President Donald Trump said on Oct. 31 that it’s “unacceptable” that former U.S. Attorney Alina Habba Mildon signed a $50 million multi-year contract while serving in the Department of Justice.
“I thought it was totally obnoxious and outrageous, and it’s not acceptable,” Trump told reporters at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. “Not acceptable at all.”
His comments were in response to a New York Times report published earlier that week that said Mildon was offered a contract by the family of Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini, which guaranteed more than $50 million paid out at a rate of $10 million per year plus bonuses over a span of four years.
Herrera was facing U.S. felony bribery charges but struck a plea deal in August 2025 for a misdemeanor. He later received a pardon from Trump.
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