Epstein Secrets

team's ability to accomplish the mission,' the statement said." -- North Korea fired a "new type of ballistic missile" into the sea, toward Japan. Simon Denyer and John Hudson report: "South Korea's National Security Council said it had assessed the projectiles to be a 'new type of short-range ballistic mi

al. Morrison and Volker agreed that, too, would be improper. Page 16977 EFTA00046488 Morrison: Ukraine aid was contingent on investigations, per Sondland -- Morrison said he reported details of the July 25 call to the National Security Council's top lawyer. He said he worried about the political fal

nduct. Both insisted that they didn't see him do anything illegal. Each seemed content to throw Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, and Gordon Sondland, the megadonor who became ambassador to the European Union and is testifying today, under the bus. But they also validated key testimony from other

ying on Thursday, had warned him about the "Gordon problem," referring to Sondland, when he took over. "I decided to keep track of what Ambassador Sondland was doing," he explained. "I didn't Page 16978 EFTA00046489 always act on things Gordon suggested [and] that he believed were important." Volke

r employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong said he was repeatedly tortured by Chinese secret police over a two-week period over the protests. Simon Denyer, Tiffany Liang and Casey Quanckenbush report: "Simon Cheng, in an account of his treatment published on Facebook, described being handcuffed and sh

hat they didn't see him do anything illegal. Each seemed content to throw Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, and Gordon EFTA00046526 Sondland, the megadonor who became ambassador to the European Union and is testifying today, under the bus. But they also validated key testimony from other

fying on Thursday, had warned him about the "Gordon problem," referring to Sondland, when he took over. "I decided to keep track of what Ambassador Sondland was doing," he explained. "I didn't always act on things Gordon suggested [and] that he believed were important." Volker says Sondland raised inves

aken center stage in the U.S.-China showdown after Congress passed a bill intended to protect human rights on the island amid months-long protests. Simon Denyer and Tiffany Liang report: "Hong Kong's stock market slid more than 1.5 percent, with shares across Asia and U.S. equity futures also falling, amid

the investigations, rather than actually carry them out, though he conceded official announcements would hold foreign officials to their word. ... Sondland revealed an email showing that he asked Pompeo to help him orchestrate a face-to-face encounter between Trump and Zelensky, off to the side of a Wo

ressure a foreign government to investigate Joe Biden. Rachael Bade, Aaron C. Davis and Matt Zapotosky report: "More forcefully than he has before, Sondland declared that the Trump administration would not give Ukraine's newly elected president, Volodymyr Zelensky, a chance to visit the White House — un