Epstein Secrets

," the senior official said. "I would guess that President Clinton views that as a compliment." Spiegel Was Yasser

n "Game Change," their account of the 2008 race. "He thought that Obama might actually believe that Reagan's tenure had been superior to his own." Bill Clinton's attacks hurt Hillary as much as they did Obama. The Times denounced Clinton's fairy-tale comment as a "bizarre and rambling attack" and as exemplif

More than anyone, he pushed Hillary to take the job of Secretary of State. "President Clinton was a big supporter of the idea," an intimate of the Clintons told me. "He advocated very strongly for it and arguably was the tie-breaking reason she took the job." For one thing, having his spouse in that po

he State Departments $4.8 billion request for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad a "symbol of grandiose and unrealistic ambitions in that country." 19. Cheryl Mills is as close as it gets to the Clintons, known for "fiercely protecting their interests and keeping their secrets." After serving as Bill Clinton'

GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I met Ms. Mills 3 through President Clinton. 4 TODD BLANCHE: Do you remember a --

n't share, 18 you're saying? 19 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Not with me, no. 20 TODD BLANCHE: Did you -- do you know 21 somebody named Cheryl Mills? 22 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I do. 23 TODD BLANCHE: Used to work in the White 24 House as a lawyer? 25 GHISLAINE MAXWELL

GHISLAINE MAXWELL: No. 15 TODD BLANCHE: Did -- do you know whether 16 Mr. Epstein ever did any business transactions with 17 the Clintons? 18 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I would -- well, I'm 19 not sure I can. I'm not sure how to quite -- I don't 20 know the answer to that strictly,

GHISLAINE MAXWELL: No. 15 TODD BLANCHE: Did -- do you know whether 16 Mr. Epstein ever did any business transactions with 17 the Clintons? 18 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I would -- well, I'm 19 not sure I can. I'm not sure how to quite -- I don't 20 know the answer to that strictly,

GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I met Ms. Mills 3 through President Clinton. 4 TODD BLANCHE: Do you remember a --

n't share, 18 you're saying? 19 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: Not with me, no. 20 TODD BLANCHE: Did you -- do you know 21 somebody named Cheryl Mills? 22 GHISLAINE MAXWELL: I do. 23 TODD BLANCHE: Used to work in the White 24 House as a lawyer? 25 GHISLAINE MAXWELL

White House about her own exasperation with Holbrooke (a position she didn’t advertise after his death), Obama’s treatment of the envoy rankled both Clintons. “I never could understand people who didn’t appreciate him,” Bill Clinton said in his eulogy at Holbrooke’s Kennedy Center memorial service. This wa

ent” among national-security principals. “She’s a great team player,” he says. The biggest problem between State and the White House used to be that Cheryl Mills, Hillary’s chief of staff, clashed with Denis McDonough, the deputy national-security adviser, who is close personally to the president. Now the two

rtime to soothe Bibi. “She’s indispensable—the only one trusted on all sides [of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict],” says Sandy Berger, who served as Bill Clinton’s National Security Council adviser. Most conspicuously, Hillary has championed what has come to be known as “civil society.” In practice that means m