# Billionaire pardoned after hiring Trump’s former lawyer for $50 million: NYT

https://mins.news/en/video/111731

- CNN, 2026-10-22 19:59 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3z35yqyRdY

> Trump ally Alina Habba accepted a job reportedly worth $50 million while serving as a senior adviser in Trump’s Justice Department. The Venezuelan billionaire banker who hired her was pardoned shortly afterward; Habba denied having any role in the pardon.