Epstein Secrets

ary Committee appeared unsatisfied with his answers, several signaled that they would vote for his confirmation next week." Politico (2/22, LeVine, Gerstein, 6.73M) reports, "Republicans did use the opportunity to gingerly push Garland to commit to allowing federal prosecutors to press on with politicall

rt to the Congress, with testimony from Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell; 10:00 AM • Senate Judiciary Committee concludes consideration of Merrick Garland to be AG - Nominations hearing considers Merrick Garland to be Attorney General, second and final day, with testimony from external witnesses * Hear

Garland "appears to be on his way to Senate confirmation." CBS' Kris Van Cleave: "Nearly five years after being nominated to the US Supreme Court, Merrick Garland finally got his Senate confirmation hearing today for attorney general. ... He'd take over a department beset by low morale and under fire by Democ

ollars in offshore accounts and then lying to get loans after income dried up from his work for pro-Russian Ukrainian politicians." Politico (10/22, Gerstein, 4.29M) also reports. Goldman To Pay Nearly $3B, Take Millions From Executives To Settle 1MDB Probe. The Wall Street Journal. (10/22, Hoffman, Subs

d are set to confirm Barrett just 38 days after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. By comparison, they sat on President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland for 293 days and never held a vote." The AP (10/22, Mascaro, Jalonick) reports Republicans "powered past a Democratic boycott" to advance the nomi

ia Probe Docs Despite Trump Tweet To The Contrary. Politico <https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/21/judge-russia-docs-trump-tweets-430813> (10/21, Gerstein, 4.29M) reports that on Wednesday, US District Court Judge Reggie Walton ruled that two tweets from President Trump that "appeared to call for the

0 Democrats will boycott, Schumer highlighted" Senate Majority Leader McConnell's actions in 2016 "when he refused to consider Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, the choice of President Barack Obama to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February." Reuters <https://www.reuters

k for pro-Russian Ukrainian politicians." Politico <https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/22/manafort-indictment-new-york-dismissal-431265> (10/22, Gerstein, 4.29M) also reports. Goldman To Pay Nearly $3B, Take Millions From Executives To Settle 1MDB Probe. The Wall Street Journal <https://wwvv.wsj.corn

are set to confirm Barrett just 38 days after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. By comparison, they sat on President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland for 293 days and never held a vote." The AP <https://apnews.corn/article/election-2020-donald-trump-virus-outbreak-senate-elections-boycotts- de2972

ollars in offshore accounts and then lying to get loans after income dried up from his work for pro-Russian Ukrainian politicians." Politico (10/22, Gerstein, 4.29M) also reports. Goldman To Pay Nearly $3B, Take Millions From Executives To Settle 1MDB Probe. EFTA00148464 The Wall Street Journal (10/22

d are set to confirm Barrett just 38 days after the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. By comparison, they sat on President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland for 293 days and never held a vote." The AP (10/22, Mascaro, Jalonick) reports Republicans "powered past a Democratic boycott" to advance the nomi

07/27, Staff Writer), Fox News (07/27, Singman, Gibson, Mean), Reuters (07/27, Lynch, Thomsen), NBC News (07/27, Richards), Politico (07/27, Cheney, Gerstein), Axios (07/27, Doherty), BBC News (07/27, Drenon), Bloomberg (07/27, Tillman, Larson, Strohm), NPR (07/27, Johnson), The Guardian (07/27, Pengelly

ments in which Scott has recommended Gowdy for roles such as Supreme Court justice. Scott also expressed the need to dismiss President Joe Biden and Merrick Garland from the Department of Justice. Back to Top COUNTERTERRORISM Judge Orders Release of Three of 'Newburgh Four; Assails FBI's Role in a Post-9/11 T

ion aftermath, adding that Trump "did absolutely nothing wrong." The story was also reported on by CBS News (07/21, Quinn, Legare), Politico (07/21, Gerstein, Cheney), a second Politico (07/21, Gerstein) article, BBC News (07/21, Halpert), Reuters (07/21, Heavey, Lynch, Thomsen), CNBC (07/21, Breuninger)

y On Alleged Hunter Biden Coverup The New York Post (07/21, Nelson) reported that the chairmen of three House committees called on Attorney General Merrick Garland Friday to make the "voluntary" decision to allow 11 Justice Department officials to testify about an alleged coverup in the investigation of first s

/27, Staff Writer), Fox News (07/27, Singman, Gibson, Mears), Reuters (07/27, Lynch, Thomsen), NBC News (07/27, Richards), Politico (07/27, Cheney, Gerstein), Axios (07/27, Doherty), BBC News (07/27, Drenon), Bloomberg (07/27, Tillman, Larson, Strohm), NPR (07/27, Johnson), The Guardian (07/27, Pengelly)

to a timeline posted by ABC News (07/27, Faulders, Mallin, Barr), in November 2022, Jack Smith was appointed as special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland to oversee the investigation into attempts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results. Smith soon began issuing subpoenas

s no jurisdiction. Back to Top CAPITOL VIOLENCE NEWS Arrest Footage of Trump Co-Defendant Provides Glimpse Into Jack Smith Probe Politico (01/04, Gerstein, Cheney) described an incident where Harrison Floyd, a former Trump campaign aide and director of Black Voices for Trump, confronted FBI agents. Acc

Reuters (01/04, Morgan, Ax) noted that FBI agents from the Omaha-Des Moines office are assisting in the investigation and that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland was briefed on the shooting. The story was also reported on by ABC News (01/04, Osborne, Margolin, Deliso), Axios (01/04, Ta), BBC (01/OS, Kim), CN

ey, et al.), New York Times (08/12, Goldman, Haberman, Thrush), Reuters (08/12, Lynch), Associated Press (08/12, Miller, Balsamo), Politico (08/12, Gerstein, Sakellariadis), Fox News (08/12, Betz), CNN (08/12, Lyngaas, Perez, Holmes), NBC News (08/12, Collier, Dilanian, Luce), CBS News (08/12, Triay, Leg

ng the government could have had the records "anytime they wanted." CNN (08/12, Polantz, Reid) reported that the claim alleges that Attorney General Merrick Garland and Director Wray, who signed off on the search, made the decision inappropriately, with negligence and that Trump and his attorneys said they were