Epstein Secrets

icy staffers. Plus, he's half of one of Washington's top power couples: His wife, Lael Brainard, is the undersecretary for international affairs at the Treasury Department. 23. Howard Berman The most influential House Democrat on foreign affairs, Howard Berman has carved out a perch for himself on the hawkish wing o

resources should be funneled to struggling U.S. efforts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq, calling the State Departments $4.8 billion request for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad a "symbol of grandiose and unrealistic ambitions in that country." 19. Cheryl Mills is as close as it gets to the Clintons, known for

ommittee. ... Neal made the disclosure in court filings as part of his battle with the Trump administration over the president's tax returns, which the Treasury Department has refused to furnish. ... The Treasury inspector general has opened a review of the Treasury Department's handling of House Democrats' request fo

and Pakistan. ... A rising star in the Foreign Service, Holmes had a string of sought-after jobs before landing as the senior political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. In addition to the National Security Council — a high-stress, high-profile plum — Holmes also was picked for a prestigious job working for

n over the president's tax returns, which the Treasury Department has refused to furnish. ... The Treasury inspector general has opened a review of the Treasury Department's handling of House Democrats' request for Trump's tax returns. Asked whether that review would look at the IRS whistleblower's complaint, Rich Delma

anscript of his deposition on Monday night. (Jose Luis Magana/AP) BY HOHMANN with Mariana Mara THE BIG IDEA: Holmes, the political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, testified that he "vividly" remembers his July 26 lunch at a restaurant in Kyiv because he'd "never seen anything like this." After or

d the family of Fahim Khan, the warlord then serving as the country's first vice president. 'On a scale of one to 10, it was a 20 here,' an unnamed U.S. Treasury Department official posted to Kabul as an Afghan government adviser told interviewers. 'It had elements that you could put into a spy novel, and the connectio

the stolen money but also to demonstrate to the Afghan people that no one was above the law. ... For about a year after the scandal became public, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, led by then- Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, made the case a top priority and pressed Karzai to take action, three former officials told gove

d the family of Fahim Khan, the warlord then serving as the country's first vice president. 'On a scale of one to 10, it was a 20 here,' an unnamed U.S. Treasury Department official posted to Kabul as an Afghan government adviser told interviewers. 'It had elements that you could put into a spy novel, and the connectio

sands of dollars to the Americans, even for legislation they would have backed anyway ... 'People would tell each other, so-and-so has just been to the U.S. Embassy and got this money. They said 'ok now I need to go," the U.S. official said. 'So from the beginning, their experience with democracy was one in whi