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A disturbing pattern of corruption and favoritism has emerged within the Trump administration, centered on former attorney Alina Habba’s $50 million contract with a Venezuelan family linked to a pardon request. Trump reacted not to a conflict of interest, but to his alleged lack of financial gain from the deal, revealing a clear prioritization of personal profit over integrity. Habba denies any involvement in the pardon, but the timing and connections suggest a troubling link. The administration's broader culture is defined by a lack of accountability—Trump has reportedly offered pardons to staff and advisors who profit from his name, such as Chris Lasavita and James Blair, who donated their fees to the Trump library. These actions, including the pardon of a man with bribery charges and the financial benefits to former aides, signal a systemic pattern of grifting and apathy toward ethics. Critics, including former President Obama, argue that such behavior undermines public trust and reflects a broader culture of corruption. As the midterms approach, the story is presented as a stark warning about the administration’s transparency and accountability, urging citizens to scrutinize and ultimately reject this model of governance. The narrative emphasizes that these events are not isolated incidents but part of a repeatable, brazenly unethical behavior that challenges the legitimacy of the presidency.

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This is genuinely one of the craziest stories I've seen from the Trump administration so far, and that's saying something because there's a new crazy story coming out of this clown show basically every day at this point. The corruption is so rampant and so disgusting, and I think you should see this before the upcoming midterm elections, and hopefully the story gets shared around because I think most people would find it absolutely appalling. We are now learning that Donald Trump erupted, was screaming in front of his aides inside the White House, after learning of Alina Habba's $50 million deal. Now, Alina Habba was his former attorney. She served in his administration as well as the attorney from New Jersey was removed from that role. She then signed on to a company, got a bunch of money because of that signing, and Donald Trump was not upset because of the very clear and present conflict of interest. She got this money to get somebody apart, and he wasn't upset because of that. He was upset that he didn't get a cut of the money. Isn't it just so crazy every single day something like this happens? It's so disgusting. So let's not waste any time. Let's break down the story quickly. Donald Trump erupted last week after he learned that one of his former lawyers, Alina Habba, secured a contract worth more than $50 million to work for a billionaire Venezuelan family, angered at the size of Miss Milden's deal. Miss Milden is Alina Habba. She has taken on a new name. She got married. Mr. Trump has told aides and allies that she should donate a portion of that money to his future presidential library or another Trump related entity. That's what I'm saying. He's upset that he didn't get a cut. The president of the United States, everybody, the guy that said he's going to be transparent. He's going to inform the people of everything. He's not there to make money. He's there to work is upset that he didn't get a cut of the $50 million. His fury came in response to reporting by the New York Times that Miss Milden, Alina Habba, while working as an advisor at the Department of Justice signed on last year to serve as an extraordinarily well compensated general counsel for a company started by the daughter of Julio Herrera Velotuni, who at the time was seeking a pardon from Donald Trump. Trump told at least one ally that the Herrera family should not pay out the rest of the contract, a message that made it back to them. Miss Milden, who had served earlier as a personal attorney for Donald Trump, and then briefly as US attorney in New Jersey signed a four-year contract and it's unclear whether the family could terminate it early. Trump also called her to discuss the contract, but it's not known what he said on that call. She also did not respond to air requests for comment. The White House didn't respond. The family didn't respond. But the contract calls for the Herrera family to pay her $10 million a year. For four years, along with a variety of bonuses, in total, including bonuses, she was guaranteed more than $50 million over four years, according to interviews and documents obtained by the New York Times. She formally began her work for the family on January 1. Weeks later, Trump granted him a full and unconditional pardon for his misdemeanor campaign finance violation. He had actually faced felony bribery charges for trying to bribe the governor of Puerto Rico, but struck an unusually lenient plea deal in 2025 with Donald Trump's Department of Justice. She said she previously played no role in the pardon. The company that hired her, Concord Partners, has no public profile, and its business remains unclear even to some people associated with the Herrera business empire. Now, Alina Haba, this is the pardon, by the way. So, Alina Haba signs on. She gets paid $50 million over four years. Weeks later, this pardon mysteriously granted the billionaire Venezuelan man who tried to bribe the governor of Puerto Rico. He had his charges downgraded as we just talked about, but he didn't think that it was enough. He wanted the clean record, so he got this pardon from Donald Trump. And mysteriously, Alina Haba got $50 million in the process of getting this pardon. She on Twitter has denied being part of any of it. She said, "Big scoop after leaving public service. I've gone back to what I've been doing for my entire career, being a lawyer. If the New York Times simply went back and looked at their own reporting, they've already credited another capable attorney for what he successfully did without me until credit for any insinuation that my employment, all of which has been vetted and disclosed to the DOJ, had anything to do with securing a pardon is false and defamatory." Well, that's her claim. You can be the judge on if you believe that's true. Again, got hired weeks later, a pardon was given and she believes or wants you to believe that she had no role in that, but you can come to that determination on your own. I have my personal opinion. What's more, even though I've told this activist journalist at the New York Times for each, I've as many hit pieces on me and my family to refer to me as Alina Mildin, my actual name, they can't help but do what they've always done, use my old name for clicks. I've stayed silent while the media attacked my husband, my friends, and me over the past week. My entire public career has been dedicated to calling out the radical left and the fake news. Anyone who thought that would change has been paying attention. We are 14 days away from the election. This is another October surprise. Do not let left wing media distract you from the amazing work this president and this administration has done. I know this game all too well. So she says no role in it whatsoever. Now I would like to remind everybody that she has absolutely no integrity. Of course, she has served for Donald Trump. She is lied on behalf of Donald Trump. She has tried to get Donald Trump elected and of course she was removed, resigned, removed, really from her office in New Jersey, as the US Attorney for New Jersey. She had to resign because a court found her appointment to be unlawful. So, you know, not the greatest track record and President Obama actually called out this story during his rally in Michigan the other day and he does it so well he could put it better than I can. So take a look at what President Obama had to say about this very scandal. And I just want to be clear, this is all documented. I like you can just look it up. We I'm not making it up. You you would have thought I was making it up, but I'm not. We've got a US ambassador shaking down a donor to pay off for credit card bills, $100,000. We learned that Venezuelan billionaire wanted a pardon. So he paid one of Trump's personal lawyers, $50 million to be general counsel of a company nobody knows anything about and lo and behold the the the pardon falls out of the sky. This is a culture that's set at the top. We have never seen a president excel in straight up grifton on your dime like this. Never seen a president so intent on selling favors like this. Yeah, yeah, it's so gross. It then they can't even defend it. And to be clear, the corruption, the grifting is so blatant. You do not have to be an attorney, a lawyer, a rocket scientist, an astrophysicist to see this corruption. It's right there. And it's not like Donald Trump is interested in holding anybody accountable. I mean, we're reading with this story that he's not upset that Alina Habba took $50 million and you have this appearance of, you know, impropriety, right? He's not upset at that. He's upset he didn't get a cut. And Donald Trump is making it clear that even if somebody did something wrong in his administration, he is absolutely no interest in holding them accountable just the other day after voting. He was asked about the possibility of pardoning many people in his staff. You know, we're two years away from Donald Trump, allegedly, leaving the Oval Office allegedly willingly. We'll see if that actually happens. We're two years away from that. And we're already getting reports that Donald Trump plans to pardon his staff. And just the other day, this is what he said about Margot Martin, one of his senior advisors who is standing in the room with him. This is what he said. Look at this. I think a president has, I certainly don't want to see innocent people go through hell and lose all their money like Margot. Lose all their money because if she becomes a target, you know, she's a very honest person, but they're going to drag her into a grand jury. She's standing right there. Margot, you're not going to have to worry about it. Okay. She's not going to have to worry about it. Essentially that she's going to get a pardon from him, even if she's done something wrong. There's absolutely no accountability in this administration. And so the message here is if Donald Trump and the people around him have no interest in accountability, no matter the crimes or the only interest in accountability is you got caught. Now you have to pay me. Then we have to hold them accountable. We have to hold them accountable at the ballot box this November, this midterm election. We got to do it. We got to neuter this presidency. We got to end this presidency as we know it. So he can't do any of this stuff. And if he does, it gets investigated that the American people can see it for their own eyes. Now also recently, interestingly, Donald Trump went after some other advisors of his, Chris Lasavita, former campaign manager, James Blair, used to work in his White House for something, something similar. They were making money using his name and the consequence was the same thing. No accountability, no justice. Donald Trump struck a deal with them, at least it seems. He said, earlier in October, Chris Lasavita and James Blair are outside consultants, which is not true. I mean, they worked on his campaign, worked in the White House in the, with James Blair, in respect to him. They do not work for me. Other than as outside consultants, they most likely have numerous clients, but for that you would have to ask them. They are allowed to work for others just like all consultants in Washington DC. I do not have any idea who else they work for, but will on reflection ask them, if there's a conflict, I will terminate them immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter. So he was putting out a threat to them saying, hey, you know, the people you're working for, you're making money off of my name. I'm not happy about it. But once again, it was not Donald Trump being upset with the corruption. It wasn't any of that because we learned that James Blair and Chris Lasavita donated their full Bosnian consulting fee to the Trump presidential library. They got caught. It was extensively reported on by the media. Donald Trump found out, made sure that they gave all that money as a donation. No accountability. Just funnel money back to me. That's what Donald Trump is saying to the America. and people, Barbara Comstock, former Republican politician actually responded to Alina Haba saying, "How dare Alina Haba not give Trump a cut of her grift, which is such a good way to put all of this." Now, genuinely, one of the craziest stories I've seen, I don't know how MAGA defends this, I don't know how they pretend like the corruption isn't happening, but it is revolting, it is disgusting, and also entirely expected. So look, I will leave the video there. Thank you so much for watching. Please make sure to subscribe down below, drop a like on the video, comment, let me know what you think about this story, and everything we just talked about. Make sure to share this story around if you get the opportunity that would be great, I think people need to see it, but have an amazing rest of your day, and we will talk soon.

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Donald Trump became furious upon learning that former attorney Alina Habba secured a $50 million contract as general counsel for a company linked to a Venezuelan billionaire, not over a conflict of interest but because he allegedly didn’t receive a cut.
  2. Habba, who previously served as Trump’s personal attorney and U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, reportedly advised the family, and Trump told allies the contract should be voided, indicating dissatisfaction with the financial outcome.
  3. The pardon granted to the billionaire, who previously faced felony bribery charges, came shortly after Habba’s hiring, raising serious questions about connections between the pardon and her contract.
  4. Habba denies any role in securing the pardon and claims the media falsely implies a link, while also criticizing being used as a “clickbait” target for her old name.
  5. Trump and his inner circle show no interest in accountability, instead offering pardons or financial arrangements to staff and advisors who profit from his name.
  6. Former advisors Chris Lasavita and James Blair were reportedly forced to donate their consulting fees to the Trump presidential library, showing a pattern of funneling profits back to Trump.
  7. The administration’s actions—such as pardons, financial favors, and denial of accountability—reveal a culture of corruption and favoritism.
  8. Critics, including former President Obama, argue that these incidents demonstrate systemic impropriety and a lack of transparency in Trump’s leadership.

Summary:

A disturbing pattern of corruption and favoritism has emerged within the Trump administration, centered on former attorney Alina Habba’s $50 million contract with a Venezuelan family linked to a pardon request. Trump reacted not to a conflict of interest, but to his alleged lack of financial gain from the deal, revealing a clear prioritization of personal profit over integrity. Habba denies any involvement in the pardon, but the timing and connections suggest a troubling link.

The administration's broader culture is defined by a lack of accountability—Trump has reportedly offered pardons to staff and advisors who profit from his name, such as Chris Lasavita and James Blair, who donated their fees to the Trump library. These actions, including the pardon of a man with bribery charges and the financial benefits to former aides, signal a systemic pattern of grifting and apathy toward ethics. Critics, including former President Obama, argue that such behavior undermines public trust and reflects a broader culture of corruption.

As the midterms approach, the story is presented as a stark warning about the administration’s transparency and accountability, urging citizens to scrutinize and ultimately reject this model of governance. The narrative emphasizes that these events are not isolated incidents but part of a repeatable, brazenly unethical behavior that challenges the legitimacy of the presidency.

FAQs

Alina Habba, a former attorney for Donald Trump, signed a four-year contract worth over $50 million to serve as general counsel for a company founded by the daughter of a Venezuelan billionaire, Julio Herrera Velotuni.

Trump was not upset about the contract itself, but he expressed frustration that he did not receive a share of the $50 million, suggesting a conflict of interest and a lack of transparency in the arrangement.

Alina Habba has denied any involvement in the pardon, claiming she had no role in it, though the New York Times reported that the pardon was granted shortly after her contract was signed.

Trump told aides and allies that the Herrera family should not pay out the full contract amount, indicating his desire for a financial cut from the deal.

No, Alina Habba has not responded to media requests for comment, though she has denied any connection between her contract and the pardon on social media.

The pardon was granted after the billionaire faced felony bribery charges and was downgraded to a misdemeanor, raising concerns about a potential quid pro quo involving Alina Habba's contract.

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