{"publisher":{"name":"MediaBias News","url":"https://mediabias.news","methodology":"https://mediabias.news/methodology","editorialPrinciples":"https://mediabias.news/editorial-principles","corrections":"https://mediabias.news/corrections"},"scoreGuide":{"trust":"How well corroborated and evidenced the source reporting is. 0-100, higher is better.","critic":"Craft quality of the source journalism: context, balance, fact vs comment. 0-100, higher is better.","hype":"How far the source presentation runs ahead of substance. 0-100, LOWER IS BETTER.","scope":"Scores assess the original reporting this article was written from, not the truth of the underlying event and not the quality of this write-up."},"assessmentGuide":{"type":"coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis","factCheck":{"status":"not-performed","note":"Media Bias News compares coverage and scores the source reporting. It does not currently publish a ClaimReview verdict on whether the underlying event or claim is true."},"sourceFactuality":{"note":"Factuality values describe published ratings of the outlets that covered the story. They are not a factuality verdict on this story or its claims."}},"story":{"id":"https://mediabias.news/politics/trump-demanded-cut-of-ex-lawyers-50-million-contract","slug":"trump-demanded-cut-of-ex-lawyers-50-million-contract","url":"https://mediabias.news/politics/trump-demanded-cut-of-ex-lawyers-50-million-contract","title":"Trump demanded cut of ex-lawyer's $50 million contract","subtitle":"President reportedly reacted angrily to Alina Habba Mildon's deal with a Venezuelan family.","excerpt":"Donald Trump reportedly became angry upon learning his former lawyer, Alina Habba Mildon, secured a $50 million contract with a Venezuelan billionaire family. He suggested she donate a portion of the money to his future presidential library.","category":"Politics","area":"United States","publishedAt":"2026-11-01T03:05:33.307Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-11-01T02:39:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-11-02T07:15:26.049Z","readTime":"3 min read","scores":{"trust":76,"critic":87,"hype":45,"notes":{"trust":"Trust 76 – named persons, specific $50 M figure, and two independent outlets corroborate the contract details.","critic":"Critic 87 – provides context, quotes from Habba and Grenell, clear facts, specific numbers, and coherent narrative.","hype":"Hype 45 – digests use sensational headlines, but article content remains proportionate."}},"tags":["#DonaldTrump","#AlinaHabba","#VelutiniFamily","#PresidentialPardon","#LegalContracts"],"entities":["Donald Trump","Alina Habba Mildon","Velutini family","Julio Herrera Velutini","Concord Partners"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Alina Habba Mildon obtained a $50 million contract to work for the Venezuelan billionaire Velutini family.","President Donald Trump reacted angrily to the contract, calling it 'not acceptable' and suggesting Habba Mildon donate some of the money to his presidential library.","The contract stipulated $10 million annually for four years, plus bonuses, for Habba Mildon to serve as general counsel to Concord Partners.","Julio Herrera Velutini, a banker indicted in 2022, was pardoned by Trump in January after pleading guilty to a campaign finance violation."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Alina Habba Mildon secured a $50 million contract to work for the Venezuelan billionaire Velutini family. The agreement provided $10 million per year for four years, plus bonuses, for Habba Mildon to serve as general counsel to Concord Partners, a company established in 2025 by the wife of Julio Herrera Velutini. Herrera Velutini, a banker who was indicted in 2022, received a pardon from President Donald Trump in January after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor campaign finance violation."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"President Trump reacted angrily to the contract, calling it \"not acceptable\" and suggesting that Habba Mildon donate part of the money to his future presidential library or another Trump-affiliated cause. Habba Mildon has denied that her employment was related to securing the pardon, stating that such allegations are false. She also stated on social media that she was never paid to secure a pardon and never met with anyone at the White House or Department of Justice regarding a pardon."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on Habba Mildon's role"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Sources with knowledge of Habba Mildon's contract suggested to The New York Times that she was hired to help secure the pardon, according to The Independent. Habba Mildon, however, denied any role in obtaining the presidential pardon, stating to The New York Times that \"any insinuation that my employment, all of which has been vetted and disclosed to the D.O.J., had anything to do with securing a pardon is false.\""},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No right-rated reports covered this story. The digests from unrated outlets BizToc, Tr724, and Folha de S.Paulo did not mention the specific amount of the contract or Trump's reaction to it. Tr724 mentioned the contract was \"over $50 million\" and that Trump requested a portion be donated, while Folha de S.Paulo stated Habba \"says her legal work had nothing to do with acquittal.\""}],"basedOn":[{"sourceName":"القدس العربي","url":"https://alquds.co.uk/%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8-%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D8%A8%D9%91","headline":"Trump's Ex-Law Is Attacking Elena with a Pill because of a $50 Million Contract in the Middle of a Debate About a Presidential Pardon.","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T01:54:50.000Z"},{"sourceName":"realnewsnow.com","url":"https://realnewsnow.com/president-trump-blasts-alina-habba-over-50-million-deal-with-family-of-pardoned-venezuelan-banker","headline":"President Trump Blasts Alina Habba Over $50 Million Deal With Family of Pardoned Venezuelan Banker - Real News Now","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T01:37:49.000Z"},{"sourceName":"The Epoch Times","url":"https://theepochtimes.com/us/trump-calls-former-us-attorneys-50-million-contract-unacceptable-6111849","headline":"Trump Calls Former US Attorney’s $50 Million Contract ‘Unacceptable’","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T01:10:56.000Z"},{"sourceName":"New York Post","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/11/01/us-news/trump-rips-alina-habbas-50m-deal-with-pardoned-venezuelan-bankers-family","headline":"Trump rips ex-lawyer Alina Habba’s ‘obnoxious’ $50M deal with pardoned Venezuelan banker’s family","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-02T00:15:20.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Palm Beach Post","url":"https://palmbeachpost.com/story/news/trump/2026/11/01/trump-halloween-gala-golf-telerallies-plus-rebuke-of-alina-habba/92518623007","headline":"Trump hosts Halloween bash, rips legal ally's reported $50 ...","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-01T20:34:43.788Z"},{"sourceName":"Avaz.ba","url":"https://avaz.ba/vijesti/globus/1084696/slucaj-izazvao-buru-u-vasingtonu-tramp-nazvao-odvratnim-visemilionski-ugovor-bivse-tuziteljice-aline-haba-mildon","headline":"The Case Caused a Storm in Washington: Trump Called the Multimillion-Dollar Contract of Former Prosecutor Alina Haba Mildon \"Disgusting\".","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-01T17:27:21.000Z"},{"sourceName":"The Hill","url":"https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6186814-trump-calls-habba-pay-outrageous","headline":"Trump calls Alina Habba Mildon’s $50M deal ‘obnoxious’","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-01T16:12:08.000Z"},{"sourceName":"Al Jazeera","url":"https://aljazeera.com/news/2026/11/1/trump-slams-ex-lawyers-50m-deal-with-pardoned-bankers-family","headline":"Trump slams ex-lawyer’s $50m deal with pardoned banker’s family","angle":"","publishedAt":"2026-11-01T15:50:19.000Z"},{"sourceName":"thedailybs.com","url":"https://thedailybs.com/2026/11/01/trump-erupts-over-alina-habbas-50-million-deal-with-pardoned-billionaires-family-i-dont-want-her-paid","headline":"Trump erupts over Alina Habba's $50 million deal with pardoned billionaire's family: 'I don't want her paid' - 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