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

cle, of und. standing his client's needs. He was forced to agree with the presider assessment of the investigation into his campaign's contact with Russi state interests: it would not reach him. To that end, Dowd, and the ott members of Trump's legal team, recommended that the president coc erate wi

rview Tuesday, Bartiromo "asked Valerie Jarrett whether Obama 'directed' the probe into Trump campaign ties to Russia, which eventually sparked the Mueller investigation." Jarrett, former Obama senior adviser, said, "That's not how it works. That's not how our investigations work. We leave that to the i

k Mueller Refused To Admit Trump Committed "At Least Five Chargeable Crimes." The Washington Examiner (7/28, Chaitin, 448K) reports special counsel Robert Mueller "refused to admit President Trump committed at least five crimes," according to a top lawyer for the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachme

Trafficking', 'H.R. 7623, Passport Backlog Elimination Act', and 'H.Res. 759, Expressing that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the Russian Federation interfered in the 2016 United States Presidential election and deliberately spread false information to implicate the Republic of Ukraine' * Held v

erview Tuesday, Bartiromo "asked Valerie Jarrett whether Obama `directed' the probe into Trump campaign ties to Russia, which eventually sparked the Mueller investigation." Jarrett, former Obama senior adviser, said, "That's not how it works. That's not how our investigations work. We leave that to the

minercorn/news/robert-mueller-refused-to-admit-trump- committed-at-least-five-chargeable-crimes-author> (7/28, Chaitin, 448K) reports special counsel Robert Mueller "refused to admit President Trump committed at least five crimes," according to a top lawyer for the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachme

n Trafficking', 'H.R. 7623, Passport Backlog Elimination Act', and `H.Res. 759, Expressing that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the Russian Federation interfered in the 2016 United States Presidential election and deliberately spread false information to implicate the Republic of Ukraine' * Held v

reports on CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin's new book, 'True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump,' which provides details on how Robert Mueller was briefed about Russia. Former FBI director McCabe "told Mueller, a former FBI director himself, that the meeting would describe the FBI's inquiry

eanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump,' which provides details on how Robert Mueller was briefed about Russia. Former FBI director McCabe "told Mueller, a former FBI director himself, that the meeting would describe the FBI's inquiry, code- named Crossfire Hurricane, but noted there was too much to s

ligence service of an unspecified NATO country, passing on 'classified information about military-technical cooperation, defense and the security of the Russian Federation." The Times adds, "What information that could be, however, was unclear. Mr. Safronov only started working at the space agency...in May. Before tha

vaccine shot." He also "said three-quarters of nursing home residents have also had their first jab." Meanwhile, the New York Times (1/24, Landler, Mueller, 20.6M) reports the government's disclosure on Friday "that a new variant of the virus could be deadlier than the original raised a stir about why

inappropriate. ... And of course, indirectly, they are absolute interference in out internal affairs. So, this is a direct support of the breach in the Russian Federation's law." The AP (1/24) says while the protests "attracted thousands of people in Russia's major cities, including an estimated 15,000 in Moscow, and d

hner, Ingle), CNN (05/11, Scannell, Miller), USA TODAY (05/11, Thornton), Forbes (05/11, Bushard), Politico (05/11, Anuta, Chadha), The Hill (05/11, Mueller) and HuffPost (05/11, Mitchell). NBCUniversal's Linda Yaccarino Is in Talks to Become Twitter CEO The Wall Street Journal (05/11, Toonkel, Vranica

age capability took a major hit as a coordinated global takedown of the Turla Snake malware managed by Center 16 of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB). This takedown ends a 20-year clandestine counterintelligence operation focused on Russia's cyberespionage engagement which targeted and succe

, the NSA stripped away much of the so-called stove- piping that insulated highly sensitive data from the NSA’s other computer networks. FBI Director Mueller, in his “Statement Before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental @ Affairs,”described a decade of post—9/11 intelligence reorgan

before he became president | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.indd 220 @ 9/30/16 8:13AM | | HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019708 The Russians Are Coming | 221 of the Russian Federation in 2000, he made no secret that his goal was to prevent the United States from obtaining what he termed “global hegemony.” His logic was clear. He ju