Trump Erupted After Learning of Alina Habba's $50 Million Deal
According to The New York Times, President Trump was angry about the scale of a contract signed by one of his former lawyers with the family of a wealthy pardon seeker.
The New York Times reported that President Trump erupted after learning of a $50 million deal signed by Alina Habba, one of his former lawyers. The Times published its report on October 29, 2026. The summary available for this story is brief, and the account below is limited to what the Times headline and summary state.
According to the Times summary, the president was angry about the scale of a contract that Habba signed with the family of a wealthy pardon seeker. The $50 million figure appears in the headline, and the summary describes the contract chiefly by its size. The summary does not identify the family by name, and it does not describe the pardon request or the terms of the contract beyond its scale.
The New York Times further reported, as summarized, that Trump told allies he "wanted some of the money to go to his future presidential library." The summary does not say whether any money was directed to that purpose or how the allies responded to the request.
The Times headline characterizes the president's reaction as an eruption, while the summary describes him as angry. Neither the headline nor the summary states when the president learned of the deal, how the information reached him, or whether Habba or the other parties have commented. Those details are not available in the material provided for this story, and the account rests on two short elements of a single report.
The report is credited to Tyler Pager, according to its byline. This account does not reflect the full text of the Times report and is limited to the published headline and summary.
Sources: The New York Times: Trump Erupted After Learning of Alina Habba’s $50 Million Deal.