes until the payoff checks hatch!

Raw Story

@rawstory.com

Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba has been fired from a lucrative gig that infuriated President Donald Trump, according to a new report.

452d ago

⚡️It’s Got Electrolytes⚡️4

Back to parking garage law.😝

AKDftw4

Hahaha, they bought their pardon and didn’t even have to pay in full. Trump running discounts in a fire sale.

HongKongDongSong1

It infuriated Trump not because she pulled her own grift, but because he did not get a slice.

Willie Eckerslike1

But she still came out of it with $14.5m. Not too shabby.

Kristen Leist 🫘1

I’m sure her billionaire husband will provide for her.

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David Corn405

She still gets to keep $14.5 million. Don’t cry for this grifter!

Peter Baker

@peterbakernyt.bsky.social

Alina Habba Mildon is fired by the company that gave her a $50 million contract weeks before Trump granted a pardon to the family’s patriarch, a deal that even Trump called "totally obnoxious and outrageous." But she gets to keep $14.5 million. @tylerpager.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/u...

482d ago

5thgenfljane.bsky.social1

So, how much did Trump get?

Marlena (#felon47 is NOT my President) ❌👑

@ohpleeznotagain.bsky.social

#ProudBlue #GTS #DOOR #Blues You lose, Alina 🤣😆😂 Alina Habba Mildon Loses $50 Million Contract That Enraged Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/u...

362d ago

Feisty14

#ProudBlue #GTS Alina should have paid the mob boss his cut before the deal became public. You don't scam a scammer.

Wile E. Coyote's ACME Sales Rep3

Trump was just angry that he probably felt he deserved the $50 million bribe. Alina didn't pardon anybody...😱

Orin Kerr

@orinkerr.bsky.social

Alina Habba keeps the $14.5 million already paid out, but the company that hired her for $50 million is canceling the rest of the contract, as Habba apparently considers a lawsuit. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/u...

522d ago

gm0rk.bsky.social1

How is she supposed to understand the concept of discovery ?

darkwebmallcop.bsky.social1

Unless she’s determined to expose even more Trump orbit corruption she should probably just take the money and keep her head down until the inevitable Congressional subpoena comes down

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Ben K.5

This inept idiot got $50 million???? I am way too honest a person. Imagine the money I could make.

Adam Bonin

@adambonin.bsky.social

Sure, Alina Habba Mildon only keeps $14.5M from her $50M contract, but that dead cap hit is going to cripple the pardon grantee on the free agent market. www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/u...

Alina Habba Mildon, one of President Trump’s former lawyers, was fired last week by the family company that gave her a $50 million contract weeks before Mr. Trump granted a pardon to the family’s patriarch.

In a letter dated Nov. 4, the company, Concord Partners, terminated Mrs. Mildon citing a “failure to perform duties,” according to a person close to the family and documents obtained by The New York Times. The person said Mrs. Mildon’s priorities appeared to shift away from Concord after she started dating Turhan Mildon, a 25-year-old Turkish investor, earlier this year.

The firing came days after the disclosure of the deal by The Times prompted an angry outburst from Mr. Trump, who called the deal “totally obnoxious and outrageous” and urged the Herrera family not to pay her.

Mrs. Mildon will keep $6.5 million that was already paid to her and her signing bonus of $8 million. But she had signed a four-year contract that would have paid her $10 million a year for four years along with a range of bonuses.

282d ago

Frida Ghitis

@fridaghitis.bsky.social

🧐 “Any insinuation that my employment…had anything to do with securing a pardon is false,” www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/u...

172d ago

[The Great War & Modern Memory]2

"Mrs. Mildon [Habba] will keep $6.5 million that was already paid to her and her signing bonus of $8 million. But she had signed a four-year contract that would have paid her $10 million a year for four years along with a range of bonuses."

debm55.bsky.social1

Good. That was ridiculous. Corruption is normal every day business to them.

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Khashoggi's Ghost177

Alina never thought that orange leopard would eat HER face.

All Cattes Are Best Cattes4

She still got 14.5 million out of it, goddamn vile corrupt Nazi scumbag.

David Waldman

@kagrox.bsky.social

Well, if you sign a $50 million contract to hire a lawyer and then don’t have to pay it when you fire her, you’ve really dodged a bullet! Two, I guess! www.nytimes.com/2026/11/10/u...

192d ago

HuffPost

@huffpost.com

Habba reportedly agreed to the high-dollar contract with a Venezuelan banker just weeks before he was granted a presidential pardon.

162d ago

@GottaLaff

@gottalaff.bsky.social

"In a letter dated Nov. 4, the company, Concord Partners, terminated Alina Habba Mildon citing a “failure to perform duties” ..The person said Mrs. Mildon’s priorities appeared to shift away from Concord after she started dating Turhan Mildon, a 25-year-old Turkish investor, earlier this year."

112d ago

Kathleen Clark

@kathleenclark.bsky.social

Great article, @josepagliery.bsky.social And thanks for linking to the bar complaint. Alina Habba Mildon rationalized her actions by claiming “that, from her point of view, she was a neutral third party whose ‘job was to make everybody happy,’” rather than representing her client’s interests.

According to the complaint, Mildon told ethics officials during an Oct. 10, 2024, interview and written submissions that, from her point of view, she was a neutral third party whose "job was to make everybody happy and make this move along so that everyone could get along with their lives."
In previous interviews with The Sun, Bianco made clear that she was operating with the understanding that Mildon was her lawyer.

122d ago

Ole Vet USAF

@olevetusaf.bsky.social

www.rawstory.com/alina-habba-... "I thought it was terrible," Trump told reporters then. "I told her, and I said, 'I don't want her paid.'" Yeah, Trump didn't get his cut of the deal!!!

122d ago

Gary Schwall Sr.

@glschwall.bsky.social

Alina Habba's millions go up in smoke as pardoned billionaire’s family axes contract: NYT www.rawstory.com/alina-habba-...

62d ago

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