Trump Denounces Alina Habba Mildon’s $50 Million Contract Tied to Pardon Bid
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Updated · The New York Times · Nov 1
Trump Denounces Alina Habba Mildon’s $50 Million Contract Tied to Pardon Bid
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Nov 1
Summary
At Mar-a-Lago, Trump called Alina Habba Mildon’s four-year, $50 million-plus contract with a Venezuelan billionaire family “obnoxious,” “outrageous” and “not acceptable.”
The deal paid $10 million a year plus bonuses for work with a company started by Julio Herrera Velutini’s daughter; Trump said Mildon used her relationship while the family was seeking a presidential pardon.
Mildon formally began the job on Jan. 1, and Trump granted Herrera a full pardon weeks later for a misdemeanor campaign-finance conviction after he had avoided felony bribery charges in a 2025 plea deal.
Trump said he had told Mildon he did not want her paid and had aides raise the issue with the family, though he stopped short of demanding a donation after earlier suggesting some money go to his future presidential library.
Mildon, a former Trump personal lawyer and briefly U.S. attorney in New Jersey, has said she played no role in the pardon and did not respond to the latest criticism.