Post At6K4OSzCNnq2vnsae by jankusanagi@mastodon.sdf.org
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(DIR) Post #At6FLFpw2PtQQvl4XQ by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-15T01:28:29Z
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#Trump’s $1 Billion Law Firm Deals Are the Work of His Personal Lawyer#BorisEpshteyn, who doesn’t work for the #US government, has *negotiated* with a series of #LawFirms to cajole them into entering dealsTrump has reached around $1 billion in deals with the country’s top law firms in the past month, using the full weight of his presidency to threaten their business. #law #extortion #criminal https://archive.is/2025.04.14-090329/https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trumps-1-billion-law-firm-deals-are-the-work-of-his-personal-lawyer-77bd7b8c
(DIR) Post #At6FZqwcrtypZkqh72 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-15T01:31:04Z
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#Trump’s personal *lawyer* [fixer] #BorisEpshteyn, who has been #indicted in AZ on charges related to Trump’s 2020 election loss, has emerged as the face of Trump’s campaign against large #LawFirms that it views as hostile to the president & his causes, acc/to lawyers at 7 of the firms & WH ofcls. In a series of meetings & phone calls, Epshteyn has extracted large commitments of *pro bono* work for Trump-supported causes & changes to the law firms’ hiring practices to Trump’s preferences….#law
(DIR) Post #At6FzLsiyxGIlUBP1s by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-15T01:34:37Z
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On Fri alone, 5 #LawFirms including Latham & Watkins and Kirkland & Ellis entered into such deals worth some $600M in pro bono work…. #BorisEpshteyn has NEVER tried a criminal or civil case & carries a white business card that reads, “Boris Epshteyn, Esq.” that lists his Gmail account & a cellphone number. He calls a steakhouse in DC where he hosts meetings every week his unofficial office. His face is caricatured on the wall & the restaurant even stores a portable phone charger for him.#law
(DIR) Post #At6G6NoCDShelhPwVE by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-04-15T01:36:58Z
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#BorisEpshteyn earned #Trump’s trust by overseeing his legal team after Trump left office & is regularly at the White House, admin ofcls said.Some of the #LawFirms privately worried about negotiating with a lawyer who wasn’t employed by the govt & didn’t have a govt email address, some of the lawyers said. But they decided talking w/Epshteyn was their best path to avoid a govt investigation or executive order, the people said, after determining he had serious sway w/Trump.#law #MafiaState
(DIR) Post #At6K4OSzCNnq2vnsae by jankusanagi@mastodon.sdf.org
2025-04-15T02:21:19Z
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@Nonilex the word you're looking for is #dictatorship