Who is Nick Garavante? Lawyer denies he warned Trump that dinner with Kanye West, Nick Fuentes was a 'setup'

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He added, "And so before the dinner, Ye actually forwarded that to a lawyer, who then in the middle of the dinner, apparently called Trump to say hey, Karen Giorno is involved, this is a setup. You guys are being set up right now. It was really just based on a misunderstanding." Further Fuentes said, "We pulled up in the car and Ye said 'hey, I’ll forward you these notes,’ so he forwarded it to me and I said, 'hey, I didn’t get the text,' and we kind of brushed it off, and we found out later he meant to send it to Nicholas Fuentes, he sent it to Nicholas Gravante on accident. "

Fuentes also explained, "Well then in the middle of this dinner, Trump gets this call, because Nick Gravante apparently sent the text to one of Trump’s guys or somebody, somebody called Trump and said Karen is giving Ye intel, because Karen worked for Trump, she ran the state of Florida during the Republican primary in 2016, and he got the heads up they thought it was some big ambush." After the call Fuentes claims that Trump's "tone totally flipped." He claimed that the former POTUS narrated stories that "black constituents that have "betrayed him," and the "moral of the story was, if you go against me, if you’re disloyal to me, I’ll crush you."

Meanwhile, Newsweek reports that a spokesperson of Gravante claimed to the outlet, "Mr. Gravante made no such call to Mr. Trump or anyone in his organization or orbit. As has been widely reported, Mr. Gravante ended his representation of Ye after Ye made antisemitic comments in October."

Who is Nick Gravante?

According to Nick Gravante's LinkedIn, Gravante has decades of experience in handling business crimes, disputes, and complex commercial litigation. He also claims to be retained by some of the country’s most prominent leaders to help guide them through various legal challenges. As a lawyer, he represents individuals as well as corporations in case of government investigations, enforcement proceedings and internal investigations. He graduated in psychology and political science from Duke University and pursued his degree in Law from Columbia Law School. 

He began his career in law working as an associate for five years with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP and then worked with the Law Offices of Gerald L Shargel as an associate for two years. Gravante also served as a law partner for Barrett, Gravante, Carpinello & Stern LLP for eight years. Meanwhile, from 2000 to 2021, he was the managing partner for Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP. Currently, he serves as the Co-Chair of the Global Litigation Group of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP. Graventas represents former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg.