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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPaolo Zampolli, Trump ally was in custody battle. Asked ICE to pick up his ex-girlfriend..they did
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/us/paolo-zampolli-ice-melania-trump-epstein.html?unlocked_article_code=1.UlA.usA9.ys5Aaal-evog&smid=url-shareTrump Friend Asked ICE to Detain the Mother of His Child
Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and a longtime Trump ally, was in a custody battle over his son. An ICE official agreed to help.
Last June, the man credited with introducing President 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, Mr. 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 Mr. 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.
pandr32
(14,217 posts)Ditto for all the others you mentioned, but I am quite sure trump blames women for his own precarious position because: a) we vote against him more than for him, and b) we are standing with his victims more than others are. Women are a serious threat to the version of patriarchy Trump promotes. In order for his kind to be tough guys he needs submissive women/girls or complicit types like Bondi, and Cannon.
Besides, intelligent, independent women want a better world and equality. He can't have that.
Fla Dem
(27,602 posts)Fine put her in jail for fraud, But the father of her child did not need to take a step further and ask Ice to deport her.
Grins
(9,435 posts)This is Dukes of Hazard kind of law enforcement.
patphil
(9,017 posts)Is this guy named in the Epstein Files?
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,080 posts)Bev54
(13,422 posts)DBoon
(24,941 posts)When personal disagreements result in one party being denounced to the secret police.