Epstein Secrets

ost.com, and I'll highlight some of the most thoughtful emails. Thanks to everyone who wrote in yesterday. So many smart answers! Attorney General William Barr listens as Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Nov. 26. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATIONS: -- Attorney General

he disagrees with the Justice Department's inspector general on one of the key findings in an upcoming report about the FBI's Russia investigation. Barr appears to disagree "that the FBI had enough information in July 2016 to justify launching an investigation into members of the Trump campaign," De

Trump kisses Hope Hicks goodbye on her last day as White House communications director on March 29, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/AP) BY JAMES HOHMANN with Mariana Mara THE BIG IDEA: What emails about Ukraine does President Trump think, or hope, will never get out? During two interviews with FBI agents and members

n. ... The death of the most high-profile defendant in the federal prison system led to a major shake-up at the Bureau of Prisons. Attorney General William P. Barr brought in a former director of the agency to run it again, and replaced the top official at the MCC, saying the preliminary investigation had foun

e Bureau of Prisons. Attorney General William P. Barr brought in a former director of the agency to ru

s at the Capitol on Friday. House investigators released the transcript of his deposition on Monday night. (Jose Luis Magana/AP) BY HOHMANN with Mariana Mara THE BIG IDEA: Holmes, the political counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, testified that he "vividly" remembers his July 26 lunch at a restaur

edia columnist Margaret Sullivan: "Recall how gullible — and therefore misleading to the public — the news media was in March when Attorney General William Barr characterized the unreleased report in a four-page letter. Coverage of that letter set in place an inaccurate Page 17699 EFTA00047210 I ICH I MI

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on's hangar in Pensacola, Fla., on Nov. 5. He was forced out on Sunday as secretary of the Navy. (MI Schumaker/Navy/EPA-EFE/Rex) BY HOHMANN with Mariana Mara THE BIG IDEA: What makes America exceptional isn't any arsenal. It's moral authority. That's the upshot of Richard V. Spencer's Sunday letter to P

urned last year and Trump has not renominated her." Two more scoops from their story: "In several conversations in recent months, Attorney General William P. Barr has counseled Trump in general terms that Giuliani has become a liability and a problem for the administration, according to multiple people famili

rate narrative that has been almost impossible to dislodge. Many news organizations, including EFTA00047243 some of the most prominent, took what Barr said at face value or mischaracterized the report's findings. ... Some damage is irretrievable. Many Americans have made up their minds already abo

ity Leader Mitch McConnell, visits the Capitol in March for a lunch with the Republican caucus. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) BY HOHMANN with Mariana Mara THE BIG IDEA: Mitch McConnell told President Trump privately last month that no politician has ever lost an election for spending more money. That