Trump Aide Boris Epshteyn Asked For Payments From Those Hoping For White House Jobs: Reports | EUROtoday

A prime adviser to President-elect Donald Trump allegedly tried to revenue from his relationship with the brand new administration, asking potential appointees for big retainer charges in change for selling them to get plum jobs, in accordance with a number of stories on Monday.

An inner investigation by Trump’s personal attorneys concluded Boris Epshteyn — a longtime aide who coordinated Trump’s prison defenses in recent times — had requested not less than two folks for the month-to-month funds. One of these folks was Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund supervisor who was not too long ago tapped to be the subsequent treasury secretary.

The Washington Post notes Epshteyn invited Bessent to lunch at a Palm Beach resort in February, the place he requested him to pay a month-to-month stipend of not less than $30,000 to advertise his popularity round Trump’s Mar-a-Lago membership in Florida. Bessent, who was gunning for the Treasury Department job, declined, however Epshteyn later requested him to take a position $10 million in a basketball league. Bessent additionally declined that overture.

Later, Bessent advised Trump’s attorneys he believed he was being criticized to these within the president-elect’s orbit after the November election. Epshteyn, The New York Times stories, advised the billionaire it was “too late” for him to be employed for a cupboard place whereas allegedly calling himself “Boris Fucking Epshteyn.”

The pair additionally had a heated confrontation within the foyer at Mar-a-Lago final week, CNN added.

Epshteyn has denied the allegations.

“I am honored to work for President Trump and with his team,” he mentioned in a press release to media shops. “These fake claims are false and defamatory and will not distract us from Making America Great Again.”

The Times went on to element additional allegations, nevertheless. A second individual included within the report compiled by Trump’s attorneys was a protection contractor, who advised them Epshteyn requested for $100,000 monthly in the course of the ongoing transition. The report mentioned the contractor felt hiring the person was “do or die” for his or her prospects.

They didn’t rent him and have feared some form of retaliation, the report discovered.

A 3rd individual — former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R) — additionally submitted a declaration to the Trump transition crew saying he felt equally in his personal dealings with Epshteyn.

“Mr. Epshteyn’s overall tone and behavior gave me the impression of an implicit expectation to engage in business dealings with him before he would advocate for or suggest my appointment to the President,” Greitens wrote, in accordance with stories from Just the News and CBS News.

The doc concluded with findings that Epshteyn ought to now not be as near the Trump orbit. It’s unclear what can be executed.

Steven Cheung, a spokesman for the president-elect, mentioned the overview was “standard practice” on Monday and mentioned it was now accomplished.

“We are now moving ahead together as a team to help President Trump Make America Great Again,” Cheung mentioned.