Epstein Secrets

Rudy Giuliani pressed administration officials to dump Trump's nominee for ambassador to Qatar and replace her with someone else in late 2018. Josh Dawsey, Rosalind S. Helderman, Tom Hamburger and Devlin Barrett scoop: "Trump had nominated a career Foreign Service officer to ... a key post in a Middle

e after one of the kingdom's officers killed Americans has isolated him from members of his own party, especially in Florida. Toluse Olorunnipa and Josh Dawsey report: The president "used his appearances before television cameras — and his Twitter account — to repeatedly offer cover for the Saudis, conveyi

facing the United States. Gert Berthold, a forensic accountant who served on a military task force in Afghanistan from 2010 to 2012, analyzed 3,000 Defense Department contracts worth $106 billion. He said they calculated that about 40 percent of the money ended up in the pockets of insurgents, criminal syndicates

9M) says Acosta "is facing new calls for his ouster" in the wake of the new charges against Epstein, while the Washington Post (7/8, Rein, Kranish, Dawsey, 14.2M) says White House officials "are nervous that Democrats will encourage women allegedly abused by Epstein to testify publicly before Congress,

ntable over allegations of inappropriate behavior." According to the Times, "Though Admiral Moran did not mention him by name in the statement, two Defense Department officials identified the unnamed subordinate as Cmdr. Chris Servello, a former Navy public affairs officer who was accused of harassing female coll

.washingtonpost.corn/politics/secret-service-coronavirus- outbreak/2020/11/13/610eebcc-2539-11eb-8672-c281c7a2c96e_story.html> (11/13, A 1 , Leonnig, Dawsey, I4.2M), "More than 130 Secret Service officers who help protect the White House and the president when he travels have recently been ordered to is

shingtontimes.corn/news/2020/nov/15/its-time-to-come-home-new- pentagon-chief-signals-e/> (11/15, Wolfgang, 492K) reports in a written message to the Defense Department over the weekend, Acting Defense Secretary Miller made "clear that he'll use his brief time atop the Pentagon to implement President Trump's vision

o-had-been-scheduled-to-travel-with-trump- tests-positive-for-coronavirus/2020/07/29/3a0974f2-d1a6-11ea-8d32-lebf4e9d8e0d_stoty.html> (7/29, Sonmez, Dawsey, Kane, 14.2M) that Gohmert "went on to make several statements filled with misinformation about the virus, such as suggesting that wearing a face ma

y Pentagon training course aimed at preventing leaks refers to protesters and journalists as `adversaries' in a fictional scenario designed to teach Defense Department personnel how to better protect sensitive information." The training materials are public and include a video message from Defense Secretary Esper,

, who frequently refused to wear a mask, said he had probably contracted the coronavirus because he did so," and the Washington Post (7/29, Sonmez, Dawsey, Kane, 14.2M) that Gohmert "went on to make several statements filled with misinformation about the virus, such as suggesting that wearing a face m

Pentagon training course aimed at preventing leaks refers to protesters and journalists as 'adversaries' in a fictional scenario designed to teach Defense Department personnel how to better protect sensitive information." The training materials are public and include a video message from Defense Secretary Esper,

ians ahead of the 2016 election." WPost Analysis: GOP's Hearsay Impeachment Defense Is "Extremely Risky." A Washington Post (11/14, Bade, Debonis, Dawsey, 14.2M) analysis says the White House and Republicans "have seized on the lack of witnesses with firsthand knowledge of President Trump's actions

have little effect on ISIS's ability to reconstitute.'" CQ Roll Call (11/19, Donnelly, 154K) adds that the audit "was produced by Glenn Fine, the Defense Department inspector general, who is the lead IG for overseeing U.S. military operations in Syria and Iraq." The DIA "also told Fine that ISIS 'probably will

, who frequently refused to wear a mask, said he had probably contracted the coronavirus because he did so," and the Washington Post (7/29, Sonmez, Dawsey, Kane, 14.2M) that Gohmert "went on to make several statements filled with misinformation about the virus, such as suggesting that wearing a face m

Pentagon training course aimed at preventing leaks refers to protesters and journalists as 'adversaries' in a fictional scenario designed to teach Defense Department personnel how to better protect sensitive information." The training materials are public and include a video message from Defense Secretary Esper,