Epstein Secrets

nder Haig; Gerald Ford’s Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney; Jimmy Carter’s Hamilton Jordan; Ronald Reagan’s

r, or even prime minister. Larger-than-life chiefs have included Richard Nixon’s H. R. Haldeman and Alexander Haig; Gerald Ford’s Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney; Jimmy Carter’s Hamilton Jordan; Ronald Reagan’s James Baker; George H. W. Bush’s return of James Baker; Bill Clinton’s Leon Panetta, Erskine Bowles,

ould say. “All our guys are terrible, nobody knows what they’re doing... . Wish Corey was back.” Trump quickly soured on his second campaign manager, Paul Manafort, as well. By August, trailing Clinton by 12 to 17 points and facing a daily firestorm of eviscerating press, Trump couldn’t conjure even a far-fetch

sident's pardon power. Under the Constitution, the president is able to execute a pardon except in cases of impeachment." Politico (7/10, Gerstein, Cheney, Swan, 4.29M) reports House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler and House Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney "said they intended to immediately see

measure of justice," and he again predicts Trump will "hit a trifecta with his felon allies." King contends that since Stone and "convicted felon" Paul Manafort "have been spared from life behind bars, it's all but certain that convicted felon Michael Flynn will go footloose and fancy-free." He concludes, "N

eneral Barr "sought to have him leave office." As US attorney, "Berman oversaw several ongoing investigations of Trump associates." Politico (7/9, Cheney, 4.29M) reports that Berman told lawmakers that during a June 18 meeting, Barr pressured him to resign. In a written statement to the committee, Ber

t, Papadopoulos Pardons. President Trump was asked in an interview on Fox News' Hannity (7/9, 535K) if he is considering pardons or commutations for Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, and George Papadopoulos. Trump said, "I am always thinking. I am always thinking. ... Roger Stone, Papadopoulos, Manafort — what they

r 18 years following a stint in prison. ... later a defense secretary, was director of President Richard Nixon's Office of Economic Opportunity and Cheney, ... IG: Migrant children traumatized, in acute distress after parental separations wgxa.tv After a federal judge ordered the children reunified w

Coulter, former lawyer Michael Cohen, fired FBI director James B. Comey, former senior White House aide Stephen K. Bannon, former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, former State Department official Brett McGurk, longtime adviser Roger Stone, former White House aide Cliff Sims, former campaign aide George Papa

ral Intelligence Agency (CIA), 6, 17, 42, 48-51, 65, 102, 104, 263, 265, 267 Charlottesville rally, 292-96, 298 chemical weapons, 183-84, 190-93, 265 Cheney, Dick, 27 China, 6-8, 39, 100, 193-94, 211, 226, 228, 258, 267, 269-70, 297 Chopra, Deepak, 80 Christie, Chris, 16, 24-25, 30-31, 210, 242, 279 Chris

would be gone. All this was part of the background to one of the most preposterous meetings in modern politics. On June 9, 2016, Don Jr., Jared, and Paul Manafort met with a movieworthy cast of dubious characters in Trump Tower after having been promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton. Don Jr., enco

xt month," Politico's Darren Samuelsohn and Kyle Cheney report. "Schiff declined Tuesday night to identi

firm Davis Polk announced it would add Greg Andres, the senior assistant special counsel who led the prosecution of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, to its litigation department in New York. ... Andrew Weissmann, another senior assistant special counsel who is now a fellow at New York Universi