Alina Habba Mildon, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, laughed when asked whether she would make sure the president gets his cut of her new four-year contract. The question followed revelations that she had been making millions moonlighting while still working for Trump — a discovery that reportedly drew his ire.

Habba Mildon signed a reported four-year contract worth more than $50 million with Concord Partners, a company tied to the family of Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini, the New York Times reported. The deal reportedly paid her about $10 million a year plus bonuses.

Herrera then received a presidential pardon from Trump in January 2026. The timing made it appear that Habba Mildon may have been paid to help secure the pardon — an arrangement she has denied. The pardon power is among the broadest granted to a president under Article II of the Constitution, and it is not subject to review or reversal by Congress or the courts.

Trump was incensed, the Times said. "Trump has told aides and allies that she should donate a portion of that money to his future presidential library or another Trump-related entity, according to multiple people briefed on the conversations."

"I thought it was terrible," Trump said. "I told her, I said, 'I don't want her paid.' We had somebody speak to the people that did it, and she used her relationship to do that. And it was far too much. You know, it's one thing for a person to get paid legal fees or whatever — she's a lawyer. I thought it was a totally obnoxious and outrageous and it's not acceptable. Not acceptable, at all."

CBS News put the question to Habba Mildon directly, asking whether she intends to donate part of the money. "Habba Mildon responded to the text message with a 'haha' reaction. (She removed the reaction seconds later and declined to comment)," the report said.

One former Trump adviser told the network that all such funding is now being funneled through the library. For a time, those funds appeared to go primarily to Trump's meme coin, the Freedom 250 events and his White House ballroom project. The report noted that Trump's super PAC, MAGA Inc., disbursed some of its $400 million coffers to help Republicans in the midterms. The exact amount is unclear, but December filings with the Federal Election Commission will reveal it. By contrast, donations to a presidential library foundation — typically organized as a private nonprofit — are not subject to those FEC disclosure rules.

"The library is one of the last few places he can squeeze people for money," the former adviser told CBS. "That's what a businessman does. He just creates opportunities."

The money flowing to Trump's projects may nonetheless be drying up, as Democrats have made clear that accountability is coming.

"Giant corporations and foreign governments should not be able to buy influence in Washington with donations to the president's library," Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told CBS News. Warren will be among those examining the library for "any wrongdoing" and said that if it exists, those responsible "will be held accountable."

Trump wants his presidential library to also serve as a hotel, according to a lawsuit filed by Miami residents earlier this year. The suit says Florida attempted to gift Trump land valued at about $67 million, and argues that a U.S. constitutional provision — the Emoluments Clause — bars states from giving the president financial benefits. President Barack Obama's library, by contrast, sits on city-owned land that Chicago leased to him. Other states have made similar moves, but no state has outright gifted land to a president for his library, CBS News Miami reported.