Maggie Haberman has confronted quite a lot of criticism for her new e book about Donald Trump — nevertheless it wasn’t for not getting the products!
The New York Occasions journalist has been getting dragged over the previous week after it got here out that in interviews she did for Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America, the previous President hinted that he had taken some categorised paperwork. You already know, the entire motive the FBI raided Mar-A-Lago in August? The most important criticism? Effectively, if she had info on this all these months in the past and mentioned nothing as a result of she was saving it for her e book… she might have endangered nationwide safety!
The one factor Haberman couldn’t be accused of when it got here to Trump was not getting actual entry. Typically it appeared she was on his payroll she was so shut! However a method or one other she bought there. So whereas there have been books written concerning the forty fifth President earlier than, this one must be a doozy!
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The most recent to come back out from the e book, which hits shops on Tuesday, is an anecdote about how Trump reacted behind closed doorways to the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell.
As our avid readers will in all probability have heard, Trump was certainly one of two presidents (together with Invoice Clinton) who have been approach, approach too near accused teen intercourse trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Each rode on the “Lolita Specific” a number of occasions. Trump was mentioned to be Epstein’s wingman for years and was infamously quoted in a profile of the billionaire in New York journal — earlier than the underage intercourse accusations grew to become public:
“I’ve recognized Jeff for 15 years. Terrific man. He’s quite a lot of enjoyable to be with. It’s even mentioned that he likes lovely girls as a lot as I do, and lots of of them are on the youthful facet. Little doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”
Simply… saying it out loud.
After Epstein’s ridiculously mysterious dying it appeared that was the tip of the investigation into the highly effective males he supposedly trafficked teenagers out to. However his proper hand lady nonetheless needed to face the music.
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Maxwell was arrested in 2020 on prices of intercourse trafficking and conspiracy to commit intercourse trafficking for her position in Epstein’s ring. In July of that yr, the New York Submit printed an article saying the socialite may “title names” to get a deal. That article, writes Haberman, actually freaked Trump the eff out.
The then-president had bizarrely mentioned when requested about her arrest:
“I don’t know. I haven’t actually been following it an excessive amount of. I simply want her nicely, frankly. I’ve met her quite a few occasions over time, particularly since I lived in Palm Seaside, and I suppose they lived in Palm Seaside. However I want her nicely, no matter it’s.”
He really wished her nicely. They requested about intercourse trafficking prices, and he wished her nicely.
In accordance with Haberman that odd response makes extra sense when he was quaking in his boots behind closed doorways! Weeks earlier than the well-wishing, she writes, he was within the Oval Workplace with prime advisers when he introduced up the article, asking:
“You see that article within the Submit right this moment that talked about me?”
She wrote that Trump’s aides sat in stony “silence” as their boss requested them about what Maxwell had really mentioned:
“She say something about me?”
In accordance with Haberman’s reporting, nobody mentioned something. Sadly the identical could possibly be mentioned of Ghislaine. She ended up not naming any names in spite of everything, selecting to combat the fees and dropping fairly badly. She was discovered responsible in December of final yr and sentenced to twenty years in jail.
So it seems Trump had nothing to fret about, per ordinary. However the truth he was nervous is fairly damning in and of itself, as is any longterm relationship with Epstein, frankly. Sorry, Clinton and Trump and Prince Andrew, y’all could also be harmless till confirmed responsible, however you’re additionally suspicious till confirmed clear.
Clearly Trump is now the one slamming Haberman’s e book, calling her a “head case” with “made up tales.” Innerestingly although, we even have some corroboration on this one. As a result of one other journalist’s digging led to just about the very same story!
Bear in mind Michael Wolff, who supposedly bought unintended entry to the White Home? Effectively, in his newest e book about Trump, Landslide, he wrote final yr that Trump had requested the identical query:
“‘Has she mentioned something about me?’ [Trump] overtly puzzled. ‘Is she going to speak? Will she roll on anyone?’”
Wolff went so far as saying Trump puzzled aloud about pardoning her and even himself. Nevertheless it’s humorous that two totally different reporters with an excessive amount of very actual entry to Trump heard the identical story, isn’t it?
Do YOU suppose Trump had motive to fret? Do you belief ANYONE who was friends with Jeffrey Epstein??
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