Trump PAC paid the law firm representing indicted legal adviser Boris Epshteyn in Arizona, records show

New campaign finance records show that Donald Trump's political action committee paid the legal firm representing the former president's longtime adviser Boris Epshteyn ahead of his pending criminal trial in Arizona.

The leadership PAC, Save America, made two payments of $40,000 and $10,000 on May 14 to the Phoenix-based law firm Tully Bailey LLP. Named partner Michael Bailey, who was the U.S. attorney for Arizona from 2019 to 2021, has represented Epshteyn in the Arizona case since at least May 9, according to court records.

Epshteyn was among those indicted in April on state charges that he helped orchestrate the alleged fake elector scheme in Arizona to send electors for Trump to the U.S. Capitol to be counted instead of Joe Biden’s electors after the 2020 election. He has pleaded not guilty.

Bailey, who did not respond to multiple requests for comment, represented Epshteyn at his arraignment June 18, which was delayed, by permission of the court and with prosecutors’ consent, because of Bailey’s own obligations to another client outside the state.

It is not clear whether the payment to the firm was directly tied to representation for Epshteyn, but the payments were the PAC’s first disbursements to it.

Since last year, none of the 30 other co-defendants with ties to Trump in Arizona or a related scheme in Georgia appear to have directly received financial support from Save America for their legal expenses.

Epshteyn remains a frequent presence on the campaign trail for Trump. He has led the coordination of the multiple legal teams that have provided counsel for Trump related to his New York hush money trial and three other pending criminal cases, as well as the investigation by the now-defunct House Jan. 6 committee.

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