Epstein Secrets

into action to tell the president that American soldiers would not be paid the next day if he didn't sign the bill. This was a repeat performance: Mattis had issued a similar warning during a threatened shutdown in January. "Never. . . never . . . never... again:. Trump shouted, pounding the desk af

lared wannabe and marginal players. The president had never met them, could not remember them, or had a limited acquaintance with them. "I know Mr. Manafort—I haven't spoken to him in a long time, but I know him: declared a dismissive Trump, pulling a line from the "who dat?" page of his playbook. The

ormer campaign man- ager Paul Manafort, his former national security advisor Michael Flynn, the eager-beaver junior adviser George Papadopoulos, and Manafort's business partner and campaign official Rick Gates. This series of legal moves could be classically read as a methodical, step-by-step approach to

with, among others, former Rep. John Sweeney, R-N.Y., a transition team member. • On Jan. 12, 2017, after the Trump Tower interview, Calk wrote to Mattis' assistant to follow up on his request for a meeting with Mattis. "I know that Anthony Scaramucci and others will be reaching out on my behalf as w

was its chief executive officer. Calk was indicted in May for what federal prosecutors in New York said was a bribery scheme: leveraging the risky Manafort loans to try to get a Trump administration position. Calk is charged with financial institution bribery. The New York charges are an outgrowth of t

allback, at least getting a lesser postion, was anxious about how his bid to become Army secretary was doing, according to a Dec. 5, 2016, e-mail to Manafort, who had left the Trump campaign but still had influence. Calk wrote: "President Elect Trump will be in Michigan on Friday. Should we arrange a meet

with, among others, former Rep. John Sweeney, R-N.Y., a transition team member. • On Jan. 12, 2017, after the Trump Tower interview, Calk wrote to Mattis' assistant to follow up on his request for a meeting with Mattis. "I know that Anthony Scaramucci and others will be reaching out on my behalf as w

was its chief executive officer. Calk was indicted in May for what federal prosecutors in New York said was a bribery scheme: leveraging the risky Manafort loans to try to get a Trump administration position. Calk is charged with financial institution bribery. The New York charges are an outgrowth of t

llback, at least getting a lesser postion, was anxious about how his bid to become Army secretary was doing, according to a Dec. 5, 2016, e-mail to Manafort, who had left the Trump campaign but still had influence. Calk wrote: "President Elect Trump will be in Michigan on Friday. Should we arrange a meet

fruit salad they wore, the better. The president was very pleased with the compliments he got for appointing generals who commanded the respect that Mattis and Kelly and McMaster were accorded (pay no attention to Michael Flynn). What the president did not like was /istening to generals, who, for the mos

artment to prompt them to develop DOJ relationships and sources, and now they were always up on DOJ gossip. Flynn was going to throw him in the soup. Manafort was going to roll. And it wasn’t just Russia. It was Atlantic City. And Mar-a-Lago. And Trump SoHo. Both Chris Christie and Rudy Giuliani—each a sel

d ever receive close scrutiny, would now be subjected to microscopic review. His nemesis, Oleg Deripaska—still pursuing his $17 million claim against Manafort and himself looking for favorable treatment from federal authorities who had restricted his travel to the United States—was continuing his own deep i

approaching the boiling point. Trump had already authorized the Pentagon to deploy the troop resources it believed were needed, but Defense Secretary Mattis refused to act without a specific authorization from the president. Trump would finally have to make the call—unless he could find a way to put it of

gn chairman, Paul Manafort, and the campaign’s most influential voice, Jared Kushner, because: (a) a high-level conspiracy was being coordinated; (b) Manafort and Kushner, not taking the campaign very HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020076 seriously, and without a thought of any consequence here, were merely entertained

29, 204, 234, 237-38, 252-53, 255 Lewinsky, Monica, 233 Libya, 6, 42 Lighthizer, Robert, 133 Limbaugh, Rush, 128, 222 Lowe, Rob, 42 Luntz, Frank, 201 Manafort, Paul, 12, 17, 28, 101, 210, 240, 253-56, 278, 280 Manhattan, Inc., 74 Manigault, Omarosa, 109 Mar-a-Lago, 4, 69, 99, 106, 159, 189, 193-94, 210, 228

ve won against ISIS," contradicting Department of Defense assessments, and ordered the withdrawal of all troops from Syria.(393113941 The next day, Mattis resigned in protest, calling his decision an abandonment of the U.S.'s Kurdish allies who played a key role in fighting ISIS.f3951 One week after hi

itical consultant Roger Stone, were connected to Russian officials. 81[559) Russian agents were overheard during the campaign saying they could use Manafort and Flynn to influence Trump.156°) Members of Trump's campaign and later his White House staff, particular l Flynn, were in contact with Russian of