Business · Habba contractHabba contract terminated: Roughly $50 million deal ends after Trump's criticismWritten November 11, 2026 at 6:01 AM UTCWatchTranscript0:00HABA contract terminated.0:01Roughly fifty dollars million deal ends after Trump's criticism.0:07Donald Trump called his former lawyers roughly fifty million dollar employment0:11contract not acceptable.0:12Alina Haba Milden has now reportedly lost that agreement.0:16Her employer cited failure to perform duties, putting an extraordinary promise0:20payday at the center of an employment dispute.0:22What drove the decision, and could a legal challenge reveal what the company still0:25owes her?0:26Concord Partners reportedly ended Habba's employment in a letter dated November4.0:30Habba, widely known by her former surname, had worked as Donald Trump's personal0:34attorney.0:35She declined to comment on the termination.0:37The company's stated reason leaves the substance of the dispute unresolved.0:41We don't know which duties Concord says she failed to perform, or what evidence it0:45offered.0:46The accusation belongs to the employer.0:48Habba's contract was reportedly worth roughly fifty million dollars.0:51One description put it above that figure.0:53Potential incentives complicate the total because the descriptions differ on whether0:57those bonuses were included or would come on top.0:59A contract's headline value covers promised compensation under its terms.1:03It doesn't tell us how much was guaranteed, what a termination payment would be, or1:07what damages someone could recover in court.1:10Those financial consequences turn on the agreement in any dispute over ending it.1:14Trump publicly condemned the arrangement as totally obnoxious and outrageous.1:18He also called it not acceptable.1:20The president was speaking to reporters about a private employment deal involving1:23his former attorney.1:24The employer's connection to a presidential pardon helps explain the scrutiny.1:28Concord Partners is described as a Florida company founded by the daughter of banker1:32Julio Herrera Vellutini.1:34Trump pardoned the banker.1:35Haba's agreement with Concord was reportedly arranged before that pardon.1:39The family connection puts her employer close to a consequential presidential1:42decision.1:43It also leaves the employment arrangement facing scrutiny alongside the pardon.1:46The timing alone doesn't show that HABA secured the pardon or that the agreement1:50purchased one, and Trump's public objections leave a separate question about whether1:54they affected Concord's decision to end her employment.1:56Trump's criticism preceded the reported November4 termination letter.2:00The firing became public the following week.2:03That sequence places his objections before the end of Haba's employment, but doesn't2:06explain why Concord made its decision.2:08A person close to Haba has described possible legal action.2:11Whether she takes that step is still unclear.2:13For now, Concord's reported explanation remains failure to perform duties, without2:18the specific obligations behind that accusation.2:20A legal challenge could bring the contract and the company's fuller explanation into2:24the dispute.2:25Those terms would be central to deciding whether Concord still owes Haba money after2:29ending her employment.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
