# Boris Epshteyn

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Trump Seethes as Blanche’s “Godfather” Pulling his Strings is Exposed before Big Hearing!

Popok does a deep dive into the shadowy world of Trump fixer Boris Epshteyn to make the case that AG Nominee Todd Blanche is under his spell and control, as are ALL of Trump's outside lawyers filing bad faith cases and appeals against Trump's political targets, including one the most prestigious fi…

Trump AG Finally Faces Day of Reckoning Over Secret Fixer

During his Senate Confirmation hearing, AG Nominee Todd Blanche will have to answer for whether he is in the back pocket of and controlled by not only Trump but also Trump’s “fixer” and hatchet man, Boris Epshteyn. Popok connects the dots between Epshteyn and top current and former DOJ leadership l…

Trump biographer exposes why Melania's 'preposterous' legal move is doomed to fail

Litigation as Harassment, Not Law Melania Trump’s fight with Michael Wolff is being packaged as a legal dispute. It reads more like a pressure campaign. The facts in the source are simple: Wolff wrote about the Trump family and Jeffrey Epstein, Melania threatened suit, Wolff filed an anti-SLAPP cas…

Author claims Melania Trump is trying a 'preposterous' new way to silence him

Legal Intimidation as Message Discipline Michael Wolff says Melania Trump’s legal team is now trying to sanction the lawyers who brought his anti-SLAPP suit after a federal judge threw it out in May. The immediate fight is over a lawsuit, but the political point is clearer than the filing: the Trum…

Trump’s Shady Law Firm Deals Implode as He Scrambles to Hide Secrets Messages

Why is Trump refusing to disclose his communications with Boris Epshteyn and Steve Bannon over his deals with those mega law firms last year to avoid getting hit with Executive Orders? Katie Phang details what a current lawsuit brought by the American Bar Association has revealed thus far and why i…

Stretching the Limits of the Courts

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.serioustrouble.show This week: Judge Kathleen Williams’ eviscerates President Trump’s attorneys for their sham lawsuit that was ultimately used as a pretext to create the “weaponization fund” settlement. Her order is bracing. But wha…

Rachel Cohen Ran the Numbers

Rachel Cohen picks her filming spots the way she picks her fights, with a reason ready. On a hot morning in late July, she sat for a long interview near the Art Institute of Chicago, a block from the Grant Park paths she walks most days and films on. Cohen is 31, a Harvard Law graduate who spent th…

How Trump built a legal team that answers only to him — even against his own government

Loyalty as Legal Strategy What the reporting shows The Washington Post reports that Trump is not hiring lawyers for competence so much as obedience. After cycling through more prominent attorneys he did not want to listen to, he has turned to lesser-known civil litigators willing to push arguments …

Criminals Preparing to Lose the Midterms

The timing is the story. Legal historian Holly Brewer's read is that the document was written while Blanche was still acting AG and kept from the senators voting on him, Republicans included. Amanda Carpenter put it simply: a new Attorney General and a new immunity. Chuck Todd's point is that the m…

Massive backfire is set to turn Trump's $1B win into a bruising defeat

Buying Peace From a Bully Only Funds the Next Extortion The Settlement Was Never Final Nine elite law firms paid almost $1 billion and bent the knee to Trump’s administration, apparently believing that surrender would buy them peace. It did not. The ABA’s lawsuit, the DOJ’s subpoenas, and the fight…