Epstein Secrets

d. The foreign policy establishment had a long and well-honed relationship with MBS’s rival, the crown prince, Mohammed bin Nayef (MBN). Key NSA and State Department figures were alarmed that Kushner’s discussions and fast-advancing relationship with MBS would send a dangerous message to MBN. And of course it did.

19995 11 WIRETAP ith three screens in his White House bedroom, the president was his own best cable y Y curator. But for print he depended on Hope Hicks. Hicks, who had been his junior aide for most of the campaign and his spokesperson (although, as he would point out, he was really his own spokespers

the media that could not be positively spun. The day after his “reset” speech before the joint session of Congress presented a certain conundrum for Hicks. Here were the first generally good notices for the administration. But in the Post, the Times, and the New Yorker that day, there was also an ugly b

, 47-48, 64, 91, 96, 122, 132, 160, 205-7, 211, 217-18, 223, 229, 251-52, 257-58, 261, 272-73, 282, 286, 296, 307 Spy magazine, 74 Starr, Ken, 233 State Department, 63, 86, 228-29, 231 Steele, Christopher, 37, 99 Steele dossier, 37-39, 92-93, 102, 151, 156 steel industry, 67-68 Steinmetz, Benny, 211 Stone, Ro

n aggrieved, unyielding, and threatening president dominated the discussion, pushing HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020079 into line his daughter and her husband, Hicks, and Raffel. Kasowitz—the lawyer whose specific job was to keep Trump at arm’s length from Russian-related matters—was kept on hold on the phone for

s the ultimate facilitator of unmediated behavior. His impulses and thoughts—unedited, unreviewed, unchallenged—not only passed through him, but, via Hicks, traveled out into the world without any other White House arbitration. “The problem isn’t Twitter, it’s Hope,” observed one communication staffer.

be said"(The Hill). > North Korea: The administration is extending a ban for another year on the use of U.S. passports for travel to North Korea. A State Department notice released Monday said the ban will remain in place until Aug. 31, 2020, unless revoked by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The ban was imposed

ave seen a real decline in sales, considered a recession warning alert. "The RV industry is better at calling recessions than economists are,"said Hicks, a Ball State University economist in Muncie, Ind. The Associated Press: So, is a recession near? The Hill: Five administration officials who shap

re fraud, highlighting his attempts to enrich himself while advancing Cuba's intelligence interests through deceitful means to secure and retain his State Department position and its benefits. The Associated Press (02/29, Goodman, Mustian) added that Peter Lapp, who oversaw FBI counterintelligence against Cuba b

ff Writer), Daily Caller (02/29, Silverio), Independent (02/29, Baio), Politico (02/29, Coltin), Daily Mail (02/29, Poleo), NY Post (02/29, Celona, Hicks, Gibbon), and ABC News (02/29, Katersky). Trump Seeks to Move Florida Trial to 2025, While Prosecutors Push for July The Washington Post (02/29, St