Trump lawyers investigate allegations that top aide sought financial gain from influence with president-elect

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Politics

Published 2:00 PM EST, Mon November 25, 2024


CNN — Attorneys for Donald Trump conducted an internal investigation into allegations that one of his top aides, Boris Epshteyn, has sought to gain financially from his influence with Trump and others in the president-elect’s orbit, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

The internal investigation, which was confirmed by half a dozen sources and is not criminal in nature, has probed multiple instances of Epshteyn allegedly requesting payment in exchange for promoting candidates for administration positions or offering to connect individuals with people in the upcoming administration relevant to their industries, sources said.

In one instance he requested as much as $100,000 per month in exchange for his services, according to sources familiar with the matter. Epshteyn’s alleged activities prompted those looking into the matter to make an initial recommendation that Epshteyn should be removed from Trump’s proximity and that he should not be employed or paid by Trump entities, according to two sources.

As of Monday afternoon, it does not appear the transition team will heed that recommendation.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/politics/trump-lawyers-investigate-allegations-boris-epshteyn-financial-gain/index.html

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Full headline: Trump lawyers investigate allegations that top aide sought financial gain from influence with president-elect, sources say

[AZ8theist]

1. From here forward, the ONLY CRIME Dotard will investigate.......

....is someone who tried to rip him off money-wise.

He doesn't care about anything else.

[COL Mustard]

14. I think he's pissed

Because he didn't think of it first!

[Turbineguy]

2. Isn't that the point?

Do some serious vigorish?

[underpants]

3. I thought it was. Apparently Boris and Elon have been butting heads.

There was a story last week about Boris forcing himself in the room where a meeting he was told he couldn’t attend was going on.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. His crime: not giving TSF a big cut of the action.

[ToxMarz]

8. The line in the story "As of Monday afternoon, it does not appear the transition team will heed that recommendation."

makes me feel that he may be getting his cut. These people know by now they don't make money on Trumps name without his blessing, and that nothing is off limits, as long as he's cut in.

[travelingthrulife]

5. This is a joke, right?

They all seek that same $$ and influence.

CNN. Sheesh.

[PortTack]

6. So the orange idiot wants Boris out. OH elonia wants him out

[highplainsdem]

7. Elon wants him out.

[thesquanderer]

9. Grifting? It's a feature, not a bug. (n/t)

[republianmushroom]

10. The convicted felon must not of gotten his cut.

[Midnight Writer]

11. Every single person in Trump's orbit is there for financial gain.

What, do folks think anyone is there because of his charm, because of his wit, because they agree with his principles?

[riversedge]

12. " Tensions between Epshteyn some other members of Trump's inner circle have escalated in recent weeks. Elon Musk, wh

I question Musk's sway over Trump!!



...... Tensions between Epshteyn and some other members of Trump’s inner circle have escalated in recent weeks. Elon Musk, who has been by Trump’s side regularly since the election and has a growing influence on the president-elect, has questioned Epshteyn’s sway over Trump. The two also had a confrontation at Mar-a-Lago, with Musk leveling a number of accusations at Epshteyn, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

This year, the Trump campaign paid Epshteyn’s firm, Georgetown Advisory, $53,500 each month for communications and legal consulting, according to campaign finance records through October, the most recent month available.

Epshteyn briefly served in the first Trump administration as a special assistant to the president in 2017, but he has not been offered a formal role in the incoming administration.

Epshteyn stood alongside Trump during his arraignment in his New York hush money case and traveled with him for his arraignments in Georgia and Washington, DC.

Epshteyn himself faces criminal charges in a case in Arizona related to efforts to upend the results of the 2020 presidential election. He has pleaded not guilty.

This story has been updated.

[LudwigPastorius]

13. You don't run an operation without kicking up 50% to the capo, Boris.

Make good with the money, and you'll still get a chance to earn for the family.

[moniss]

15. If Boris is found to have done this he will

undoubtedly be placed in an even higher position with the incoming administration.

[choie]

16. He learned at the feet of the grifter in charge.

The hypocrisy is just nauseating.

[bucolic_frolic]

17. Decoy distraction meant to grab the spotlight and deceive the public

so the rest of them can continue doing the same thing.