Elliott Broidy

On March 2, 2018, Ruemmler emailed Epstein: I am involved in the WSJ matter. Epstein replied: McCabe? Ruemmler responded: Elliot Broidy. This establishes Ruemmler was representing Broidy in the WSJ matter (the Wall Street Journal story that broke Broidy's 1.6M hush money payment to a Playboy model via Michael Cohen's Essential Consultants LLC). Epstein's McCabe question suggests he conflated the WSJ matter with the Andrew McCabe/DOJ Inspector General investigation happening simultaneously.

On May 24, 2018, Epstein emailed Ruemmler: hes asking me whether or not he should rep broidy. Ruemmler replied: Chris Clark fired him as a client yesterday. Then: Does that mean that he is asking you to ask me? This reveals (1) someone asked Epstein about representing Broidy, (2) attorney Chris Clark had just fired Broidy as a client, and (3) Epstein was being used as intermediary to Ruemmler for Broidy's legal representation. The unnamed he who asked Epstein is a key investigative question.

Epstein directly discussed Broidy in email with Kathy Ruemmler on Mar 2, 2018. Epstein mentioned 'Elliot Broidy' and 'McCabe' (FBI Dep Dir Andrew McCabe) in same email chain where Ruemmler stated 'I am involved in the WSJ matter.' Separately, someone asked Epstein whether 'he should rep broidy' — Epstein was consulted about legal representation for Broidy. Broidy later pled guilty (1:20-cr-00210 DCD) to FARA conspiracy for lobbying Trump administration to drop 1MDB investigation on behalf of Jho Low. Broidy received $6M from Jho Low and $2.7M from George Nader (convicted pedophile/UAE adviser). Pardoned by Trump Jan 2021.

Broidy context: Richard Kahn forwarded Epstein a Bloomberg article on Michael Cohen's tenuous finances (April 27, 2018) detailing the 250K payment from Essential Consultants LLC for negotiating Broidy's 1.6M hush money to a Playboy model. Cohen's three known clients were Broidy, Trump, and Hannity. Broidy later pled guilty (Oct 2020) to FARA violation for back-channel lobbying to drop 1MDB investigation. Broidy Capital Management LLC sued Muzin in DC federal court (Jan 2019). SEC previously charged Broidy in 2009. Broidy filed suit against Haaretz (Oct 2025) and American Express (July 2025).

May 24, 2018: An unnamed attorney asked Epstein whether he should represent Broidy. Epstein forwarded to Ruemmler: hes asking me whether or not he should rep broidy. Ruemmler responded in two messages: (1) Chris Clark fired him as a client yesterday (EFTA02658568), (2) Does that mean that he is asking you to ask me? (EFTA02658753). This places Broidy seeking new counsel through Epstein's network the day after Chris Clark (Latham & Watkins) dropped him. The unnamed 'he' is the attorney asking Epstein for guidance -- Epstein was functioning as a referral broker for high-profile criminal defense. Ruemmler's question suggests the attorney may have been seeking her specifically through Epstein.

FARA search confirms zero registrations for Elliott Broidy despite being under DOJ Public Integrity Section investigation for selling government influence on behalf of UAE, Saudi Arabia, China, and Malaysia. Broidy operated through George Nader as conduit to MBZ (Abu Dhabi) and MBS (Saudi Arabia) to shape US Qatar policy, attempted to engineer extradition of Chinese dissident Guo Wengui, and lobbied to drop 1MDB investigation against Malaysian PM Najib Razak. No FARA registration despite extensive foreign government influence work. Broidy pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate FARA in Oct 2020, was later pardoned by Trump in Jan 2021.

CourtListener case map for Broidy FARA prosecution: US v. BROIDY (1:20-cr-00210 DCD, filed Oct 6 2020) plus civil cases: Broidy Capital Management v. Allaham (CDCA Jul 2018), Broidy Capital Management v. Benomar (SDNY Jul 2018), Broidy v. Reaboi (SDFL Mar 2022), Mosafer Inc v. Broidy (CDCA Aug 2021). The Allaham and Benomar suits were filed by Broidy against people he alleged were involved in the hack-and-leak of his emails. Joseph Allaham was a lobbyist for Qatar. Ahmed Benomar was a former UN official. Both suits alleged Qatari government involvement in hacking Broidys emails to expose the Nader-Broidy anti-Qatar scheme. Broidy was simultaneously a plaintiff suing Qatar interests AND a defendant in the FARA case for working with those same Gulf interests.

Mar 2, 2018: Ruemmler told Epstein I am involved in the WSJ matter. Epstein asked McCabe? Ruemmler replied Elliot Broidy (EFTA02514715). The WSJ matter refers to WSJ's reporting on the Broidy-Cohen hush money payment (.6M to Shera Bechard via Essential Consultants LLC). Ruemmler was representing Broidy in this matter as early as March 2018 -- months before the May 24 'Chris Clark fired him' exchange. This means Ruemmler had DUAL involvement with Broidy: she was already working on the WSJ matter while a separate unnamed attorney was asking Epstein about representation. Epstein's guess of 'McCabe' (Andrew McCabe, FBI Deputy Director fired Mar 16, 2018) suggests he was tracking multiple concurrent legal crises and assumed Ruemmler's matter was the FBI investigation.

Epstein monitored McCabe DOJ IG investigation closely. On March 17, 2018, Epstein told Ruemmler: mccabe didnt do so well. I m happy to hire him. Ruemmler replied: I am so upset about it. On April 14, 2018, Epstein asked: did you read the mccabe report? (referring to DOJ IG report on McCabe). Kahn also sent Epstein the OIG report PDF URL from NYT. Epstein offering to hire fired FBI Deputy Director McCabe shows his self-image as political power broker.

Epstein was directly involved in the Elliott Broidy representation question. On May 24 2018, Epstein told Ruemmler 'hes asking me whether or not he should rep broidy' -- someone was asking Epstein for advice on whether to represent Broidy legally. Ruemmler responded 'Does that mean that he is asking you to ask me?' and then revealed 'Chris Clark fired him as a client yesterday.' Separately, on Mar 2 2018, Ruemmler identified 'Elliot Broidy' in the same thread where she said 'I am involved in the WSJ matter.' This is investigatively significant because Broidy was under federal investigation for attempting to sell government influence to Malaysia (to drop 1MDB prosecution of Jho Low for $75M fee) and to China (rendition of Guo Wengui). The Broidy-1MDB connection runs through the same DOJ apparatus investigating both 1MDB and Epstein.

Epstein's files contained extensive Broidy coverage from House Oversight documents (13 matches in 20K corpus). Articles include: WaPo (GOP fundraiser Broidy under investigation for alleged effort to sell government influence, Aug 2018), which details DOJ Public Integrity Section probe into Broidy's work on behalf of China (extraditing Guo Wengui) and Malaysia (1MDB). NYT reported Nader and Broidy pitched UAE and Saudi Arabia a scheme for Broidy to use White House contacts to shape US policy toward Qatar. Ruemmler sent Epstein the Foreign Policy article Middle Eastern Monarchs Look at the Trumps and See Themselves (May 28, 2018, HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029505) which connects Nader-Broidy-UAE-Saudi influence operation. The Broidy-Nader-Qatar nexus intersects directly with Epstein's own Gulf intelligence network via Jabor Al Thani (Qatar).

Epstein shared the Nader-Broidy-Qatar article with Jabor Y. (HBJ/Qatar contact) on Apr 20 2019 in HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031682. The article detailed the cast of characters fielding overtures from Russians or pro-Russian Ukrainians including Nader Manafort Cohen and Erik Prince. Epstein was forwarding intelligence about the anti-Qatar operation to his Qatari contact. This confirms Epstein was actively playing BOTH sides: offering legal help for HBJ/Qatar (Jun 2017) while simultaneously being consulted about Broidys legal representation (May 2018) and sharing anti-Qatar operation details with Jabor.