Epstein Secrets

For his part, however, Donald Trump yet seemed to believe that | skills and instincts were at least a match for all the thoroughness a resources of the United States Department of Justice. He even believ their exhaustive approach would work in his favor. “Boring. Confusi for everybody,’ he said, dismissing the reports of the investigat

ling, mocking, falsetto-voice mimicry, and, as well, sweeping disparagements of his purpose and usefulness. “This is why we can’t have nice things,” McGahn uttered almost obses- sively under his breath, quoting the Taylor Swift song to comment on whatever egregious act Trump had just committed (“ . . bec

“textualist” judges. McGahn had long dreamed himself of becoming a federal judge him- self, but given the no-man’-land he occupied between Trump and the Justice Department—not to mention Trump’s sometimes daily attacks or the DOJ’s independence, which McGahn had to accept or condone—he knew his future as a jurist was de

--- 40 MICHAEL WOLFF the presidency. That's what it looked like on paper. But the opposite was true, too. There was a permanent-government class in the Justice Depart- ment that believed an election ought to have no role at all in how the DOJ conducted itself. The department was outside politics and ought to be as bl

use Judiciary Committee of "judge shopping" in an effort to get a favorable ruling to enforce its subpoena of former White House counsel Don McGahn. McGahn defied the subpoena in May and the committee filed a lawsuit in US District Court to enforce it. When the suit was filed, the committee "argued that

, Benner, Ivory, 18.61M) reports, "The warden, Lamine N'Diaye, will be transferred to a Bureau of Prison office in Philadelphia while the F.B.I. and the Justice Department's inspector general conduct investigations' into Epstein's death. The AP (8/13, Mustian, Sisak, Balsamo) reports that "the warden of an institution in

s are related because they are both connected to an ongoing 'impeachment investigation' that could result in an effort to recommend Trump's ouster." Justice Department lawyers — arguing on McGahn's behalf — "said the demand for McGahn to testify and the request for Mueller's grand jury evidence are based on 'comple

the 2016 presidential campaign." The book says, "The team talked to judges for whom candidates had clerked and to those who had clerked with them. McGahn was particularly interested in what candidates had been like in their mid-twenties, the stage of life when he believed most people's views solidifi

and former ambassador to the Vatican." The Times adds "gay rights groups have expressed fears it will narrow the government's support for advocacy." The State Department "has already taken subtle steps to distance itself from gay and transgender issues." The Times also reports that Pompeo "said that human rights advo

s at Urbana-Champaign," and "the jury is now in the penalty phase of the trial. `This was not an ordinary crime,' James Nelson, a prosecutor in the U.S. Department of Justice's capital case division, told the jury. `It was cold, cruel and calculated.' Christensen's attorneys "have asked the jury to spare his life, saying he

ing, mocking, falsetto-voice mimicry, and, as well, sweeping disparagements of his purpose and usefulness. "This is why we can't have nice things," McGahn uttered almost obses- sively under his breath, quoting the Taylor Swift song to comment on whatever egregious act Trump had just committed C... beca

White House finally having to back down. Under Obama, Comey, who by then was the FBI director, made a further grab for the FBI's independence from the Justice Department when he unilaterally decided to end and later reopen the Hillary Clinton email investigation—and, by doing so. arguably toss- ing the election to he

ouglas N. Letter arguing last week's opening of the hearings before the House Intelligence Committee was grounds for urgency. ... William A. Burck, McGahn's attorney, has said that McGahn will abide by the president's instructions absent a court reversal." -- Republicans are running through a multitu

s stopping and frisking people, mostly African American men,' he said, leading the Obama administration to intercede. 'We took action against them; the Justice Department took action against them, held the police department accountable.- Biden seethed about Harris's busing attack during the previous debate: "He told

ouglas N. Letter arguing last week's opening of the hearings before the House Intelligence Committee was grounds for urgency. ... William A. Burck, McGahn's attorney, has said that McGahn will abide by EFTA00046532 the president's instructions absent a court reversal." Republicans are running throug

Mike Pompeo is searching for a safe exit from his position ahead of a Senate run, three GOP sources tell Time: "Pompeo's plan had been to remain at the State Department until early spring next year, ... but recent developments, including the House impeachment inquiry, are hurting him politically and straining his r

Trump had taken it up.) Firing Comey will be a huge fundraising advantage, declared the president, a man who almost never talked about fundraising. McGahn tried to explain that in fact Comey himself was not running the Russia investigation, that without Comey the investigation would proceed anyway. McGa

d FBI peril. Many of Trump’s wealthy friends saw themselves as having particular DOJ expertise. In their own careers, they had had enough issues with the Justice Department to prompt them to develop DOJ relationships and sources, and now they were always up on DOJ gossip. Flynn was going to throw him in the soup. Manafor