Alina Habba Mildon, a former personal attorney to President Donald Trump, has lost a four-year contract valued at more than $50 million to serve as general counsel for Concord Partners, a Florida company founded by Isabela Herrera, the daughter of Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini.
Reports say the company ended the agreement after Trump urged the Herrera family to stop paying Habba Mildon. A source familiar with the matter confirmed the termination. In a letter dated Nov. 4, Concord Partners cited a “failure to perform duties.”
Trump pardoned Herrera Velutini on Jan. 15, 2026, about two weeks after Habba Mildon began working for the company. Herrera Velutini had faced federal bribery charges related to an alleged scheme involving Puerto Rico’s governor. In August 2025, he reached a plea deal over a misdemeanor campaign finance violation.
The contract’s termination came days after Trump criticized the arrangement, calling it excessive and saying he did not want Habba Mildon to receive the money. “I thought it was terrible,” he told reporters at Mar-a-Lago on Oct. 31, adding that he had told her, “I don’t want her paid.” He described the deal as “totally obnoxious and outrageous” and “not acceptable.”
Habba Mildon has denied having any role in obtaining Herrera Velutini’s pardon. In an Oct. 21 post on X, she said she was never paid to secure a pardon and had not met with anyone at the White House or the Justice Department about one.
She signed the Concord Partners agreement in October 2025, while serving as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey. She started work at the company on Jan. 1, 2026, after becoming a senior adviser to Attorney General Pam Bondi. By the time her contract ended, she had received about $14.5 million, including an $8 million signing bonus and $6.5 million in other payments.
