Trump's meeting with 'billionaire beef bro' flagged by legal expert: 'The timing stinks'
Lawyer and journalist Katie Phang is questioning the timing of a private Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and a bribery-linked Brazilian billionaire.
On August 20, Joesley Batista met with Trump, and the following day, the president announced the U.S. would allow up to 300,000 metric tons of imported beef product over the next 90 days, sold at 25 percent below market price, Phang explained in a Wednesday podcast episode. She noted that Batista's company, JBS, processes meat and is the world's largest meatpacker.
"I'm calling him the Brazilian billionaire beef bro of Donald Trump," Phang said....
Sep 03, 2026