Trump Presses Former Lawyer for Share of $50 Million Venezuelan Deal

President Donald Trump has publicly urged his former personal attorney, Alina Habba Mildon, to contribute part of a multiyear contract worth more than $50 million to his planned presidential-library fund. The contract, signed on January 1, 2026, makes Mildon general counsel for Concord Partners, a company founded by the daughter of Venezuelan billionaire Julio Herrera Velutini.

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Mildon, who previously served as Trump’s personal lawyer and briefly as U.S. attorney in New Jersey, entered the four-year agreement while still a Justice Department adviser. The deal was finalized weeks before Trump granted Herrera a full pardon for a misdemeanor campaign-finance violation. Herrera had earlier faced felony bribery charges but pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor in 2025. Mildon has denied any link between her employment and the pardon, calling such suggestions “false and defamatory” in a statement posted on X on October 20, 2026.

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• Contract length: four years, beginning January 1, 2026.

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• Annual fee: $10 million, plus additional bonuses, totaling over $50 million for the term.

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• Trump’s library fundraising goal: $1 billion for a Miami-based presidential library.

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Trump’s office has not confirmed whether he directly asked Mildon to donate; sources say he “raised the idea” with others. In a scheduled press briefing before boarding Air Force One on October 28, 2026, Trump is expected to comment that the money “went to essentially a charity.” Mildon’s public response reiterated that her employment was fully disclosed to the Department of Justice and unrelated to Herrera’s pardon.

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• “They took the money and they gave it to essentially a charity,” — President Trump

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