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Alina Habba Mildon, a former attorney for President Donald Trump, has been terminated from her multi-million-dollar role at Florida-registered Concord Partners following months of intense public scrutiny, according to reports.
In a November 4 termination letter obtained by The New York Times, Concord Partners — a firm established by the family of Venezuelan billionaire banker Julio Herrera Velutini — cited a "failure to perform duties" as the reason for releasing Mildon. A source close to the family told the publication that Mildon’s attention shifted away from her role after she began dating Turkish investor Turhan Mildon earlier this year.
The departure follows public criticism from Trump, who denounced the lucrative arrangement after details of the contract were disclosed.
"I thought it was terrible," Trump told reporters last month, according to The New York Times. "I told her, and I said, I don’t want her paid.' I thought we had somebody speak to the people that did it, and she used her relationship to do that. And it was far too much."
Mediaite also reported Trump saying of the arrangement: "You know, it’s one thing for a person to get paid legal fees or whatever — she’s a lawyer.
