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A federal judge has issued another order putting on hold an effort by President Donald Trump to retaliate against a law firm he opposes.
Boris Epshteyn takes meetings at a steakhouse and hands out white business cards with his name, cell phone, and Gmail address.
Trump's own lawyers concluded Boris Epshteyn had asked at least two people for the monthly payments.
Nick Visser at HuffPost:
A top adviser to President-elect Donald Trump allegedly tried to profit from his relationship with the new administration, asking potential appointees for large retainer fees in exchange for promoting them to get plum jobs, according to multiple reports on Monday. An internal investigation by Trump’s own attorneys concluded Boris Epshteyn — a longtime aide who coordinated Trump’s criminal defenses in recent years — had asked at least two people for the monthly payments. One of those people was Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who was recently tapped to be the next treasury secretary.
The Washington Post notes Epshteyn invited Bessent to lunch at a Palm Beach hotel in February, where he asked him to pay a monthly stipend of at least $30,000 to promote his reputation around Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. Bessent, who was gunning for the Treasury Department job, declined, but Epshteyn later asked him to invest $10 million in a basketball league. Bessent also declined that overture.
Later, Bessent told Trump’s attorneys he believed he was being criticized to those in the president-elect’s orbit after the November election. Epshteyn, The New York Times reports, told the billionaire it was “too late” for him to be hired for a cabinet position while allegedly calling himself “Boris Fucking Epshteyn.” The pair also had a heated confrontation in the lobby at Mar-a-Lago last week, CNN added.
Epshteyn has denied the allegations. “I am honored to work for President Trump and with his team,” he said in a statement to media outlets. “These fake claims are false and defamatory and will not distract us from Making America Great Again.”
Corrupt sleaze Boris Epshteyn asked for payments from at least two people for large retainer fees in exchange for promoting them to get plum jobs, one of which is potential treasury secretary Scott Bessent.
Boris Epshteyn
The former president is listed as an unindicted co-conspirator.
From the April 24, 2024 article:
“Defendants and unindicted coconspirators schemed to prevent the lawful transfer of the presidency to keep Unindicted Coconspirator 1 in office against the will of Arizona’s voters,” the 58-page indictment reads.
The names of seven of the defendants, including Meadows, Giuliani and Epshteyn, are redacted, but the document makes clear who they are by describing their roles. Others include attorneys John Eastman, Jenna Ellis and Christina Bobb, as well as Trump 2020 campaign operative Mike Roman.
Ken Chesebro, an attorney who helped devise Trump’s post-election strategy, is described as “unindicted coconspirator 4.”
The only defendants whose names are visible in the version of the indictment released by the Arizona attorney general’s office Wednesday evening are the 11 Republicans who falsely posed as the state’s presidential electors despite Joe Biden’s narrow victory there. Among them: former Arizona GOP Chairwoman Kelli Ward, state senators Jake Hoffman and Anthony Kern, and Arizona’s RNC committeeman Tyler Bowyer.
Sinclair’s Boris Epshteyn: “The fact of the matter is that this is an attempted invasion of our country. Period.”
Did you know that news stations owned by Sinclair are required to air “must-run” segments provided by the corporation? And that it’s right-wing propaganda?
Sinclair controls 192 local TV stations across the country, many of which air original news programming and pro-Trump propaganda. While Media Matters research highlights ten particular communities, there are countless more midterm races that could be impacted. To search for Sinclair stations near you, visit FindSinclair.com
The segment is reportedly a "must run" for Sinclair, the largest U.S. owner of local TV stations by number of outlets.
