Donald Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba Mildon has been let go from her controversial $50million contract job for 'failure to perform duties.'
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lawyer → let → duties
Trump slammed Habba Mildon over the 'unacceptable' deal to work for a billionaire Venezuelan family behind his back and demanded she hand over part of the huge sum to a Trump-related entity.
Concord Partners let go of Habba Mildon in a letter dated November 4 after they said she drifted from the job after she started dating her now-husband, 25-year-old Turkish investor Turhan Mildon, The New York Times reported.
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Times → slam → husband
Habba Mildon will retain the nearly $14.5million she's already made from Concord, which is owned by the daughter of prominent Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini.
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which → retain → Velutini
Around the time Habba signed on to the company, Velutini faced bribery charges over a misdemeanor campaign finance violation and received a pardon from Trump in January 2026.
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Velutini → sign → January
An ally of Habba Mildon claims she's going to pursue legal action against the Herrera family.
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she → claim → family
The company has yet to comment on her firing.
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company → have → firing
Trump fumed over Habba, 42, signing on for a well-paid role as general counsel for a company started by Isabela Herrera.
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Habba → fume → Herrera
'I thought it was terrible,' he told Fox News on Saturday at the Mar-A-Lago Halloween party.
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he → think → party
'I said I don't want her paid.
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her → say → ?
We had somebody speak to the people that did it and she used her relationship to do that and it was far too much.
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it → have → that
Donald Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba Mildon has been let go from her controversial $50million contract job for 'failure to perform duties'
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lawyer → let → duties
Trump slammed Habba Mildon over the 'unacceptable' deal to work for a billionaire Venezuelan family behind his back and demanded she hand over part of the huge sum to a Trump-related entity
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she → slam → entity
You know, it's one thing for a person to get paid legal fees or whatever - she's a lawyer.
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she → know → fees
I thought it was totally obnoxious and outrageous and it's not acceptable, not acceptable at all.
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it → think → ?
'It's unacceptable what she did.'
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she → do → what
According to the New York Times, Trump told at least one ally that the Herrera family shouldn't pay Habba the rest of her contract.
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family → accord → contract
Aides and allies added that Trump said Habba should donate a portion of the deal money to his future presidential library or to another Trump-related entity, sources told the outlet.
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sources → add → outlet
The attorney had recently married Turkish billionaire Turhan Mildon in September in a glitzy wedding in New York City just months after they met.
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they → marry → City
Their nuptials, however, caused a stir after rumors swirled that Habba is a full 17 years older than her new husband, according to sources.
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Habba → cause → sources
The Times interviewed former classmates of Mildon who said he was 25.
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he → interview → Mildon
The paper also obtained a copy of his US visa and Turkish passport photo page, both of which list his date of birth as December 2, 2000.
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both → obtain → December
Concord Partners let go of Habba Mildon in a letter dated November 4 after they said she drifted from the job after she started dating her now-husband, 25 year old Turkish investor Turhan Mildon (pictured right)
Trump fumed over Habba, 42, signing on for a well-paid role as general counsel for a company started by Isabela Herrera
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Habba → let → Herrera
The Daily Mail contacted Mildon's firm Miller Holding and Alina Habba for comment.
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Mail → contact → comment
Mildon, whose grandpa was a Turkish energy magnate, has caused drama in Trump circles in recent weeks over his planned donation to the Kennedy Center.
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grandpa → cause → Center
Habba accused former Kennedy Center boss Ric Grenell of failing to pass on $5.6 million Mildon says he donated to the Washington DC arts venue.
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he → accuse → venue
Grenell denies those allegations, with the White House still investigating them, the Daily Mail reported earlier this month.
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Mail → deny → them
It is unclear when or how exactly Mildon met Habba, and the couple were first seen together in public in April, when the White House Correspondents' Dinner was cut short by an active shooter.
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Dinner → meet → shooter
Mildon has been seen with Habba at a number of White House events in the months since, and the pair tied the knot in September in Manhattan's newly-reopened Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
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pair → see → Hotel
The ceremony marked Habba's third wedding, and at the time it was reported that it was Mildon's second wedding.
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it → mark → time
His previous marriage in 2021 into the family of a prominent Turkish magnate ended in 2024.
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marriage → end → 2024
However, the Times reported that several of Mildon's former confidants said he had a legally non-binding religious marriage to María Ceballos, the daughter of Venezuelan military commander Adm. Remigio Ceballos, last year.
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he → report → Ceballos
That relationship, before Mildon met Habba, reportedly took place at a time when Mildon was pursuing business deals in Venezuela.
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Mildon → meet → Venezuela
The attorney had recently married Turkish billionaire Turhan Mildon in September in a glitzy wedding in New York City just months after they met
Habba signed on to work for the company for four years and formally started in the role on January 1
Mildon's spokesperson told the Times that the couple only had an engagement ceremony, however, Ceballos reportedly told friends she was his wife.
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she → marry → friends
Religious marriages in Turkey are not legally binding, so his statement that he was only engaged to Ceballos may be accurate even if his ex claims they wed.
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they → claim → Ceballos
Mildon has also portrayed himself as a billionaire, and he previously told Forbes Turkey that his companies' revenues climbed over $2.6 billion in 2025.
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revenues → portray → 2025
He has business interests in Venezuela and the Congo.
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He → have → Venezuela
Mildon came into President Trump's orbit via Habba, with the ongoing wrangle over his donation to the Kennedy Center said to have caused Trump considerable stress.
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wrangle → come → stress
After Habba laid out her claims about what she says is the missing $5.6 million, Trump is said to have turned to White House counsel Will Scharf and said: 'Take this seriously, figure it out, and come back to me ASAP.'
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Grenell denied Habba's claims in a subsequent phone call with Trump.
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Grenell → deny → Trump
He again denied the donation claim in a statement given to the Daily Mail, saying: 'It's absurd.
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It → deny → Mail
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