Epstein Secrets

do anything illegal. Each seemed content to throw Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, and G

blame the president who appointed them for any misconduct. Both insisted that they didn't see him do anything illegal. Each seemed content to throw Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, and Gordon Sondland, the megadonor who became ambassador to the European Union and is testifying today, under th

ion. But he also painted a picture of himself as out of the loop and unaware of the machinations happening behind the scenes. He said he connected Giuliani with a top aide to the new Ukrainian president because he hoped it would smooth the way for a White House meeting and improved bilateral ties. Eage

ssed George H.W. Bush. In fact, it was Ronald Reagan." As the testimony concluded, Democrats revisited an old question: Is Trump a blackmail risk? Philip Bump reports: "Toward the end of the day, Democratic representatives sitting on the House Intelligence Committee began to press Mueller on this point. R

blame the president who appointed them for any misconduct. Both insisted that they didn't see him do anything illegal. Each seemed content to throw Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, and Gordon EFTA00046526 Sondland, the megadonor who became ambassador to the European Union and is testifying t

lso painted a picture of himself as out of the loop and unaware of the EFTA00046527 machinations happening behind the scenes. He said he connected Giuliani with a top aide to the new Ukrainian president because he hoped it would smooth the way for a White House meeting and improved bilateral ties. Eage

o anything illegal. Each seemed content to throw Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, and Go

gainst impeachment as the GOP casts the probe as partisan." — Democrats on the Intelligence Committee and their attorney spoke the most yesterday. Philip Bump crunched the numbers: "We took C-SPAN's closed captioning of the hearing and segmented each exchange by who was asking questions and who was respon

Ukrainians to announce investigations, but asserted they had merely `followed the president's orders,' communicated through Trump's personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani. Sondland testified that top-level officials — including [Vice President] Pence, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and Secretary of

ly written,' he said. ... "Sondland said that he, Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Kurt Volker, at the time a special envoy to Ukraine, worked with Giuliani in pressing Ukraine 'at the express direction of the president of the United States' — even though they were reluctant to do so. At least initially

would be unusual to withhold military aid to pressure a country to investigate a political opponent: " -- The timeline has remained somewhat murky. Philip Bump sketched out what we know so far about it. Page 17532 EFTA00047043 --The Fix prepared a list of things that Trump, Pence, Pompeo and other seni

Ukrainians to announce investigations, but asserted they had merely `followed the president's orders,' communicated through Trump's personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani. Sondland testified that top-level officials — including [Vice President] Pence, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and Secretary of S

lly written,' he said. ... "Sondland said that he, Energy Secretary Rick Perry and Kurt Volker, at the time a special envoy to Ukraine, worked with Giuliani in pressing Ukraine 'at the express direction of the president of the United States' — even though they were reluctant to do so. At least initially

would be unusual to withhold military aid to pressure a country to investigate a political opponent: " — The timeline has remained somewhat murky. Philip Bump sketched out what we know so far about it. —The Fix prepared a list of things that Trump, Pence, Pompeo and other senior officials knew, based on