- President Donald Trump granted an unconditional pardon to Venezuelan billionaire banker Julio Herrera Velutini following a campaign finance conviction.
- Herrera's family hired Trump's former attorney Alina Habba under a proposed deal worth up to $50 million as general counsel for a firm established by Herrera's wife.
- Habba accepted the contract while serving as U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey prior to resigning after her appointment was ruled unlawful.
- Habba and White House officials denied any link between her hiring and the presidential pardon secured by Herrera.
- The report comes as Habba faces separate scrutiny in a White House investigation into an alleged pay-for-influence donation scandal.
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