Epstein Secrets

rnational Tensions • FBI Cyber Division Assistant Director Bryan Vorndran Speaks at 2024 Boston Conference on Cyber Security • Appeals Court Halts Trump's Georgia Case During Appeal of Order COUNTERTERRORISM • Washington Man Sentenced for 20 'Swatting' Calls of False Threats in U.S., Canada • Count

ry. Judge Reshuffles Hearings in Trump Documents Case The New York Times (06/05, Feuer) reported that the federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump's classified documents case abruptly changed the proceeding's schedule on Wednesday, reshuffling the timing for hearings on an array of important leg

tee, addressing allegations from former President Donald Trump's Republican allies who questioned the int

hat the federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump's classified documents case abruptly changed the

t Attorney Fani Willis (D) in the wake of former President Trump's conviction in the hush money case. The article

hat the federal judge overseeing former President Donald J. Trump's classified documents case abruptly chang

ference on Cyber Security • Appeals Court Halts Trump's Georgia Case During Appeal of Order COUNTERTERRO

don Cleveland, who sold Hunter Biden the firearm. Cleveland testified that Hunter Biden did not seem confused by the form, although defense attorney Abbe Lowell pressed him on the condition of the form at the center of the case, and the rules required for any changes made after submission. Lowell sought ear

MUELLER 6o 6. MICHAEL COHEN 75 7. THE WOMEN 88 8. MICHAEL FLYNN 99 9. MIDTERMS 113 10. KUSHNER 125 11. HANNITY 1 43 12. TRUMP ABROAD 156 13. TRUMP AND PUTIN 169 EFTA00316513 x CONTENTS 14.100 DAYS 185 15. MANAPORT 196 16. PECKER, COHEN, WEISSELBERG 209 17. MCCAIN, WOODWARD, ANONYMOUS 223

S 257 21. NOVEMBER 6 268 22. SHUTDOWN 282 23. THE WALL 295 EPILOGUE: THE REPORT 309 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 317 INDEX 319 Author's Note Shortly after Donald Trump's inauguration as the forty-fifth president of the United States, I was allowed into the West Wing as a sideline observer. My book Fire and Fury was

ENTS 317 INDEX 319 Author's Note Shortly after Donald Trump's inauguration as the forty-fifth president

7 INDEX 319 Author's Note Shortly after Donald Trump's inauguration as the forty-fifth president of the

tember budget bill. The next time it carne up, the Wall would be funded or, he threatened, the government would be shut down. Even the hardest-core Trumpers in Congress seemed content not to have to die on the actual battlefield of funding the Wall, since that would mean embracing or at least enduring a

ects; both would immediately engage h Disloyalty also got Trump's attention. So did conspiracies. And mono: always money. Kushner's own lawyer was Abbe Lowell, a well-known showboat of S criminal bar who prided himself on, and managed his clients' exp cations and attention with, an up-to-the-minute menu o

e Testimony Fox News (05/08, Chu, Arias) and the New York Times (05/08, Barrett) reported that Director Patel on Wednesday said he fully backed the Trump administration's proposed FBI budget after testifying to a House panel. "As I said today during my testimony, I am in full support of President Trum

FBI's budget by $545 million as part of President Donald Trump's plan to slash government spending by $163 billion

FBI's budget by $545 million as part of President Donald Trump's plan to slash government spending by $163

day during my testimony, I am in full support of President Trump's budget, which fully funds the FBI and its criti

my testimony, I am in full support of President Trump's budget, which fully funds the FBI and its critica

gency Director William Pulte, a Trump appointee, claiming James "falsified records" to obtain favorable loans. The article noted that lames' lawyer, Abbe Lowell, has called the allegations "baseless and long•dlscredited" and suggested they are an act of "political retribution" by President Donald Trump. The

ikely then Partly Sunny with a high of 46°F. SIGNIFICANT NEWS EVENTS US Congress Approves Release of Epstein Files, Putting Matter Before President Trump Reuters (11/18, Morgan, McCaskill, et at) and The Associated Press (11/18, Groves) reported that the US Congress has voted almost unanimously to re

presentatives passing the measure 427-1 and the Senate swiftly approving it. According to the articles, the bill is expected to be sent to President Donald Trump for his signature as soon as Wednesday, with a senior White House official stating that Trump plans to sign it. The articles noted that the release

les, the bill is expected to be sent to President Donald Trump for his signature as soon as Wednesday, wit

s Release of Epstein Files, Putting Matter Before President Trump Reuters (11/18, Morgan, McCaskill, et at) and Th

: Letitia James and Lisa Cook Lawyer Pushes Back on Mortgage Fraud Allegations The Washington Examiner (11/18, Deese) reported that Defense attorney Abbe Lowell is criticizing the DOJ's mortgage fraud investigations into New York Attorney General Letitia James and Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Accordin

ist Stephen K. Bannon and the appointment of retired general John Kelly as chief of staff. This new account begins in February 2018 at the outset of Trumps second year in office, with the situation now profoundly altered. The pres- ident’s capricious furies have been met by an increasingly organized and

PRISES 257 21. NOVEMBER 6 268 22. SHUTDOWN 282 23. THE WALL 295 EPILOGUE: THE REPORT 309 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 317 INDEX 319 Author’s Note Shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration as the forty-fifth president of the United States, I was allowed into the West Wing as a sideline observer. My book Fire and Fury was th

both would immediately engage h: Disloyalty also got Trump’s attention. So did conspiracies. And mone: always money. | + % Kushner’s own lawyer was Abbe Lowell, a well-known showboat of D.C. criminal bar who prided himself on, and managed his clients’ exp tations and attention with, an up-to-the-minute menu

sident that he could continue to provide him with valuable help. To no avail: on March 22, Dowd reluc- tantly resigned, sending another bitter former Trumper into the world. = THE DO-OVER he day John Dowd was fired, Steve Bannon was sitting at his dinin; room table trying to forestall another threat to