Epstein Secrets

HE DO-OVER 21 3. LAWYERS 38 4. HOME ALONE 50 5. ROBERT MUELLER 6o 6. MICHAEL COHEN 75 7. THE WOMEN 88 8. MICHAEL FLYNN 99 9. MIDTERMS 113 10. KUSHNER 125 11. HANNITY 1 43 12. TRUMP ABROAD 156 13. TRUMP AND PUTIN 169 EFTA00316513 x CONTENTS 14.100 DAYS 185 15. MANAPORT 196 16. PECKER, COHE

o 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, expressed a gentler type of concern for Hicks; sometimes they would even try to suggest eligible men. But Hicks

aff, in Aug 2017, charged with bringing management discipline to a chaotic W Wing. But by mid-fall, Trump was circumventing Kelly's new pro, dures. Jared and Ivanka—with many of the new rules designed to c' tail their open access to the president—were going over his head. EFTA00316530 MICHAEL WOLFF

estate companies like Trump's, Apollo had never extended itself for the Trump Organization. Now, it seemed baldly appar- ent, Apollo was backing the Kushners solely because of the family's con- nection to the administration. The constant accounting in Trump's head of who was profiting from whom, and his s

affel, who, like Kushn was a Democrat, had worked for Hiltzik Strategies, the New York Pub relations firm that represented 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,

and ever available, a bracing, unified-field narrative. As well, he could turn him off, and Bannon would be tactically quiet until turned on again. Kushner had neither Bannon’s policy imagination nor Priebus’s institutional ties. But, of course, he had family status, carrying its own high authority. In a

was decided on the schedule and bring in comms and build a press plan around it and bring in political affairs and office of public liaison. And then Jared says, Why did you do that. And I say, ‘Because we had a meeting three days ago with you and Reince and Steve where you agreed to do this.’ And he say

from, and if these Obama people thought they were going to get away with it they had another think coming. He would expose them all! OOK Ok One of Jared Kushner’s many new patrons was Tony Blair, the former —British prime minister, whom Kushner had gotten to know when, on the banks of the River Jordan in 2010,

and daughter- in-law, that the Kushner family’s dealings were getting wrapped up in the pursuit of Trump. Leaks in January had put the kibosh on the Kushners’ deal with the Chinese financial colossus Anbang Insurance Group to refinance the family’s large debt in one of its major real estate holdings, 666 F

d. It was a turning point. Until now, Trump’s inner circle had been mostly game to defend him. But after the wiretap tweets, everybody, save perhaps Hope Hicks, moved into a state of queasy sheepishness, if not constant incredulity. Sean Spicer, for one, kept repeating his daily, if not hourly, mantra: “You

o 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, expressed a gentler type of concern for Hicks; sometimes they would even try to suggest eligible men. But Hicks,

who was anywhere near it. + + + The ultimate keeper of the secrets from the campaign, the transition, through the first year in the White House was Hope Hicks, the W House communications director. She had witnessed most everyth HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021126 --- PAGE BREAK --- 6 MICHAEL WOLFF She saw what the p

estate companies like Trump's, Apollo had never extended itself for the Trump Organization. Now, it seemed baldly appar- ent, Apollo was backing the Kushners solely because of the family’s con- nection to the administration. The constant accounting in Trump's head of who was profiting from whom, and his se

taff, in Aug) 2017, charged with bringing management discipline to a chaotic W Wing. But by mid-fall, Trump was circumventing Kelly’s new prox dures. Jared and Ivanka—with many of the new rules designed to c' tail their open access to the president—were going over his head. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021138 --- P

Pat Cipollone and his deputy Pat Philbin testified, while more subpoenas were issued in Georgia and New Mexico. By February 2023, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were subpoenaed, and former Vice President Mike Pence testified in April. In June, Trump was indicted on federal charges related to the mishandling

Mexico. By February 2023, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were subpoenaed, and former Vice President Mike P

d New Mexico. By February 2023, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were subpoenaed, and former Vice Presiden

rmation, to which he pleaded not guilty. Secret Service agents, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Jared Kushner, and former Trump aide Hope Hicks also testified before the grand jury. In mid-July, Smith informed Trump he was a target in the investigation, and his attorneys met with Smith's tea

and his deputy Pat Philbin testified, while more EFTA00164122 subpoenas were issued in Georgia and New Mexico. By February 2023, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were subpoenaed, and former Vice President Mike Pence testified in April. In June, Trump was indicted on federal charges related to the mishandling

Mexico. By February 2023, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were subpoenaed, and former Vice President Mike

nd New Mexico. By February 2023, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were subpoenaed, and former Vice Preside

rmation, to which he pleaded not guilty. Secret Service agents, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Jared Kushner, and former Trump aide Hope Hicks also testified before the grand jury. In mid-July, Smith informed Trump he was a target in the investigation, and his attorneys met with Smith's tea

the meeting his son Donald Trump Jr., son-in-law Jared Kushner and campaign chairman Paul Manafort took

ns 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' conversations with Trump, it was c

anization before the presidential campaign. That's how she ended up in the White House residence on the morning of June 22, 2017, with only Trump, Kushner and Ivanka Trump. "Kushner had a manila folder with documents with him and said to the President that they had found one thing that the President s

will never get out? During two interviews with FBI agents and members of Bob Mueller's team last year, former 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 camp

ears. The choice also worked well for the other would-be chiefs. Tom Barrack could easily circumvent Priebus and continue to speak directly to Trump. Jared Kushner’s position as son-in-law and soon top aide would not be impeded. And Steve Bannon, reporting directly to Trump, remained the undisputed voice of Trumpi

n as well as status in her boyfriends’ families, aggressively bonding with a series of wealthy suitors’ families—including Jamie Johnson’s before the Kushners —over her own. The Ivanka-Jared relationship was shepherded by Wendi Murdoch, herself a curious social example (to nobody so much as to her then hus

ons, it often depends on government favor, 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 gre

r Stone, was noisily ousted by Lewandowski, and then Trump exponentially increased the public dirty-clothes-washing by suing Nunberg. Lewandowski and Hope Hicks, the PR aide put on the campaign by Ivanka Trump, had an affair that ended in a public fight on the street—an incident cited by Nunberg in his respon

o scorn anyone who might be smarter than he was. Their sister Ivanka, certainly no native genius, was the designated family smart person, her husband Jared the family’s smooth operator. That left Don and Eric to errands and admin. In fact, the brothers had grown into reasonably competent family-owned-com

’t an hour of political experience among them. As time went on, Lewandowski became particularly close to the candidate. To the family, especially to Kushner, Lewandowski was an enabler. Trump’s worst instincts flowed through Lewandowski. In early June, a little more than a month before the Republican Nati

ng to prove he was a player and a go-to guy. ¢ The meeting included the campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and the campaign’s most influential voice, Jared Kushner, because: (a) a high-level conspiracy was being coordinated; (b) Manafort and Kushner, not taking the campaign very HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020076 seriousl

gton, Sean Spicer and everybody else from the communications office was relegated to the back of the plane and excluded from the panicky discussions. Hope Hicks became the senior communications strategist, with the president, as always, her singular client. In the days following, that highest political state