Court Filing Accuses Trump Adviser Alex Bruesewitz of Taking $500,000 in Foreign Gifts
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Updated · POLITICO · Nov 10
Court Filing Accuses Trump Adviser Alex Bruesewitz of Taking $500,000 in Foreign Gifts
2 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Nov 10
Summary
A Monday court filing by former X Strategies co-founder Derek Utley alleges Alex Bruesewitz took cash and luxury gifts from foreign individuals in Qatar and Syria while pursuing access-linked business deals.
Utley made the claims in a response to X Strategies’ September lawsuit, which accused him of embezzling and gambling away millions of dollars from the firm.
His filing denies those allegations, calls the case a “marketing ploy masquerading as a federal lawsuit,” and countersues, saying he was fired without cause after requesting medical leave.
The dispute centers on Bruesewitz, a top outside adviser to President Donald Trump whose firm runs the Trump War Room and Team Trump accounts on X.
A related suit filed in Florida separately accused Bruesewitz of taking $500,000 from Qatari interests in an arrangement Utley says could implicate foreign-agent disclosure rules; Bruesewitz denies wrongdoing.