Epstein Secrets

investment bank Drexel Burnham Lambert. The Southern District had long been worrisome to Trump. After his election, he had an unseemly meeting with Preet Bharara, the federal pros- ecutor there, a move whose optics were alarming to all of his advisers, including Don McGahn and the incoming attorney general, J

foreshadowed the one Trump would shortly have with Comey, during which he sought a pledge of loyalty in return for job secu- rity.) His meeting with Bharara was unsatisfactory: Bharara was unwill- ing to humor him—or, shortly, even to return his calls. In March 2017, Trump fired him. Now, said Kushner,

also warned his father-in-law that the investigation was about to spill over from the Mueller team, with its narrow focus on Russian collu- sion, to the Southern District of New York—that is, the federal prosecutor's office in Manhattan—which would not be restricted to the Russia probe. This was a work-around intende

rr and his DOJ (like previous DOJ officials) knew MCC was structured on "irregularities." So did U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, and his predecessor, Preet Bharara. So did the judges of the Southern District of New York. The federal prison system is replete with "irregularities." The real scandal is that the h

about law enforcement's motives," the motion said. "It raises serious questions as to why, in a white-collar case, the [U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York] disregarded its usual deliberate and careful investigative process in favor of a quick arrest of Mr. Avenatti and a big media splash."

rr and his DOJ (like previous DOJ officials) knew MCC was structured on "irregularities." So did U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, and his predecessor, Preet Bharara. So did the judges of the Southern District of New York. The federal prison system is replete with "irregularities." The real scandal is that the h

about law enforcement's motives," the motion said. "It raises serious questions as to why, in a white-collar case, the [U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York] disregarded its usual deliberate and careful investigative process in favor of a quick arrest of Mr. Avenatti and a big media splash."

iminal trial. Williams, Goldstein and Sahni are all said to be friendly with, and have professional ties to, former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was fired by the Trump EFTA00088030 administration in 2017. Sources said Bharara has a direct line to Schumer as the application process un

side and outside the office," Pace Law School professor Bennett L. Gershman said of Strauss. Nevertheless the application process is underway in the Southern District, sources said, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., holding powerful sway over the process. Asked to handicap top possible successo