Alina Habba Mildon Terminated from $50M Concord Partners Role Following Trump Criticism

POLICY WIRE — Florida, USA — Alina Habba Mildon, who previously served as an attorney for Donald Trump, has been dismissed from her high-paying position at Concord Partners. The firing comes after a period of intense public attention regarding her lucrative employment agreement.

A termination letter dated November 4 indicates that the Florida-based firm cited a failure to perform her required duties as the justification for the release. Concord Partners was established by the family of Venezuelan banking mogul Julio Herrera Velutini.

An individual close to the Herrera family suggested that Mildon’s focus waned after she began a relationship with Turkish investor Turhan Mildon earlier this year. This professional exit follows vocal disapproval from Trump, who criticized the expensive deal once the contract details became public.

Trump remarked to reporters last month that he found the arrangement terrible and explicitly told her he did not want her to be paid. The former president claimed she utilized her personal connections to facilitate the deal, which he described as being far too much.

In further comments reported by Mediaite, Trump characterized the contract as obnoxious and outrageous, noting that while legal fees are standard for a lawyer, this specific situation was not acceptable whatsoever.

After the media uncovered the agreement, Trump reportedly advised his inner circle that the Herrera family should stop paying her. He suggested she redirect the funds toward his future presidential library or a similar organization.

When questioned by CBS News about the potential library donation, Mildon sent a text message containing the word “haha” before deleting the response immediately.

Despite losing the job, Mildon is set to keep an $8 million signing bonus along with $6.5 million in payments already collected. Her four-year contract, which began on January 1 in the role of general counsel, was designed to pay $10 million annually plus extra bonuses.

Prior to joining Concord Partners, Mildon worked as a senior adviser and special government employee to the attorney general. This status allows individuals to work for the government for 130 days while maintaining outside roles, provided they follow conflict of interest rules.

The hiring occurred shortly after Herrera secured a plea deal in August 2025, which downgraded federal charges involving an alleged Puerto Rico bribery scheme to a single misdemeanor. During that period, Herrera’s daughter, Isabela, provided $3.5 million to a super PAC linked to Trump.

A few weeks after Mildon was hired, Trump issued Herrera a full and unconditional pardon. Mildon has consistently denied that her job had any influence on that legal outcome, stating, Any insinuation that my employment — all of which has been vetted and disclosed to D.J. — had anything to do with securing a pardon is false.

A source indicates that Mildon plans to take legal action regarding her termination. This follows several complications for the couple since their wedding in New York, including reports that Turhan Mildon provided inaccurate information regarding his age, past marriages, and business interests.

Additionally, a White House inquiry was launched after Mildon accused former official Richard Grenell of taking a donation. Investigators later determined the $17.6 million in question came from a Democratic Republic of Congo government account where her husband holds contracts, rather than his personal funds.

Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)