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Former Trump lawyer Alina Habba reportedly signed $50 million contract with Velutini family
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The New York Times reported that President Donald Trump was angry after learning of a contract signed by his former lawyer Alina Habba with the family of Julio Herrera Velutini, a banker Trump pardoned in January. According to the Times, as relayed by The Independent, Trump privately told allies that Habba should donate some of the money toward his future presidential library or another Trump cause. The Times reported that the Velutini family proposed paying Habba $10 million per year for four years plus bonuses, a total of $50 million, for work at Concord Partners, a firm established by Herrera’s wife in 2025. The firm has no public presence, according to the Times. Habba was serving as an adviser to the Justice Department when the agreement was allegedly reached, the Times reported. Only left-side outlets appear in this sample; the account rests on a single New York Times report.
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The New York Times reported that Trump was angry after learning of Habba’s contract, according to the report.
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The Times reported the Velutini family proposed paying Habba $10 million per year for four years plus bonuses, a total of $50 million.
One outletThe Independent· Left
Habba was reportedly serving as a Justice Department adviser when the agreement was allegedly reached, according to the Times.
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Julio Herrera Velutini was pardoned by Trump in January, according to the report.
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All sides present, the left, report that the New York Times says Trump was angry about a $50 million deal Alina Habba signed with the family of a pardoned banker. The left’s headlines emphasize Trump’s anger and a pardon-for-pay link, while the articles add detail on the family’s payment terms.
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Headlines lead with Trump’s anger and private reaction, using words like erupted and blow-up, and frame the $50 million deal as a pardon-for-pay or payday story.
Trump ‘erupted’ when he learned of Alina Habba’s $50M Partisan shorthand“pardon-for-pay”The compound label asserts that the pardon was bought, a conclusion the cited reporting does not establish.More neutral: pardon of a banker whose family hired HabbaDisagree with this highlight? allegations: report
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paydayMore neutral: contract
The informal word “payday” frames a contract as a windfall rather than naming it neutrally.
Trump privately ‘erupted’ after Alina Habba’s payday left him ‘angered’: NYT
Used byRaw Story (Far Left)
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eye-wateringMore neutral: large
The adjective signals a judgement about the sum rather than stating it.
President Donald Trump erupted in anger after learning of the eye-watering sum his former personal lawyer is getting paid by her new billionaire boss.
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GoonMore neutral: former lawyer
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Trump’s Blow-Up Over Goon’s Jaw-Dropping $50M Deal Is Leaked
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Jaw-DroppingMore neutral: $50M
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Trump’s Blow-Up Over Goon’s Jaw-Dropping $50M Deal Is Leaked
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pardon-for-payMore neutral: pardon of a banker whose family hired Habba
The compound label asserts that the pardon was bought, a conclusion the cited reporting does not establish.
Trump ‘erupted’ when he learned of Alina Habba’s $50M pardon-for-pay allegations: report
Used byThe Independent (Left)
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QuotedragedMore neutral: was angry
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Trump privately “raged” to allies last week that Habba, the president’s former personal attorney, should…
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- $50 million payment
- pardon-for-pay link
- former lawyer’s new billionaire employer
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- The New RepublicFar Left
Trump Lost It at Alina Habba After Learning About Her $50 Million Deal
President Donald Trump reportedly flew into a rage once he learned that Alina Habba Mildon got a $50 million contract to secure a pardon for a billionaire family. …
- The IndependentLeft
Trump ‘erupted’ when he learned of Alina Habba’s $50M Partisan shorthand“pardon-for-pay”The compound label asserts that the pardon was bought, a conclusion the cited reporting does not establish.More neutral: pardon of a banker whose family hired HabbaDisagree with this highlight? allegations: report
Julio Herrera Velutini, whose family retained Habba as an attorney reportedly before she left office, was pardoned by Trump in January
- The Daily BeastFar Left
Trump’s Blow-Up Over Dehumanizing label“Goon”The word “Goon” reduces a named person to a contemptuous label rather than a neutral description.More neutral: former lawyerDisagree with this highlight?’s Sensational language“Jaw-Dropping”The adjective manufactures drama about a sum that the headline could state plainly.More neutral: $50MDisagree with this highlight? $50M Deal Is Leaked
President Donald Trump erupted in anger after learning of the Sensational language“eye-watering”The adjective signals a judgement about the sum rather than stating it.More neutral: largeDisagree with this highlight? sum his former personal lawyer is getting paid by her new billionaire boss. …
- Raw StoryFar Left
Trump privately ‘erupted’ after Alina Habba’s Sensational language“payday”The informal word “payday” frames a contract as a windfall rather than naming it neutrally.More neutral: contractDisagree with this highlight? left him ‘angered’: NYT
President Donald Trump has been fuming behind closed doors over a lucrative deal struck by one of his former personal attorneys. Trump "erupted" last week when he found out that Alina Habba , who now goes by Alina Habba Mildon, had landed a contract with a billionaire family …
Trump Erupted After Learning of Alina Habba’s $50 Million Deal
Angry about the scale of a contract signed by one of his former lawyers with the family of a wealthy pardon seeker, the president told allies he wanted some of the money to go to his future presidential library.
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The New York Times, Oct 29, 6:54 PM EDT
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- The New York TimesLeftOct 29, 6:54 PM EDT
- Raw StoryFar LeftOct 29, 7:50 PM EDT
- The Daily BeastFar LeftOct 30, 4:13 AM EDT
- The IndependentLeftOct 30, 8:57 AM EDT
- The New RepublicFar LeftOct 30, 9:07 AM EDT
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