Trump slams ex-lawyer’s $50m deal with pardoned banker’s family

Author: Al Jazeera Staff and ReutersPublished on: November 1, 2026Country: United States

PoliticsCrime & Law

Trump slams ex-lawyer’s $50m deal with pardoned banker’s family

Donald Trump called the more than $50 million contract signed by his former lawyer Alina Habba Mildon with the family of Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini “unacceptable.” According to The New York Times, she signed a four-year deal with a family-owned company in October 2025 while serving as acting US attorney for New Jersey. Herrera, accused of bribing former Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced, reached a plea deal in August 2025 before receiving a presidential pardon from Trump. Habba Mildon later became a senior adviser at the Justice Department and officially began working for the banker’s family on January 1.

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