Concord Partners Fires Alina Habba Mildon After Trump Outburst

Concord Partners, a Florida-based company owned by Isabela Herrera, fired former lawyer Alina Habba Mildon on November 4, citing a failure to perform duties. Mildon had recently signed a four-year contract valued at $50 million, which included a $10 million annual salary and an $8 million signing bonus.

The termination followed a public outburst from President Donald Trump, who described the contract as "totally obnoxious and outrageous" and urged the Herrera family to stop payments after The New York Times disclosed the deal. Trump stated, "I told her, and I said, ‘I don’t want her paid.’"

The controversy centers on the timing of the contract, which was signed shortly before Trump granted a full presidential pardon to the company's patriarch, billionaire banker Julio Herrera Velutini, who had faced felony bribery charges in Puerto Rico. Mildon has denied that her employment was linked to securing the pardon, stating that any such insinuation is "false."

While Mildon retains her signing bonus and $6.5 million in prior payments, she reportedly plans to pursue legal action against the company.