Oct 21, 2026 · 17 min · 9 segments
Aaron Parnas reports on breaking news of White House under fire as bombshell crimes are exposed, including an exclusive interview with Ben Meiselas to discuss his new book out now, and much more!…
Ben MeiselasGuest
Aaron ParnasHost
It was broken by The New York Times, and it involves a na- man by the name of Julio Herrera Velutini.
He faced felony bribery charges in the United States, striking an unusually lenient plea deal in August of 2025 for a misdemeanor campaign finance violation.
His 27-year-old daughter donated $3.5 million to a super PAC tied to Trump, but the pardon still remained elusive.
So what did they do? They hired Alina Habba, who had been Trump's personal lawyer at the time, was an advisor at the Justice Department.
They offered her $10 million a year for four years, along with a range of bonuses.
She was guaranteed more than $50 million over four years according to The New York Times.
Under this agreement, she would become general counsel at Concord Partners, a company that Ms. Herrera set up in October of 2025.
The company has no public profile, and its business remains unclear even to some people associated with the Herrera business empire.
She had an office in the Justice Department, a protective detail from the US Marshals, a holdover from her time serving as US attorney in New Jersey.
And the sequence of events raises serious questions about Herrera securing the pardon and who may have helped him.
People familiar with her contract say believe that she was brought in to help him push for a pardon and expressed surprise at the scale of the compensation.
She denied any role in the pardon in a statement saying, "Any insinuation that my employment, all of which has been vetted and disclosed to the DOJ, had anything to do with securing a pardon is false." She was a special government employee at the time, which allows individuals to work for the federal government and maintain outside employment with conflict of interest restrictions.
In a statement from the Justice Department, Ms. Habba says they, she did not speak to anyone involving a pardon.
They paid her up to $50 million over the four years with the goal likely of securing a pardon.
It was broken by The New York Times, and it involves a na- man by the name of Julio Herrera Velutini.
He faced felony bribery charges in the United States, striking an unusually lenient plea deal in August of 2025 for a misdemeanor campaign finance violation.
His 27-year-old daughter donated $3.5 million to a super PAC tied to Trump, but the pardon still remained elusive.
So what did they do? They hired Alina Habba, who had been Trump's personal lawyer at the time, was an advisor at the Justice Department.
They offered her $10 million a year for four years, along with a range of bonuses.
She was guaranteed more than $50 million over four years according to The New York Times.
Under this agreement, she would become general counsel at Concord Partners, a company that Ms. Herrera set up in October of 2025.
The company has no public profile, and its business remains unclear even to some people associated with the Herrera business empire.
She had an office in the Justice Department, a protective detail from the US Marshals, a holdover from her time serving as US attorney in New Jersey.
And the sequence of events raises serious questions about Herrera securing the pardon and who may have helped him.
People familiar with her contract say believe that she was brought in to help him push for a pardon and expressed surprise at the scale of the compensation.
She denied any role in the pardon in a statement saying, "Any insinuation that my employment, all of which has been vetted and disclosed to the DOJ, had anything to do with securing a pardon is false." She was a special government employee at the time, which allows individuals to work for the federal government and maintain outside employment with conflict of interest restrictions.
In a statement from the Justice Department, Ms. Habba says they, she did not speak to anyone involving a pardon.
They paid her up to $50 million over the four years with the goal likely of securing a pardon.
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