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

or his part, however, Donald Trump yet seemed to believe that 1 skills and instincts were at least a match for all the thoroughness as resources of the United States Department of Justice. He even believ their exhaustive approach would work in his favor. 'Boring. Confusi for everybody:' he said, dismissing the reports of the investig

nce of events, questioning whether the department under Barr has bent to the president's whim on a high-profile case filed by former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III as part of his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. On Wednesday, Trump praised the department's change of cours

iction on seven counts of obstruction, witness tampering and making false statements to Congress on charges that stemmed from former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. But in a stunning reversal, as Fox News first reported, leadership at the Justice Department overruled the prosecutors on the case,

puty assistant attorney general, told TPM, adding that Trump was trying to "rewrite history" and "delegitimize" the convictions that came out of the Mueller investigation. The current spate of attacks on the jury foreperson come one day after an unsealed order in Stone's case showed that the GOP operati

e interview. Too bad the Times didn't properly assess its own appetites — and its own pipeline — when it forged the ICIJ collaboration on Xinjiang. United States Department of Justice U.S. Attorney's Office I Southern District of New York EFTA00065263

6 campaign, working to discover damaging information on Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. His was the last conviction secured by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III as part of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The president suggested angrily on Twitter that Stone deserved more-len

s the recommendation extreme and excessive and disproportionate to Stone's offenses." One by one, the career prosecutors, two of whom had worked on Mueller's investigation, filed notices in court of their intention to leave the case. Though none of the prosecutors gave a reason, their asking to do so wa

on the outcome of the case. A Vance spokesperson declined to comment on whether his decision will be tied to the Weinstein outcome. Public Affairs United States Department of Justice U.S. Attorney's Office I Southern District of New York EFTA00094539

aining new momentum and depth. The president's choice of William Barr as attorney general, and Barr's entirely predictable attempts to undercut the Mueller report, has been the highest-profile, highest-stakes move to weaponize the department for partisan purposes. But two fresh episodes demonstrate Trum

ch was news to DOJ lawyers, who found themselves fumbling during an emergency conference call with a Maryland district court judge. "I've been with the United States Department of Justice for i6 years, through multiple administrations, and I've always endeavored to be as candid as possible with the Court," a clearly flummoxed Joshua

aining new momentum and depth. The president's choice of William Barr as attorney general, and Barr's entirely predictable attempts to undercut the Mueller report, has been the highest-profile, highest-stakes move to weaponize the department for partisan purposes. But two fresh episodes demonstrate Trum

ch was news to DOJ lawyers, who found themselves fumbling during an emergency conference call with a Maryland district court judge. "I've been with the United States Department of Justice for i6 years, through multiple administrations, and I've always endeavored to be as candid as possible with the Court," a clearly flummoxed Joshua

aining new momentum and depth. The president's choice of William Barr as attorney general, and Barr's entirely predictable attempts to undercut the Mueller report, has been the highest-profile, highest-stakes move to weaponize the department for partisan purposes. But two fresh episodes demonstrate Trum

ch was news to DOJ lawyers, who found themselves fumbling during an emergency conference call with a Maryland district court judge. "I've been with the United States Department of Justice for 16 years, through multiple administrations, and I've always endeavored to be as candid as possible with the Court," a dearly flummoxed Joshua G