Trump calls Alina Habba Mildon’s $50M deal ‘obnoxious’

President Trump called his former lawyer Alina Habba Mildon’s alleged $50 million deal for a presidential pardon “obnoxious and outrageous.”

While at a Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, Trump had some harsh words for Habba Mildon, who was accused in a recent New York Times report of accepting a deal worth $50 million from Venezuelan billionaire Julio Herrera Velutini.

The deal intended for Habba Mildon to work to secure a presidential pardon in her capacity as a senior advisor at the Justice Department.

“I thought it was terrible. I told her,” Trump told reporters. “I said I don’t want her paid. I thought we had somebody speak to the people that did it, and she used her relationship to do that.”

“And it was far too much. You know, it’s one thing for a person to get paid legal fees or whatever, she’s a lawyer. I thought it was totally obnoxious and outrageous, and it’s not acceptable. Not acceptable,” the president continued.

A reporter followed up with Trump on reports that he told White House aides that Mildon should donate a portion of the $50 million to the president’s future presidential library or another Trump business, per The Times.

“Not [Habba]. I expect many people. I don’t know if anybody wants to make it, but it’s unacceptable what she did. Unacceptable,” he responded.

The contract Mildon accepted reportedly guaranteed her $10 million a year for four years alongside bonuses, according to interviews and documents obtained by The Times, which stated her work started in January weeks before Trump gave Herrera a full pardon for misdemeanor campaign finance violations.

Herrera, the founder of Bancrédito International Bank & Trust, also faced charges in 2022 for conspiracy, bribery and fraud.