Epstein Secrets

ederal detention center for immigration families. "Shut it down," she said. "Shut. It. Down." Former housing secretary Julian Castro said President Trump traffics in cruelty. "Instead of breaking up families, we should break apart ICE," he said, referring to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. Was

t officials who are currently mistreating immigrants, either by not providing required medical care or physically abusing people in their custody. "Donald Trump may be willing to look the other way, but President Elizabeth Warren will not," she said, prompting a standing ovation from a crowd of about 3,700

or physically abusing people in their custody. "Donald Trump may be willing to look the other way, but

wn." Former housing secretary Julian Castro said President Trump traffics in cruelty. "Instead of breaking up fam

ith Trump: "The first time Mr. Parnas spoke with Mr. Trump, he wanted to make a personal connection. It was

m their parents." • The Post's Editorial Board: "Trump's planned deportations are mainly for show. That's

firmation, which would have risked Democratic EFTA00047498 lawmakers reading from the never Trump letters at a public hearing. "Some of the never Trumpers expressed hope that the blacklist will erode around the edges; even if the White House refuses to hire them, they said, perhaps a determined Cabine

), who flipped a suburban seat long held by the GOP in the Twin Cities. "I admit she has rehabilitated her image from 2006, 2008, 2010," said Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio), who chaired the National Republican Congressional Committee last year. "I don't know that I know exactly where all this goes, but I know

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

t anyone who would listen that as many as fifty or sixty House seats would be lost seven months hence in the mid- term elections. A Ryan lieutenant, Steve Stivers, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, was estimating a loss of ninety to one hundred seats. At this gloomy hour, it seemed

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

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

most anyone who would listen that as id as fifty or sixty House seats would be lost seven months hence in the mid- term elections. A Ryan lieutenant, Steve Stivers, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, was estimating a loss of ninety to one hundred seats. At this gloomy hour, it seemed mo