Epstein Secrets

what he wanted to hear. Trump harbored a myth about the ideal lawyer that had almost noth- ing to do with the practice of law. He invariably cited Roy Cohn, his old New York friend, attorney, and tough-guy mentor, and Robert Kennedy. John F. Kennedy's brother. "He was always on my ass about Roy Cohn a

White House finally having to back down. Under Obama, Comey, who by then was the FBI director, made a further grab for the FBI's independence from the Justice Department when he unilaterally decided to end and later reopen the Hillary Clinton email investigation—and, by doing so. arguably toss- ing the election to he

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tudent Government. When I told him my story, he said, “I made it to Havana,” and I said, “but the flights were cancelled.” He said, “No they weren’t. The State Department just issued a warning that it was a little bit dangerous.” I guess he was more determined to lose it than I was. His wife, who was then his college g

t what he wanted to hear. Trump harbored a myth about the ideal lawyer that had almost noth- ing to do with the practice of law. He invariably cited Roy Cohn, his old New York friend, attorney, and tough-guy mentor, and Robert Kennedy, John F. Kennedy’s brother. “He was always on my ass about Roy Cohn and

For his part, however, Donald Trump yet seemed to believe that | skills and instincts were at least a match for all the thoroughness a resources of the United States Department of Justice. He even believ their exhaustive approach would work in his favor. “Boring. Confusi for everybody,’ he said, dismissing the reports of the investigat

“textualist” judges. McGahn had long dreamed himself of becoming a federal judge him- self, but given the no-man’-land he occupied between Trump and the Justice Department—not to mention Trump’s sometimes daily attacks or the DOJ’s independence, which McGahn had to accept or condone—he knew his future as a jurist was de

est rate manipulation to prosecutors working from the Justice Department’s headquarters. Like Morgenthau, Bharara was a pro

a replacement. Powerful politicians lined up to support Morgenthau. Morgenthau had taken on mobsters and power brokers. He had repeatedly prosecuted Roy Cohn, the sleazy New York lawyer who had been Senator Joe McCarthy’s right-hand man. (One of Cohn’s clients and protégés was a young New York City real es

Bharara’s office ceded post- financial crisis investigations into foreign exchange and global interest rate manipulation to prosecutors working from the Justice Department’s headquarters. Like Morgenthau, Bharara was a prominent figure in the New York landscape, given to well-orchestrated press conferences and memorable