Epstein Secrets

ssed George H.W. Bush. In fact, it was Ronald Reagan." As the testimony concluded, Democrats revisited an old question: Is Trump a blackmail risk? Philip Bump reports: "Toward the end of the day, Democratic representatives sitting on the House Intelligence Committee began to press Mueller on this point. R

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

gainst impeachment as the GOP casts the probe as partisan." — Democrats on the Intelligence Committee and their attorney spoke the most yesterday. Philip Bump crunched the numbers: "We took C-SPAN's closed captioning of the hearing and segmented each exchange by who was asking questions and who was respon

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

would be unusual to withhold military aid to pressure a country to investigate a political opponent: " -- The timeline has remained somewhat murky. Philip Bump sketched out what we know so far about it. Page 17532 EFTA00047043 --The Fix prepared a list of things that Trump, Pence, Pompeo and other seni

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

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

would be unusual to withhold military aid to pressure a country to investigate a political opponent: " — The timeline has remained somewhat murky. Philip Bump sketched out what we know so far about it. —The Fix prepared a list of things that Trump, Pence, Pompeo and other senior officials knew, based on

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