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In reply to the discussion: Melania was an Epstein Escort [View all]Kid Berwyn
(25,243 posts)81. Paolo Zampolli got ICE to deport her -- the handpicked mother of his child.

Trump Friend Asked ICE to Detain the Mother of His Child
By Megan Twohey, Shawn McCreesh and Hamed Aleaziz
The New York Times
Last June, the man credited with introducing President Donald Trump to his wife asked the administration for a favor.
Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent turned presidential special envoy, had learned that his Brazilian ex-girlfriend was in a Miami jail, arrested on charges of fraud at her workplace. They had been in a custody battle over their teenage son. Now he saw an opportunity.
He reached out to a top official at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, explaining that his ex was in the country illegally, according to records obtained by The New York Times and a person familiar with the communications. Could she be put in ICE detention? That could help him get his son back.
The official, David Venturella, promptly called the agencys Miami office to ensure that ICE agents would pick up the woman from the jail before she was released on bail, according to the records and a person with knowledge of the conversation who requested anonymity to discuss it. During the call, Venturella noted that the case was important to someone close to the White House.
The woman, Amanda Ungaro, was placed in ICE custody and ultimately deported, an outcome that may well have happened regardless of Zampollis meddling. But the ICE officials willingness to spring into action for a Trump ally even one in a low-level, largely ceremonial role reflects a recurring theme of the second Trump administration: The levers of the federal government can be pulled to settle a personal score.
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https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trump-friend-asked-ice-to-detain-the-mother-of-his-child/
Paolo mustve worried the public would cough find out through the free LOL press cough cough.
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Yes, but her last name isn't Harris, Biden or Obama, so the corporate media looks the other way.
Chasstev365
Thursday
#2
No picture credit? Who's photo is it and who are the people who aren't recognizable by everyone? TIA
littlemissmartypants
Yesterday
#71
18 months ago, Martin O'Malley was warning in interviews - they're going to raid the Treasury.
yellow dahlia
6 hrs ago
#93
That picture is still amazing. As Melania hand is in Trump's clutches she is warm for P.M. Justin form.
Botany
15 hrs ago
#75
Don't know why this hasn't gotten more coverage on CIABCNNBCBSFoxNutworks,
republianmushroom
Thursday
#17
So why did Uncle Sam protect Epstein since Ronald Reagan was handing out jelly beans?
Kid Berwyn
14 hrs ago
#83
And he is still paying for her but now all he gets is an occasional attendance at one of his dinners or events.
Bev54
Thursday
#46
Larry Summers, Jeffrey Epstein & Andrei Shliefer helped Oligarchy loot Russia
Kid Berwyn
2 hrs ago
#94
Oh that can't be true...she arrived in the U.S. brandishing an Einstein passport.
allegorical oracle
Thursday
#52
FETUS* looks like a deer in the headlights in the photo that accompanies this article.
Blumancru
16 hrs ago
#73
Paolo Zampolli got ICE to deport her -- the handpicked mother of his child.
Kid Berwyn
14 hrs ago
#81