Ex-Apollo CEO Leon Black says Jeffrey Epstein duped him out of more than $60 million

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28. The ties to Trump are not by chance....

Apollo Global Management shares deep ties with the Trump administration through high-level personnel appointments, policy influence, and strategic investments.
Key intersections between the alternative asset manager and the administration include:

• Cabinet and Agency Appointments: President Trump appointed Apollo Board Chair Jay Clayton as the top federal prosecutor for Manhattan. Additionally, Trump nominated Ben Black—son of Apollo co-founder Leon Black and a former Apollo associate—as CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
• Treasury Consideration: Apollo CEO Marc Rowan was extensively interviewed by President Trump for the position of Treasury Secretary.
• Higher Education Policy: Rowan emerged as a central figure shaping the Trump administration's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education," leading pressure campaigns to overhaul university administration and combat antisemitism and pro-Palestinian activism on campuses.
• Financial Alignments: Apollo has expressed strong optimism regarding the administration's market-friendly, deregulatory stance, and showed interest in acquiring debt tied to Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social media platform X.