Epstein Secrets

d everybody’s disbelieving looks, the president seemed HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019905 intent on surrounding himself in the White House with his family. The Trumps, all of them —except for his wife, who, mystifyingly, was staying in New York—were moving in, all of them set to assume responsibilities similar to t

me when it had borders. When America was great. Trump had become the platform for that message. By that January evening, Bannon had been immersed in Donald Trump’s world for almost five months. And though he had accumulated a sizable catalogue of Trump’s peculiarities, and cause enough for possible alarm about t

ked Trump’s impact and his shamelessness. “He just keeps going,” Ailes had marveled to a friend after the first debate with Hillary Clinton. “You hit Donald along the head, and he keeps going. He doesn’t even know he’s been hit.” But Ailes was convinced that Trump had no political beliefs or backbone. Th

rtly after eight o’clock that evening, when the unexpected trend—Trump might actually win—seemed confirmed, Don Jr. told a friend that his father, or DJT, as he called him, looked as if he had seen a ghost. Melania, to whom Donald Trump had made his solemn guarantee, was in tears—and not of joy. There

ncies and personnel responsible for enforcing it, President Trump—with Bannon’s low, intense voice behind him, offe

streamed on a laptop in the transition offices. “Mr. Trump said he’s never once listened to a whole Obama sp

lism, of people knowing too much who were defeated by all the complexities and conflicting interests before they began. Trump, knowing little, might, Trumpers tried to believe, give a kooky new hope to the system. Jared Kushner in quite a short period of time—trather less than a year—had crossed over from

, namely that these kinds of events—Trump sitting down with serious-minded people and looking for solutions to the nation’s problems—were the soul of Trump’s White House and the media was giving them scant coverage. Hosting business advisory councils was a Kushner strategy. It was an enlightened business

g as much policy as possible to Capitol Hill. In the early weeks of the administration, Priebus arranged for House Speaker Paul Ryan, however much a Trumpist béte noire for much of the campaign, to come into the White House with a group of ranking committee chairmen. In the meeting, the president blithely

g Page, and the FBI would say that it believed Russian intelligence had targeted Page in an effort to turn him.) ¢ Michael Flynn, the former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency—fired by Obama for unclear reasons—who had yet to emerge as Trump’s key foreign policy counselor and future National Security Advisor, but who was ac

cond-guess their strategy while aggravating divisions in the party over impeachment." The New York Times (7/25, Hulse, 18.61M) writes that President Trump "was probably never going to be impeached" before the 2020 election, and "the absence of an electrifying Washington moment" during Mueller's testim

US media outlets broadcasting in the region. According to the Journal, a key player in the campaign is Len Khodorkovsky, former creative director of Donald Trump's presidential campaign's lead ad agency in 2016 and now a State Department public affairs official. Pompeo: US Goal To "Not Create Wealth" For Ayat

Thursday for pushing `conspiracy theories' about Donald Trump and Russia after special counsel Robert Mu

New York Times (7/25, Hulse, 18.61M) writes that President Trump "was probably never going to be impeached" befor

Arabia, in large part because of the refusal of Mr. Trump to hold the regime - and, in particular, Crown Pr

empt. • House Panel Subpoenas Kushner And Ivanka Trump's Personal Emails, Texts. • Norton Seeks To Block

tellite images reveal that Pyongyang has ramped up production of long-range missiles and the fissile material used in nuclear weapons. According to the Defense Intelligence Agency, North Korea may have produced 12 nuclear weapons since the first Trump-Kim meeting in Singapore last year. President Trump, meanwhile, said last n

, Florida." Trump Defends Epstein Conspiracy Retweet, Calls For "Full Investigation." USA Today (8/13, Jackson, Fritze, 10.31M) reports President Trump 'defended a re-tweet that appeared to link Jeffrey Epstein's death to former President Bill Clinton, and said Tuesday he wants a full investigation

McConnell "has already ruled out ending the recess early and said the Senate will address the issue when the chamber returns in September. President Donald Trump, who has spoken positively about new gun safety efforts, has also declined to ask Congress to reconvene." The AP (8/13, Fram) reports Democrats pres

r [author and historian] Douglas Brinkley, 'The first thing Trump wanted to do was put Bill Clinton into the mix. Make it about Bubba, not about the Donald." Giuliani: "Probably 50 Very Important People" Would Have Motive To Kill Epstein. The Washington Examiner (8/13, Chaitin, 448K) reports Rudy Giuli

A Today (8/13, Jackson, Fritze, 10.31M) reports President Trump 'defended a re-tweet that appeared to link Jeffre

/13, Stolberg, Edmondson, 18.61M) reports, "While Mr. Trump has said repeatedly that Mr. McConnell favors ex

tion' that could result in an effort to recommend Trump's ouster." Justice Department lawyers — arguing on

several news outlets May 23, accusing all of defaming her over contacts she had in February 2014 with Michael Flynn, who then served as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency." Gowdy: Strzok Named Wrong Person As Defendant In Lawsuit. The Washington Examiner (8/13, Chaitin, 448K) reports former South Carolina Republican

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end of Monday whether former White House counsel Donald McGahn must testify under subpoena before Congre

ed fresh fodder for the impeachment case against President Trump. Rep. Devin Nunes (Calif.), the ranking Republic

e move sets up a potential confrontation between Mr. Trump, who has repeatedly championed Chief Gallagher, a

alls Biden, server investigations 'conspiracies' Trump's former envoy also questioned the credibility of t

abroad,' the quarterly report from the lead inspector general on the U.S. military campaign against ISIS stated. The report cited information from the Defense Intelligence Agency. ... 'In the longer term, ISIS will probably seek to regain control of some Syrian population centers and expand its global footprint, the DIA said

r that the FBI has seen a rise in threats against President Trump's life after former FBI Director James Comey sha

ERNATIONAL NEWS • Israel Fears Being Boxed In by Trump's Iran Talks • Case Against Soccer Star Maradona's

Aragua Gang to Hurt the U.S., FBI Warned in January • FBI, Mississippi Sheriff's Office Warn of Online Terrorist Group • Michigan Gov. Whitmer Says Trump Promised Not to Pardon Kidnapping Plotters COUNTERINTELLIGENCE • China Targets U.S. Military Members in Overseas Spy Operations, Former CIA Station

; Chicago FBI Boss Says of Gangster Disciples Founder as Lawyers Praise Trump Choice The Chicago Tribune (05/29, Meisner) reported that a day after Donald Trump's decision to commute the federal life sentence of Larry Hoover, lawyers for the Chicago-born Gangster Disciples founder were singing the president's

ur years in prison. He was pardoned by President Donald Trump in 2020, after a dramatic fall from grace t

s Out of Frustration With Trump Politico (05/29, Bianco) reported that the Department of Justice has accused Nathan Villas Laatsch, an employee of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), of attempting to leak classified documents to a foreign government due to his frustration with President Donald Trump. Laatsch, who worked in

, Chelsea Manning in 2013, John Kiriakou in 2013, Donald Sachtleben in 2013, Stephen Kim in 2014 and Jeffr

ained that the FBI had a contingent of “legal attaches” based at the consulate to pursue, among other things, video pirates. In addition, the CIA and the Defense Intelligence Agency had a handful of “China-watchers” in HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020163 [2 Hong Kong. This group constituted the intelligence “mission,” as he referred to it.

gical agents.” For instance, the British diplomat Donald Maclean, who was one of the most important Russia

Snowden. “It is inconceivable to me that his co-workers would divulge their passwords to him,” a former Booz Allen executive, who had also worked at the Defense Intelligence Agency, told me. “If he was a system administrator he might trick a threat analyst into entering his password into his computer under the pretext that he ne