Epstein Secrets

mping out Obama-era workplace regulations and employment discrimination lawsuits, and they are using the Epstein lawsuit to push him out the door. Mulvaney on Tuesday acknowledged the tension with Acosta but said it was merely part of the job. 'I push all of the Cabinet Secretaries on the deregulatory

ner and Lisa Rein report. "Some attorneys for victims questioned Acosta's tweet saying the evidence was new." -- Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is privately urging Trump to dump Acosta, Politico's Eliana and Burgess Everett report: "Acosta critics, including Mulvaney, have argued that he h

uptly stepped aside, is expected to hand over to a third acting secretary, Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer, when the White House formally submits Esper's nomination to the Senate for confirmation. Under a federal law known as the Vacancies Act, Esper, who has been serving as Army secretary since 2

a day before the president was initially scheduled to speak to Mr. Zelensky, Mr. Sondland emailed a group of administration officials including Mr. Mulvaney and Mr. Perry to say that Mr. Zelensky was prepared to assure the president that he would open investigations. 'I talked to Zelensky just now. He i

175 Sondland kept several Trump administration officials apprised of his effort to get Ukraine to launch investigations into the Bidens, including Mick Mulvaney and Rick Perry, according to emails obtained by the Wall Street Journal: "The emails reviewed by the Journal show that three days [after the July 1

orea. From the AP: "The move comes even as Japan's defense minister, whose country feels threatened by repeated North Korean missile launches, told Esper 'no one could be optimistic about' changing the North's behavior. ... Esper insisted the postponement was not a concession to North Korea but rathe

d." Sondland kept several Trump administration officials apprised of his effort to get Ukraine to launch investigations into the Bidens, including Mick Mulvaney and Rick Perry, according to emails obtained by the Wall Street Journal: "The emails reviewed by the Journal show that three days [after the July 1

a day before the president was initially scheduled to speak to Mr. Zelensky, Mr. Sondland emailed a group of administration officials including Mr. Mulvaney and Mr. Perry to say that Mr. Zelensky was prepared to assure the president that he would open investigations. 'I talked to Zelensky just now. He i

orea. From the AP: "The move comes even as Japan's defense minister, whose country feels threatened by repeated North Korean missile launches, told Esper 'no one could be optimistic about' changing the North's behavior. ... Esper insisted the postponement was not a concession to North Korea but rathe

rney Rudolph W. Giuliani, would be seen as subverting military justice. After that Trump tweet, Spencer cautioned acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney that he would not overturn the planned SEAL peer review of Gallagher without a direct presidential order; he privately told associates that if such

iew has turned up some unflattering exchanges and facts that could at a minimum embarrass the president. ... "In the early August email exchanges, Mulvaney asked acting OMB director Vought for an update on the legal rationale for withholding the aid and how much longer it could be delayed. Trump had

- Pentagon spokespeople said Defense Secretary Mark Esper asked for Spencer's resignation after losing confidence in him. Their explanation is that Esper became "deeply troubled" when he discovered Spencer was backchanneling with the White House to offer a secret deal in which a review board would de

tests and delays in the results 'inexcusable' in the seventh month of the pandemic, splitting from his former boss' repeated boasts about testing." Mulvaney told CNBC, "I know it isn't popular to talk about in some Republican circles, but we still have a testing problem in this country. ... That is simp

ill be named acting undersecretary of defense for research and engineering on Monday, said officials familiar with the decision." Defense Secretary Esper said Monday, "In seeking to fill this position, we wanted someone with experience in identifying and developing new technologies and working closely

gner and Lisa Rein report. "Some attorneys for victims questioned Acosta's tweet saying the evidence was new." -- Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney is privately urging Trump to dump Acosta, Politico's Eliana Johnson and Burgess Everett report: "Acosta critics, including Mulvaney, have argued th

side, is expected to hand over to a third acting secretary, Navy Secretary EFTA00043108 Richard V. Spencer, when the White House formally submits Esper's nomination to the Senate for confirmation. Under a federal law known as the Vacancies Act, Esper, who has been serving as Army secretary since 2

s being aggressive enough in trying to roll back protections for their workers. It has been widely reported that acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, who confessed last year while speaking to Wall Street bankers that as a member of Congress he did not meet with lobbyists unless they gave him mon

ident in which his son attacked his ex-wife with a baseball bat. At his confirmation hearing this week before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Esper declined to extend a 24-month ethics commitment he signed upon joining the administration in 2017. That means that, after November, he will no lon

view has turned up some unflattering exchanges and facts that could at a minimum embarrass the president. ... "In the early August email exchanges, Mulvaney asked acting OMB director Vought for an update on the legal rationale for withholding the aid and how much longer it could be delayed. Trump had ma

-- Pentagon spokespeople said Defense Secretary Mark Esper asked for Spencer's resignation after losing confidence in him. Their explanation is that Esper became "deeply troubled" when he discovered Spencer was backchanneling with the White House to offer a secret deal in which a review board would de