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Once a minor player in Republican politics, Boris Epshteyn impressed Trump with his belligerence and loyalty. But the aide’s pay-to-play scandal is just his latest headline.
The president-elect’s son called Boris Epshteyn a “good human being” and said he hoped the reports were false—but if not, the aide would be done in Trumpworld.
Boris Epshteyn said that the “fake claims” were “false and defamatory.”
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Accusations of leaks were levied at a Mar-a-Lago dinner table in front of other guests, a report said.
The texts, allegedly between A.J. Delgado and Jenna Ellis, claimed Donald Trump’s campaign paid off a number of lawsuits for a man whose name is not fully disclosed.
Trump’s aides maintain that the former president is totally innocent and the latest indictment is a witch hunt. They’re also happy to see one aide potentially in trouble.
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