Andrew Tate landed in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in late February with his brother Tristan after Romanian authorities lifted a travel ban that had kept them in the country for years. The brothers, facing human trafficking and rape charges in Romania, had their electronic devices seized by Customs and Border Protection officials upon arrival. Within days, a White House official intervened to push for the return of those devices, according to interviews and records reviewed by ProPublica.
White House Intervention of Andrew Tate
Paul Ingrassia, a lawyer who previously represented the Tate brothers before joining the White House as its Department of Homeland Security liaison, told senior DHS officials to return the devices.