Epstein Secrets

torture, the surprising liberalism of generals, and the stupidity of the civilian-military bureaucracy. Then it was on to the looming appointment of Michael Flynn—a favorite Trump general who’d been the opening act at many Trump rallies—as the National Security Advisor. “He’s fine. He’s not Jim Mattis and he’s

r. Bolton was an Ailes favorite, too. “He’s a bomb thrower,” said Ailes. “And a strange little fucker. But you need him. Who else is good on Israel? Flynn is a little nutty on Iran. Tillerson”—the secretary of state designate—“just knows oil.” HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019885 “Bolton’s mustache is a problem,” s

the National Security Advisor. “Yes,” she said, “General Flynn does enjoy the full confidence of the president.”

cape media coverage. This was modern politics: blood-sport conspiracies that were about trying to destroy people and careers. When the comparison to Whitewater was made to Conway, she, rather proving the point about obsessions, immediately began to argue the particulars involving Webster Hubbell, a mostly fo

em, although they didn’t put it this way, similar to the kind of dark Clinton-like conspiracies that Republicans were more wont to accuse liberals of—Whitewater, Benghazi, Email-gate. That is, an obsessive narrative that leads to investigations, which lead to other investigations, and to more obsessive no-esc

urr The Honorable Mark It. Warner Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate Washington, E. 20510 Re: $ubpoena to lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn (Reta Dear Chairman Burr and Vice Chairman Warner: We write in response to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's subpoena dated May 10, 20

y way related to Russia, for the period from June 16, 2015, to January ao, 2017. In our May 8, 2017, letter to the Committee, we reiterated General Flynn's eagerness to give a full account of the facts and to answer the Committee's questions, should the circumstances permit, including assurances agai

y 8, 2017, letter to the Committee, we reiterated General Flynn's eagerness to give a full account of the facts

"any prior knowledge of either the existence or the whereabouts" of the subpoenaed materials. Hubbell, 530 U.S. 27, 44- 45. Hubbell arose out of the Whitewater investigation, in which Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr sought broad categories of information from Webster Hubbell, a target of the investigatio

Honorable Mark R. Warner Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 May 22, 2017 Re: Subpoena to Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn (Ret.) Dear Chairman Burr and Vice Chairman Warner: We write in response to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's subpoena dated May 10, 2017

any way related to Russia, for the period from June 16, 2015, to January 20, 2017. In our May 8, 2017, letter to the Committee, we reiterated General Flynn's eagerness to give a full account of the facts and to answer the Committee's questions, should the circumstances permit, including assurances agains

y 8, 2017, letter to the Committee, we reiterated General Flynn's eagerness to give a full account of the facts a

"any prior knowledge of either the existence or the whereabouts" of the subpoenaed materials. Hubbell, 530 U.S. 27, 44- 45. Hubbell arose out of the Whitewater investigation, in which Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr sought broad categories of information from Webster Hubbell, a target of the investigation.