Epstein Secrets

ew Hiltzik, who ran a small New York-based PR firm and was noted for his ability to work with high- maintenance clients, including the movie producer Harvey Weinstein (later pilloried for years of sexual harassment and abuse—accusations that Hiltzik and his staff had long helped protect him from) and the television

ance clients, including the movie producer Harvey Weinstein (later pilloried for years of sexual harassment a

maintenance clients, including the movie producer Harvey Weinstein (later pilloried for years of sexual ha

a lightweight and Bannon a slob who couldn’t run anything. Within weeks of Cohn’s arrival on the transition team, Bannon nixed Cohn’s plan to expand the National Economic Council by as many as thirty people. (Kushner, not to be denied, nixed Bannon’s plan to have David Bossie build and lead his staff.) Bannon also retailed the

fleck whines. But it's a pretty accurate description of hi career to date. "Ben takes these franchise poperties so he can go and experiment," sas Harvey Weinstein. "He believes in trying to stretch himself ad not/keep doing the same thing," ob- saves Bruce Willis, who starred with Affleck inArmageddon. "He's

and Damon started to help launch the ca- reers of young filmmakers. Affleck's friends are certain he'll be directing soon. "There's no question," Weinstein says. "Both he and Matt. I think they're going to rewrite the rules. These guys can fix anything. There'll be home runs in both instances." But t

ise poperties so he can go and experiment," sas Harvey Weinstein. "He believes in trying to stretch him

fessor Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley; former Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors and Director of the National Economic Council Laszlo Urban, Vice President, Business Planning Director, Citibank, New York Cyrus R. Vance, Director, Manufacturers Hanover Mario Vargas Llosa,

resented ivanka's clothing line. Hope Hicks, who had also worked for the Hiltzik firm—perhaps b known for having long represented the film producer Harvey Weinste caught, in the fall of 2017, in an epochal harassment and abuse scam and cover-up—had originally had the same role as Raffel but at a higl level:

own for having long represented the film producer Harvey Weinste caught, in the fall of 2017, in an epoch

ecently been named secretary of state, John Bolton would soon become the national security advisor, and Larry Kudlow had been appointed director of the National Economic Council. The president's chief political aides were Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie, both Bannon allies, if not acolytes; both operated outside the Whi