Epstein Secrets

the way to the Supreme Court. For this plan to work, the president would have to get rid of his inept lawyers. Oh, and he would also have to fire Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who was overseeing the Mueller investigation. Bannon had been against the firing of Comey, and in the months after the

g of Comey, and in the months after the appoint- ment of the special counsel, he had fought the president's almost daily impulse to fire Mueller and Rosenstein, seeing this as the surest invitation to impeachment. ("Just don't pay attention to his crazy shit," he had urged everyone around the president.) B

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en the first choice for attorney general, but turned it down because he wanted to be Secretary of State instead." 3. Former deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein told the FBI he was "angry, ashamed, horrified and embarrassed" at how Jim Comey was fired as FBI director. "Rosenstein said he was asked during a

deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein told the FBI he was "angry, ashamed, horrified and embarrassed" at how Jim Comey was fired as FBI director. "Rosenstein said he was asked during a White House meeting one day before Comey's firing to produce a memo laying out his concerns with the FBI chief. He said

en did not push back." Cohen also told the FBI that he spoke with Trump's attorney Jay Sekulow about pardons after his home and office were raided. Sekulow told the AP that Cohen's statements were false. 2. Former Trump deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates told the FBI that, if Rudy Giuliani had been t

n the first choice for attorney general, but turned it down because he wanted to be Secretary of State instead." 3. Former deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein told the FBI he was "angry, ashamed, horrified and embarrassed" at how Jim Comey was fired as FBI director. "Rosenstein said he was asked during a

deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein told the FBI he was "angry, ashamed, horrified and embarrassed" at how Jim Comey was fired as FBI director. "Rosenstein said he was asked during a White House meeting one day before Comey's firing to produce a memo laying out his concerns with the FBI chief. He said h

hen did not push back." Cohen also told the FBI that he spoke with Trump's attorney Jay Sekulow about pardons after his home and office were raided. Sekulow told the AP that Cohen's statements were false. 2. Former Trump deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates told the FBI that, if Rudy Giuliani had been t

uld n« have produced a needier or more hapless defendant. OF Since coming aboard in the summer of 2017, the president's legal team- Dowd, Cobb, and Sekulow—had delivered the message their client insiste HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021140 --- PAGE BREAK --- 34 MICHAEL WOLFE upon hearing, that he was not a target

ll the way to the Supreme Court. For this plan to work, the president would have to get rid of his inept lawyers. Oh, and he would also have to fire Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who was overseeing the Mueller investigation. Bannon had been against the firing of Comey, and in the months after the a

ng of Comey, and in the months after the appoint- ment of the special counsel, he had fought the president's almost daily impulse to fire Mueller and Rosenstein, seeing this as the surest invitation to impeachment. (“Just don’t pay attention to his crazy shit” he had urged everyone around the president.) But