Trump Condemns Ex-Attorney Habba’s $50M Deal with Pardoned Banker’s Family
President Trump publicly criticized his former personal attorney, Alina Habba, for signing a reported $50 million four-year contract with the family of Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini. The deal, which included a $10 million annual salary, was finalized while Habba served as a senior adviser at the Justice Department, shortly before Trump pardoned Herrera. Habba denies any connection between her employment and the pardon, calling the timing coincidental, but Trump labeled the arrangement 'obnoxious and outrageous' and suggested some funds should go to his presidential library.