Epstein Secrets

ing prob- lems in democracies—India and Indonesia among them—and in settings where democracy's prospects are unclear, as with Ecuador, Hungary, and Kenya. The growing offensive against civil society is in many respects a tribute to the prominent role that NGOs have come to play in the political life

publicans, including presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. But by the time he became Donald Trump's campaign chairman in 2016, Manafort was best known for his work on behalf of foreign political leaders, including several with distinctly autocratic pedigrees: Ferdinand Marcos, the

ovych, president of Ukraine from 2010 to 2014, when he was forced to abandon the presidency and flee to Russia in the wake of nationwide protests. Manafort's work to dress up the images of Marcos and Mobutu stood out at a time when American consul- tants seldom represented dictators or authoritarians.

ver 20 pounds of heroin. According to Chris Thouless, director of the Elephant Crisis Fund at Save the Elephants, a non-profit conservation group in Kenya, these additional charges exemplify the fact that illegal wildlife trade frequently goes hand in hand with other forms of crime—and that inclusion

was its chief executive officer. Calk was indicted in May for what federal prosecutors in New York said was a bribery scheme: leveraging the risky Manafort loans to try to get a Trump administration position. Calk is charged with financial institution bribery. The New York charges are an outgrowth of t

allback, at least getting a lesser postion, was anxious about how his bid to become Army secretary was doing, according to a Dec. 5, 2016, e-mail to Manafort, who had left the Trump campaign but still had influence. Calk wrote: "President Elect Trump will be in Michigan on Friday. Should we arrange a meet

ver 20 pounds of heroin. According to Chris Thouless, director of the Elephant Crisis Fund at Save the Elephants, a non-profit conservation group in Kenya, these additional charges exemplify the fact that illegal wildlife trade frequently goes hand in hand with other forms of crime— and that inclusion

was its chief executive officer. Calk was indicted in May for what federal prosecutors in New York said was a bribery scheme: leveraging the risky Manafort loans to try to get a Trump administration position. Calk is charged with financial institution bribery. The New York charges are an outgrowth of t

llback, at least getting a lesser postion, was anxious about how his bid to become Army secretary was doing, according to a Dec. 5, 2016, e-mail to Manafort, who had left the Trump campaign but still had influence. Calk wrote: "President Elect Trump will be in Michigan on Friday. Should we arrange a meet