Onier Llopiz

Onier Llopiz is a Florida trial lawyer and managing partner of Llopiz Wizel LLP. His practice includes commercial litigation, government liability and professional liability. He earned his law degree at the University of Miami.

Statements by Onier Llopiz

Onier Llopiz

Role at the time: Lawyer representing Elijah Schaffer in the Wilkins defamation case

Challenged the characterization

Response to this claim

Kyle Seraphin said on his podcast on August 22, 2025 that FBI Director Kash Patel "has had his own little 'honeypot' issue" and that Patel's girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, is "a former Mossad agent in what is like the equivalent of their NSA," according to the transcript quoted in Wilkins's complaint and in the court's order denying his motion to dismiss.

“It’s perfectly fine to raise questions and Elijah [Schaeffer] didn’t even do that.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Max Blumenthal on Wilkins's lawsuit against SchafferArticle subtitle and paragraphs discussing Schaffer's photograph post and the interview with his lawyer.
Why we used this label

The reference point is the proposition that Alexis Wilkins is, or was, a foreign intelligence agent, specifically an Israeli or Mossad "honeypot" in a relationship with Kash Patel to compromise him. Llopiz says Schaffer's post did not even raise questions about Wilkins, which disputes reading it as an accusation, so we used Challenged the characterization. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional, because he also says skepticism about the director's relationships is warranted. It loses because he does not hint that the proposition is true. The protected-opinion argument is The Grayzone's paraphrase, not his quoted words. Evidence level: quotes reported by The Grayzone.

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