Alina Habba Mildon, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, has lost a four-year contract worth more than $50 million to serve as general counsel for Concord Partners, a Miami, Florida-based company, according to The New York Times. A source familiar with the matter confirmed the termination to Fox News Digital.
Concord Partners was founded by Isabela Herrera, daughter of Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini, whom Trump pardoned earlier this year. In a Nov. 4 termination letter obtained by The New York Times, the company cited a “failure to perform duties.”
The firing came days after Trump publicly criticized the arrangement. At Mar-a-Lago on Oct. 31, he told reporters, “I thought it was terrible. I told her, and I said, ‘I don’t want her paid.'” He described the deal as “totally obnoxious and outrageous” and “not acceptable,” Reuters reported.
Habba Mildon signed the agreement with Concord Partners in October 2025 while serving as acting U.S. attorney for New Jersey. She began working for the company on Jan. 1, 2026, shortly after becoming a senior adviser to Attorney General Pam Bondi, according to The New York Times.
Trump pardoned Herrera Velutini on Jan. 15, 2026, just two weeks after Habba Mildon began her role with the company founded by his daughter. Herrera had faced federal bribery charges tied to an alleged scheme involving Puerto Rico’s governor and reached a plea deal in August 2025, accepting a misdemeanor campaign finance violation.
Habba Mildon has denied any role in securing the pardon. In an Oct. 21 post on X, she wrote: “The Fake News still seems very confused by this so let me be even more clear: I was never paid to secure a pardon. I never met with anyone at the White House or DOJ about a pardon. I’ve never done any work in any capacity whatsoever for a pardon for anyone, period.”
According to The New York Times, Habba Mildon had already received about $14.5 million under the contract, including an $8 million signing bonus and $6.5 million in additional payments.
Fox News Digital reached out to Habba Mildon and the White House for comment.
