A top aide to President-elect Donald Trump has been accused of soliciting bribes from potential Cabinet picks and others seeking senior posts in the next administration, The Washington Post reported Monday evening.

Boris Epshteyn served as a special assistant to Trump in his first term and has been a close adviser ever since. A lawyer by trade, he has also served as Trump's in-house counsel, at times clashing with the president-elect's other attorneys about the best line of defense in the several legal cases Trump faced before the........

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