Epstein Secrets

n Trump's inner circle. Chief of Staff John Kelly, fed up with Trump—just as Trump was f up with him—seemed surely on the way out. Kelly had joined the Wh House, replacing Reince Priebus, Trump's first chief of staff, in Aug 2017, charged with bringing management discipline to a chaotic W Wing. But by mid-f

mp campaign, arguably among the most careless about election law compliance in recent history. Before joining the Trump administra- tion, McGahn had no White House or executive branch experience. He had never worked in the Justice Department or, in fact, anywhere in gov- ernment. Formerly an attorney for a nonp

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thirty, Ryan called the president to say he was short fifteen to twenty votes and needed to pull the vote. Bannon, backed by Mulvaney, who had become the White House’s Hill operative, continued to urge an immediate vote. A defeat here would be a major defeat for the Republican leadership. That suited Bannon just fin

ore and more seemed to be. Meanwhile, virtually everybody believed that a large measure of the fault lay in Reince Priebus, who had failed to create a White House that could protect the president from himself—or from Bannon or from his own children. At the same time, believing that the fundamental problem lay i

ired right off the bat.) Also that week, there was a meeting that included the president, Jared and Ivanka, Bannon, Priebus, and White House counsel Don McGahn. It was a closed-door meeting— widely noted because it was unusual for the Oval Office door ever to be closed. All the Democrats hate Comey, said th

Valerie Boyd and DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Bryan Ware "have been forced to resign by the White House, according to sources familiar with the resignations." CNN says Ware's "farewell letter to staff indicates that he did not want to step down." Reut

says that in the House, Democrats are "still in court fighting to obtain Trump's financial records and testimony from his first White House counsel Don McGahn, a key figure in the obstruction of justice case against Trump." Meanwhile, in the Senate, Republicans are "plotting ways to expand and intensify th

v. City of New York, "a case involving a New York City gun control law, saying the GOP- appointed majority is too tainted to deliver a valid ruling." Whitehouse argued, "The Supreme Court is not well. And the people know it. Perhaps the court can heal itself before the public demands it be 'restructured in o

cused the House Judiciary Committee of "judge shopping" in an effort to get a favorable ruling to enforce its subpoena of former White House counsel Don McGahn. McGahn defied the subpoena in May and the committee filed a lawsuit in US District Court to enforce it. When the suit was filed, the committee "arg

president got booed at a stadium again, and this time he wasn't even there: Page 16652 EFTA00046163 QUOTE OF THE DAY: "He is healthy as can be," White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said after the president made an unscheduled trip to Walter Reed. "That man works from 6 a.m. until, you know, ve

e underminers of democracy beyond their borders." -- Last year, after CIA Director Gina Haspel was nominated for her position, White House counsel Don McGahn suggested she withdraw due to her role in the "enhanced interrogation" program, which he argued could kill her confirmation chances. Trump disagre

he world's most active underminers of democracy beyond their borders." -- Last year, after CIA Director Gina Haspel was nominated for her position, White House counsel Don McGahn suggested she withdraw due to her role in the "enhanced interrogation" program, which he argued could kill her confirmation chan

e underminers of democracy beyond their borders." -- Last year, after CIA Director Gina Haspel was nominated for her position, White House counsel Don McGahn suggested she withdraw due to her role in the "enhanced interrogation" program, which he argued could kill her confirmation chances. Trump disagree

e's office has focused closely on correspondence that could be subject to public records requests, those which involve discussions between staff at the White House and at other agencies. Internal White House records are not subject to federal public records law, but messages that include officials at federal a

liani], have declined to cooperate with the impeachment inquiry. A federal judge is expected to rule [today] on whether [former White House counsel Don McGahn] must testify under subpoena. ... "Schiff said Sunday that time is of the essence and that Democrats will continue to investigate even after they

secretary for a tense January encounter that became known inside the West Wing as `the woodshed meeting.' Mulvaney told Acosta in blunt terms that the White House believed he was dragging his feet on regulation rollbacks desired by business interests and that he was on thin ice as a result. ... Soon after, Ac

f Appeals issued a pair of orders directing House lawyers to indicate whether lawmakers are still seeking testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn and portions of special counsel Mueller's report containing information gleaned from secret grand jury testimony. Both orders raised the issue of w

Valerie Boyd and DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Bryan Ware "have been forced to resign by the White House, according to sources familiar with the resignations." CNN says Ware's "farewell letter to staff indicates that he did not want to step down." Reut

says that in the House, Democrats are "still in court fighting to obtain Trump's financial records and testimony from his first White House counsel Don McGahn, a key figure in the obstruction of justice case against Trump." Meanwhile, in the Senate, Republicans are "plotting ways to expand and intensify th

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p didn’t want a chief of staff who would focus him. Trump, it was clear, didn’t want a chief of staff who would tell him anything. Trump did not want a White House that ran by any method other than to satisfy his desires. Someone happened to mention that John E Kennedy didn’t have a chief of staff, and now Trump

ake Bentonville, Arkansas, where Walmart had its headquarters, over Washington, D.C. For a generation or more, the arm’s-length relationship between the White House and the Department of Justice often seemed more like a never-ending conflict between armed camps. Bill Clinton could hardly stomach his attorney gene