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SIEGE Trump Under Fire MICHAEL WOLFF 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. R

ten said in triplicate: "Make it go away, make go away, make it go away" The White House counsel Don McGahn—representing the Whi EFTA00316516 2 MICHAEL WOLFF SIEGE House rather than, in a distinction Trump could never firmly grasp, the president himself—demonstrated little ability to make problems disap

ew weeks, he had helped install his allies—and first-draft choices during the presidential transition—in central posts in the Trump administration. Mike Pompeo had recently been named secretary of state, John Bolton would soon become the national security advisor, and Larry Kudlow had been appointed direct

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? Trust me, I’m like a smart person.” HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019920 Which was all somehow by way of praise for the new, soon-to-be-confirmed CIA director, Mike Pompeo, who had attended West Point and who Trump had brought with him to stand in the crowd—and who now found himself as bewildered as everyone else. “You

4-16 Yemen, 6 Yiannopoulos, Milo, 128-28, 138 Zhukova, Dasha, 80 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020140 Zucker, Jeff, 92 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020141 ABOUT THE AUTHOR MICHAEL WOLFF has received numerous awards for his work, including two National Magazine Awards. He has been a regular columnist for Vanity Fair, New York, The Hol

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020141 ABOUT THE AUTHOR MICHAEL WOLFF has received numerous awards for his work, includ

very morning that Bannon had stood on the steps of the Breitbart town house in the unseasonable October weather—gone into overdrive to push the CIA’s Mike Pompeo for State after Tillerson’s departure. This was all part of the next stage of Trumpism—to protect it from Trump. 7 OK Ok General Kelly was conscie

rsonal accounts, including more than $100,000 to pay for costs related to a home he owned in Florida, according to the complaint." Politico (7/21, Wolff, 4.29M) reports, "Householder used some of the money to help elect 21 candidates for the Ohio House in the 2018 elections, David DeVillers, U.S. att

rtment Inspector General Steve Linick, and whether President Trump removed Linick in order to stop his office's work looking into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's conduct; 10:00 AM • House Small Business Committee hybrid hearing on SBA technology systems - Hybrid hearing on '21st Century SBA: An Analysis of

he owned in Florida, according to the complaint." Politico <https://wvvw.politico.cotn/news/2020/07/21/larry-householder-bribery-ohio-376684> (7/21, Wolff, 4.29M) reports, "Householder used some of the money to help elect 21 candidates for the Ohio House in the 2018 elections, David DeVillers, U.S. at

tment Inspector General Steve Linick, and whether President Trump removed Linick in order to stop his office's work looking into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's conduct; 10:00 AM * House Small Business Committee hybrid hearing on SBA technology systems — Hybrid hearing on '21st Century SBA: An Analysis of S

1970," and while "that's true...most of those reductions occurred long before Trump EFTA00147491 was in office." A Politico (7/8, Gulllen, Snider, Wolff, 4.29M) "Fact Check" likewise says Trump "is taking credit for pollution reductions that have taken place under previous presidents - and undertaki

nal Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020' Location: H-313, U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC; 5:00 PM Cabinet Officers: • Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani in Washington, DC Location: Washington, DC; 2:30 PM Visitors: • President Trump welcomes Qatari

rsonal accounts, including more than $100,000 to pay for costs related to a home he owned in Florida, according to the complaint." Politico (7/21, Wolff, 4.29M) reports, "Householder used some of the money to help elect 21 candidates for the Ohio House in the 2018 elections, David DeVillers, U.S. att

tment Inspector General Steve Linick, and whether President Trump removed Linick in order to stop his office's work looking into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's conduct; 10:00 AM • House Small Business Committee hybrid hearing on SBA technology stems - Hybrid hearing on '21st Century SBA: An Analysis of SB

state drug laboratory in Jamaica Plain, e-mails released Monday by a Middlesex Superior Court judge show." According to the Globe, "The e-mails from Michael J. Wolf, a forensic scientist and former FBI official who advised the state in its probe of the drug lab fiasco, underscore festering questions about how t

hysician Robert Wah; 2:00 PM • House of Representatives not in session Cabinet Officers: • Economic Club of New York event with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, via conference call / webcast; 3:00 PM Visitors: • No visitors scheduled This Town: • U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Annual Building Resi

rsonal accounts, including more than $100,000 to pay for costs related to a home he owned in Florida, according to the complaint." Politico (7/21, Wolff, 4.29M) reports, "Householder used some of the money to help elect 21 candidates for the Ohio House in the 2018 elections, David DeVillers, U.S. att

tment Inspector General Steve Linick, and whether President Trump removed Linick in order to stop his office's work looking into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's conduct; 10:00 AM • House Small Business Committee hybrid hearing on SBA technology systems - Hybrid hearing on '21st Century SBA: An Analysis of

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preternatural confidence, nothi appeared to dissuade him—that sometime in the very near future he wot HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021125 --- PAGE BREAK --- 4 MICHAEL WOLFF hear directly from the special counsel, who would send him a compre- hensive and even apologetic letter of exoneration. “Where” he kept demanding to

few weeks, he had helped install his allies—and first-draft choices during the presidential transition—in central posts in the Trump administration. Mike Pompeo had recently been named secretary of state, John Bolton would soon become the national security advisor, and Larry Kudlow had been appointed director