Epstein Secrets

F HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY NEW TONN EFTA00316512 Contents AUTHOR'S NOTE XI 1. BULLSEYE 1 2. THE 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 AN

ort to confirm it with other sources or documents. In some cases, I have witnessed the events or conversations described herein. With regard to the Mueller investigation, the narrative I provide is based on internal documents given to me by sources close to the Office of the Special Counsel. Dealing w

ing of th special counsel's investigation, Trump had tried to draw a line in the sang between Mueller and Trump family finances, openly threatening Muelle if he went there. Trump's operating assumption remained that the speck- counsel was afraid of him, conscious of where and how his tolerant might en

what he wanted to hear. Trump harbored a myth about the ideal lawyer that had almost noth- ing to do with the practice of law. He invariably cited Roy Cohn, his old New York friend, attorney, and tough-guy mentor, and Robert Kennedy. John F. Kennedy's brother. "He was always on my ass about Roy Cohn a

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te interests: it would not reach him. To that end, Dowd, and the otk members of Trump's legal team, recommended that the president coa erate with the Mueller investigation. “Tm not a target, right?” Trump constantly prodded them. This wasn’t a rhetorical question. He insisted on an answer, and affirmativ

t what he wanted to hear. Trump harbored a myth about the ideal lawyer that had almost noth- ing to do with the practice of law. He invariably cited Roy Cohn, his old New York friend, attorney, and tough-guy mentor, and Robert Kennedy, John F. Kennedy’s brother. “He was always on my ass about Roy Cohn and

h no prior military or government service. His election and policies sparked numerous protests. The 2017-2019 special counsel investigation led by Robert Mueller established that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to benefit the Trump campaign, but not that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coo

the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation into Trump's personal and business dealings with Russia. Crossfire Hurricane was folded into the Mueller investigation, but deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein ended the other investigation while giving the bureau the false impression that Mueller w

group of charities for misusing the foundation's funds, in part to finance his presidential campaigniu2K113] Legal affairs and bankruptcies Fixer Roy Cohn served as Trump's lawyer and mentor for 13 years in the 197os and 1.98osil-41 According to Trump, Cohn sometimes waived fees due to their friendship