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A Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal.

21 October 2026 at 04:58
Julio Herrera Velutini, a prominent Venezuelan, was seeking clemency. He got it not long after his daughter gave Ms. Habba, a lawyer close to President Trump, an extraordinarily lucrative job.

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Julio Herrera Velutini in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in August 2022, after being charged for his role in a scheme to bribe the territory’s governor, Wanda Vázquez, to dismiss a regulator who was investigating his bank.

Trump’s Bubble Is About to Burst

17 October 2026 at 17:20
The president’s crazy actions have Democrats on the cusp of victory — and they’ll be coming for him.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

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