WorldPublished: 1 November 2026 at 18:10

Trump slams ex-lawyer's $50m deal with pardoned banker's family

US President Donald Trump has criticised a $50m deal struck by his former lawyer with the family of a banker he later pardoned. The contract was signed while she was working at the US Justice Department.

US President Donald Trump has publicly criticised a $50m deal made by his former lawyer with the family of a banker he subsequently pardoned, Al Jazeera reports.

According to the report, Alina Habba Mildon signed the lucrative contract while she was working at the US Justice Department, before Trump pardoned the banker. A pardon is a presidential power to release a person from conviction or punishment.

The available source text does not give the banker's name, the details of the contract or Trump's exact words. More detail may emerge as further information becomes available.

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