Bombshell Report Reveals Team Trump Is Rewarding Key Trial Witnesses

Donald Trump’s campaign and the Trump Organization bribed nine witnesses called to testify in criminal cases against Trump, a explosive new report from ProPublica reveals. Witnesses who testified in Trump’s defense for his numerous criminal cases received massive raises, new jobs, cushy severance packages and more, all conveniently coinciding with being called to testify or after providing testimony favorable to Trump – and the Team’s apology Trump couldn’t be weaker.

Barbara McQuade, former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, counted ProPublica witness tampering is often difficult to prove because the ruse is often not done explicitly. But the trend could help prosecutors in their efforts to call into question the credibility of witnesses testifying in Trump’s defense in his numerous legal battles.

In response to questions from ProPublica, the Trump team claimed that the nine witnesses who saw big raises and flashy new jobs simply took more work. The campaign also insisted that Trump, who famously insists on controlling every facet of his organizations, has no say in who gets promoted or how much he gets paid. “The president is not involved in the decision-making process,” a Trump campaign official told ProPublica. “I would say Trump doesn’t know how much we’re being paid.”

Steven Cheung, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, questionably claimed in a statement to ProPublica that “Trump’s 2024 campaign is the best-run and most professional operation in political history.” Cheung continued: “Any false claim that we are engaging in any type of behavior that could be considered tampering is absurd and completely false.” ProPublica also reports that the outlet received a cease and desist order from David Warrington, Trump’s lawyer, against publishing its findings, promising that “President Trump will evaluate all legal appeals.” According to ProPublica’s findings, these legal solutions seem to conveniently tend to hand out large payouts to people called to testify on Trump’s behalf.

According to records reviewed by ProPublica, monthly payments from the Trump campaign to Trump’s lawyer Boris EpshteynTrump’s company – which appears to be just a one-man show – more than doubled after Trump was indicted – jumping from $26,000 a month to $53,500 a month. The Trump campaign told ProPublica that the increase was due to Epshteyn’s increased workload, although Epshteyn continued to accept contracts for other campaigns and took a job as a managing director at a financial securities firm elsewhere.

Susie Wiles, a senior adviser to Trump’s 2024 campaign who allegedly witnessed Trump displaying confidential documents also saw a large pay raise after being called to a grand jury and before Trump’s indictment in that case. His salary jumped from $25,000 a month to $30,000 a month and his consulting firm received a hefty $75,000, according to ProPublica. The Trump team claims that payments to the consulting firm were simply delayed and that its raise was because it “reworked its contract.” His daughter Caroline was hired by the Trump campaign a few months later, earning a salary of $222,000 and becoming the fourth-highest-paid campaign staffer. Caroline told ProPublica that she got the job “because I deserved it,” telling ProPublica, “I don’t think it had anything to do with Susie,” referring to her mother. Meanwhile, her mother stated that she directly hired her nepobaby daughter and that Trump had no influence on that decision.

Dan Scavino, Trump’s political adviser and former chief of staff, has been offered a seat on the board of Truth Social, Trump’s social media company. His appointment resulted in him being subpoenaed and giving testimony to Congress about Trump’s role in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Scavino also received a $600,000 retention bonus and “a $4 million ‘executive promissory note’ paid in stock” at some point, according to ProPublica. Conveniently, Scavino’s testimony surrounding the Capitol riot produced “no significant new information,” according to ProPublica.

Allen Weisselberg, retired Trump Organization chief financial officer who was recently convicted of lying for Trump, received a $2 million settlement four months after New York Attorney General Letiticia James sued Trump for real estate fraud. The agreement included a clause that prevented Weisselberg from cooperating with investigators unless he was forced to do so. According to court recordsprosecutors in Trump’s secret trial brought up the deal on why they wouldn’t call him to testify, noting: “The deal appears to prevent us from talking to him or him talking to us at the risk of losing $750,000 in outstanding damages. .”

Witness payments are nothing new for the Trump team, which has a history of campaign officials being convicted of federal witness tampering: Roger Stone, Trump’s 2016 campaign adviser, directed a witness lying to a Senate committee. Paul Manafort, Trump’s campaign manager, was convicted of conspiring with Russia after having previously been convicted of witness tampering. trump forgave them bothas did Jared Kushner’s father, in his final days in office.