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r than Bannon. Indeed, Trump was quite willing to hear Bannon say something in this or that interview and then claim he had thought of it himself. Costa sat at Bannon's dining-room table for two hours, taking down Bannon's prescription for how to save Trump from himself. EFTA00316533 36 MICHAEL W
hit," he had urged everyone around the president.) But now they had run out of options. 'iring Rosenstein is our only way out of here," Bannon told Costa. 1 don't come to this lightly. As soon as they went to Cohen—that's what they do in Mob prosecutions to get a response from the true target. So yo
what he wanted to hear. Trump harbored a myth about the ideal lawyer that had almost noth- ing to do with the practice of law. He invariably cited Roy Cohn, his old New York friend, attorney, and tough-guy mentor, and Robert Kennedy. John F. Kennedy's brother. "He was always on my ass about Roy Cohn a
2006, the FBI began its own investigation of Epstein, nicknamed "Operation Leap Year".1.1121 It resulted in a 53-page indictment in June 2007.thil Alexander Acosta, then the U S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, agreed to a plea deal, which Alan Dershowitz helped to negotiate,(' -1 1 1 to grant i
erful people who took part in „Epstein's sex crimes". At the time, this halted the investigation and sealed the indictment. The Miami Herald said: "Acosta agreed, despite a federal law to the contrary, that the deal would be kept from the victims."al earelk13 61.411 • •••• The controversial non- pr
oup of charities for misusing the foundation's funds, in part to finance his presidential campaign [1121[1131 Legal affairs and bankruptcies Fixer Roy Cohn served as Trump's lawyer and mentor for 13 years in the 1970s and 1.980s.Cial According to Trump, Cohn sometimes waived fees due to their friendship
t what he wanted to hear. Trump harbored a myth about the ideal lawyer that had almost noth- ing to do with the practice of law. He invariably cited Roy Cohn, his old New York friend, attorney, and tough-guy mentor, and Robert Kennedy, John F. Kennedy’s brother. “He was always on my ass about Roy Cohn and
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Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021142 →Entities connected to both Alexander Acosta and Roy Cohn

Jeffrey Epstein
PERSON
Department of Justice
ORGANIZATION
United States
LOCATIONLeon Black
PERSONthe Southern District
LOCATION
Prince Andrew
PERSON
George W. Bush
PERSON
Donald Trump
PERSON
Alan Dershowitz
PERSON
Marc Rich
PERSON
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Julie K. Brown
PERSON
Virginia Giuffre
PERSON
William Barr
PERSON
Michael Cohen
PERSON
New York
LOCATION
Jared Kushner
PERSON
Steve Bannon
PERSON
Joe Biden
PERSON
Harvey Weinstein
PERSON