Epstein Secrets

Ivanka and, 69-71, 79-80, 181, 187, 237, 252, 257-58, 290 Jews and, 140-44 Kelly as chief of staff and, 285-91, 294-97, 304-7 Kislyak meeting in Oval Office and, 218-19 Kushner and, 40, 69-73, 93, 122, 126, 142, 145, 179, 181-82, 211, 252-53, 290 McMaster and, 188-90, 193, 289 Melania and, 14-15, 43 Mer

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.

nty-four hours before, hi had embraced. EFTA00316529 28 MICHAEL WOLFF SIEGE 29 That Friday morning, he came down from the residence into the Oval Office in a full-on rage so violent that, for a moment, his hair came undone. To the shock of the people with him, there stood an almost entirely bald Don

s anywhere near it. » * * The ultimate keeper of the secrets from the campaign, the transition, through the first year in the White House was Hope Hicks, the 14, House communications director. She had witnessed most everyth EFTA00316518 6 MICHAEL WOLFF She saw what the president saw: she knew wh

l travel restrictions for most of Europe, effective March 13.[4711 That same day, he gave his first serious assessment of the virus in a nationwide Oval Office address, calling the outbreak "horrible" but "a temporary moment" and saying there was no financial crisis.I4791 On March 13, he declared a national

Advisor Michael Flynn (after just 25 days in office), and Press Secretary Sean Spiceriag Close personal aides to Trump including Steve Bannon, Hope Hicks, John McEntee, and Keith Schiller quit or were forced out 1431 Some, including Hicks and McEntee, later returned to the White House in different po

Comey, which Comey found out about on TV and that Trump asked Comey to shut down the FBI investigation into Michael Flynn. Wednesday: He met in the=Oval Office with Russian diplomats, including an accused Russian spy, where the President bragged ab=ut firing the FBI Director. Thursday: He admitted he fired

reign entity during the campaign." =E244, Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks in November "The campaign had no cont=ct with Russian officials." — Hicks, also in November<=span> "This i= a nonstory because, to the best of our knowledge, no contacts took place, so it's hard to =ake a comment on somet