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s's statement last week that the sit-down was a "nothing burger." If that's true, why didn't the White House reveal the meeting months ago? Why did Donald Trump Jr. go on television six weeks after the June 2016 meeting and say that allegations of Russian support for Trump's campaign were "phony" and "disgusting

uting nonsense about those contacts. This week in Paris, Trump answered a reporter's question for the first time since the New York Times revealed Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian attorney peddling dirt on Hillary Clinton. He said the meeting was one that "everybody" in politics would have held. That's c

ision six weeks after the June 2016 meeting and say that allegations of Russian support for Trump's campaign were "phony" and "disgusting"? Why did Trump Jr. and Trump's top aide and son-in-law, Jared Kushner (who also attended the meeting), let the president and White House aides consistently deny that t

hat's consistent with White House chief of staff Reince Priebus's statement last week that the sit-down was a "no

onsistent with White House chief of staff Reince Priebus's statement last week that the sit-down was a "no

irt on Hillary Clinton. He said the meeting was one that "everybody" in politics would have held. That's consistent with White House chief of staff Reince Priebus's statement last week that the sit-down was a "nothing burger." If that's true, why didn't the White House reveal the meeting months ago? Why did Don

Trump preferred business, even in the White House, to be personal. "Who's fucking Hope?" he would demand to know. The topic also interested his son Don Jr., who often professed his intention to "fuck Hope The president's daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, both White House senior advisers,

as her number two. The trouble had arisen the previous summer. Both Hicks and Raffel had been on Air Force One in July 2017 as the news broke about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting in Trump Tower during the campaign with Russian government go-betweens offering dirt on Hillary Clinton. During the flight back to the Unit

One in July 2017 as the news broke about Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting in Trump Tower during the campaign with

favor. Give me your a card. Don't ask me why, just give it to me. You'll be thanking me for rest of your life:" Bannon opened his wallet and gave Priebus his American ExI card. Priebus shortly returned, handed the card back, and said, "You have legal insurance Over the next year, Bannon—a witness of

Chief of Staff John Kelly, fed up with Trump—just as Trump was f up with him—seemed surely on the way out. Kelly had joined the Wh House, replacing Reince Priebus, Trump's first chief of staff, in Aug 2017, charged with bringing management discipline to a chaotic W Wing. But by mid-fall, Trump was circumventi

0046791 emails about the meeting his son Donald Trump Jr., son-in-law Jared Kushner and campaign chairman

ions director Hope Hicks recounted the president's reaction to the discovery of damning Page 17280 EFTA00046791 emails about the meeting his son Donald Trump Jr., son-in-law Jared Kushner and campaign chairman Paul Manafort took with a Russian emissary at Trump Tower in June 2016. "Throughout Hicks' convers

hey had found one thing that the President should know about, but it was not a big deal," according to Hicks' account. "Kushner told Trump that he, Don Jr. and Paul Manafort had attended a meeting during the campaign. When he started to open the folder, Hicks said, the president stopped him and said he

to tell him that then-White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus knew about the emails. There are four redacted p

l him that then-White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus knew about the emails. There are four redacted p

f damning emails about the meeting his son Donald Trump Jr., son-in-law Jared Kushner and campaign chairman

ormer White House communications director Hope Hicks recounted the president's reaction to the discovery of damning emails about the meeting his son Donald Trump Jr., son-in-law Jared Kushner and campaign chairman Paul Manafort took with a Russian emissary at Trump Tower in June 2016. "Throughout Hicks' convers

hey had found one thing that the President should know about, but it was not a big deal," according to Hicks' account. "Kushner told Trump that he, Don Jr. and Paul Manafort had attended a meeting during the campaign. When he started to open the folder, Hicks said, the president stopped him and said he

to tell him that then-White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus knew about the emails. There are four redacted p

him that then-White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus knew about the emails. There are four redacted p

avor, and is a preferred exchange currency for problem cash—money laundering. Trump’s son-in- law Jared Kushner, Jared’s father Charlie, Trump’s sons Don Jr. and Eric, and his daughter Ivanka, as well as Trump himself, all supported their business enterprises to a greater or lesser extent working in the du

it off: it was Reince Priebus’s fault, not hers. She had spent a good part of the day calling friends and allies in the political world and blaming Priebus. Now she briefed some of the television producers and anchors with whom she’d built strong relationships—and with whom, actively interviewing in the

ce director and then finance director of the Republican National Committee, and finally, pre-White House, chief of staff of the RNC and its chairman, Reince Priebus. In retrospect, the key moment in saving the Trump campaign might be less the Mercer- led takeover and imposition of Bannon and Conway in mid-August

0 summit Hamburg, Germany, on July 7 and 8. Jared and Ivanka accompanied the president on the trip, and while at the summit they learned that word of Don Jr.’s meeting with the Russians—and the couple kept pointedly presenting it as Don Jr.’s meeting—had leaked. Worse, they learned that the story was about t

egic approach on the part of the president—quite an unlikely development. Meanwhile, the couple blamed everyone else in the White House. They blamed Priebus for the disarray that had produced a warlike atmosphere that propelled constant and damaging leaks, they blamed Bannon for leaking, and they blamed S

in his unquestioned certitudes. There was now a fair amount of back-of-the-classroom giggling about who had called Trump what. For Steve Mnuchin and Reince Priebus, he was an “idiot.” For Gary Cohn, he was “dumb as shit.” For H. R. McMaster he was a “dope.” The list went on. Tillerson would merely become yet an

bone spurs, permanently disqualifying him from service.M Family In 1977, Trump married Czech model Ivana Zelniaarra.1151 They have three children, Donald Jr. (born 1977), Ivanka (born 1981), and Eric (born 1984). Ivana became a naturalized United States citizen in 1988 1-1§1 The couple divorced in 1992,

icials, calling them incompetent, stupid, or crazy.14391 Trump had four White House chiefs of staff, marginalizing or pushing out severa1. 1 Reince Priebus was replaced after seven months by retired Marine general John F. KellyiSi ely - resigned in December 2018 after a tumultuous tenure in which his in

eks after the inauguration, and not long SIEGE $ after the FBI had first raised questions about National Security Adv Michael Flynn, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus had walked into Steve I nons office and said, “I'm going to do you a big favor. Give me your ci card. Don't ask me why, just give it to me. You'll be

: Trump preferred business, even in the White House, to be personal. “Who's fucking Hope?” he would demand to know. The topic also interested his son Don Jr., who often professed his intention to “fuck Hope.” The president's daughter Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner, both White House senior advisers,

as her number two. The trouble had arisen the previous summer. Both Hicks and Raffel had been on Air Force One in July 2017 as the news broke about Donald Trump Jr-s meeting in Trump Tower during the campaign with Russian government go-betweens offering dirt on Hillary Clinton. During the flight back to the United