You’ve heard it before:  “Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” - Psalm 37:4.  I’m here to tell you I am living proof that this, just like the many promises God makes in His Word, is absolutely true.  I surrendered to Jesus in July of 2010 and my life hasn’t been the same since.  I met the man of my dreams, and married him last June.  He is all I ever wanted and more!  He is a Spiritual leader, a friend, and a fellow sojourner I am happy to share life with.  His love for Jesus amazes me every day.  He makes me want to be a better person.  He leads with gentleness, patience and love.  I don’t think I deserve him, but am thankful every day - because he is a living, breathing example of God’s love for me.  So don’t give up hope, know that God has a beautiful plan for your life, to give you the desires of your heart.  All you have to do is surrender to Him.

Engagement photos by : G-lo Fotos of Charlotte, NC | g-lofotos.blogspot.com/

Wedding photos by: Heartwork Photography of Wilmington, NC | www.HeartworkPhotography.com

But even if I told you the story from the eyes of my dreams you might not believe me. Testimony. Happy Friday.
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TOM HARLOW:

Born 2015 Scotland, boy name Tom Harlow, drag name Tom Harlow is literally her name, it also blurs ideas of gender representing her female/boy halves perfectly. Her drag is truly inspired by old hollywood legends, burlesque stars and strong legendary women and delivers an iconic sparkling illusion with a twist. Her drag is glamour, pin-up party, a hot mix of illusion and reveal, and through exposing her wildest dreams this spectacular transformer embodies a modern provocateur.
Top 3 achievements
1 Being crowned King of Amsterdam Boylesque winner 2016
2 Voted top 20 UK performers 2016
3 Presenting her shows overseas in Bangkok, Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam
No1 Goal for 2017
Travel more, create more, share more glamour

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS
twitter @harlowboylesque
Instagram @tom_harlow
FB: tomharlowboylesque
www.tomharlowboylesque.com
Bookings
[email protected] #dragqueensofinstagram #instapride #instadrag #burlesquequeen #testimony #herwords #boldqueens #queerartist #queer #international #genderfuck #scotland #dragqueen #dragperfection #diamondsareagirlsbestfriend #harlow #illustration #cabaret #creative #tomharlow #bobobearart #cabaretsoup

TIMBERLINA: Born 2002 in a London Barge, boy name Tim, drag name Timberlina was gifted by a fairy dragmother. Her drag is inspired by an English eccentric collection of influences including; Mother Nature, the Cocketes, Hibiscus, Bloo-lips, Betty Legs Diamond and Dina Martina , lives for the love of charging a crowd with hysterical laughter.

Top 3 achievements
1 Discovering TIMBERLINGREDIENT the secret to the worlds best marmalade
2 Changing a baby in 30 seconds
3 10 years and ongoing hosting the BIG BINGO at london a Royal Vauxhall Tavern
No1 Goal for 2017
Achieving prosperity sharing abundant love and wisdom globally to afford the off grid gated homestead retirement community
Social
Www.timberlina.co.uk
Twitter @mstimberlina
Insta Timberlinabeard
#beard #legend #dragperfection #londonpride #bingo #rvt #royalvauxhalltavern #dragqueen #boldqueens #dragqueensofinstagram #instapride #instadrag #comedyqueen #dragmeme #instameme #memes #slay #cliffhanger #booboobooo #dragbingo #testimony #herwords #cabaret #bobobearart #cabaretsoup

Born 2016 an Idiana pride queen, boy name Aaron, drag name Synthetic because in school brats called her fake for looking different. Her drag is a metaphor for fakery, a walking talking lawless changeling. Drag liberates her glam rock horror persona to give face to feel feelings she couldn’t before and that is just a beautiful thing.

My top 3 achievements
1 Liberation through drag
2 Confidence to be herself
3 making it this far

No1 goal for 2017
To get on stage and show the world her beautiful Synthetic
Instagram: aaronstrug118
Facebook: Aaron strug
#instagay #dragart #dragqueensofinstagram #boldqueens #instadrag #dragqueen #dragqueens #dragperfection #slay #indianapride #horror #humor #chucky #gay #creative #cabaret #bobobearart #testimony #herwords #cabaretsoup

SADGIRL:
Born LA 2014 enabling escape from the death of her best fiend, boy name Miguel Nazareth Narez jr, drag name Sadgirl taken from relating her own childhood memories with characters in movie ‘Mi Vida Loca’ 1994 (aka My Crazy Life) written and directed by Allison Anders. Her drag is from a love of powerful women who don’t need no ‘vato’ (man) and drag mom JESSE PLASTIQUE who pushes extra colour into her rainbow fantasy. Being a drag queen to Sadgirl means embracing and returning all the love, respect and good times this illuminated heart of gold queen is living.
Top 3 achievement
1 That milestone first performance that was over thought but SLAYED the audience
2 Mastering to cover her dick thick eyebrows because y'all don’t even know the Sadgirl struggle
3 Best drag show to date fundraising 10k dollar for charity organizations close to her heart
No1 Goal for 2017
Continuing her global takeover showing people what she got

Social
Instagram: Sadgirl_xo
email :
[email protected] #losangeles #dragqueen #dragqueens #lgbt #gay #rainbow #goodgirl #sadgirl #bebold #boldqueen #comethrough #instapride #instadrag #dragart #dragperfection #testimony #herwords #dragqueensofinstagram #dragmeme #sadgirl #bobobear #dragshow #cabaretsoup

Born on Pride 2015 from Rhode Island, boy name Johnny Sederquist, drag name Ninny Nothin, Ninny resonates because she is endearingly foolish, it’s slang for boobs and gifted by a good friend, Nothin originates from a desire to ‘have no last name’ so when asked, Nothin was naturally given life. Her comedic drag style is motivated to ignite laughter and smiles through sharing an exaggerated bigger than any wardrobe persona. Out of the closet Ninny’s foolish vision has opened doors to parade on fashion show runways and invitations and acceptance to life’s big drag party.

Top 3 achievements
1 The Trailer Park Girls drag show at Ogies with sisters Neoki Feytal and Kelly Square
2 Hosting karaoke nights at Dark Lady and Boombox, Providence.
3 Those lips
No1 goal for 2017
To make five times as many people smile and laugh as I did the previous year.

www.facebook.com/NinnyNothin
Instagram - NINstahgram
For bookings email - mailto:[email protected] #bebold #trailerparkgirls #dragqueen #boldqueen #dragqueensofinstagram #gay #lips #comedy #humor #ninny #instadrag #instapride #dragart #dragqueens #dragperfection #illustration #beninny #ninny #ninnynothin #cabaret #cabaretsoup #bobobearart #testimony #herwords #hotlips #cabotcheese #heartofgold

MICHAEL TWAITS
Born summer 2007, boy name and drag name Michael Twaits because of a hatered for misogynistic drag names. This man in a dress is inspired by activist Bette Bourne, Split Britches and actor Alec Mapa loves drag because it is an excuse to wear sparkles and pack out London venues with her vocal shows.

Top 3 achievements
1 Being in drag for over a decade without checking into AA… (loves a drink)
2 Broadcasting politics at Trafalgar Square London Pride backed by a 26 piece big band.
3 Acting drag acting roles ‘Drag Queen 2’, ‘Tranny/Drag Prostiute’, ‘Crack-whore Tranny’

No1 Goal for 2017
personify the mantra : “Lose Weight, sort life out, job done.” SOCIAL
FB, Twitter, Insta…
@MichaelTwaits
bookings
www.michaeltwaits.com #londonlegend #dragqueen #boldqueens #dragqueensofinstagram #londonpride #rvt #maninadress #gay #pink #testimony #herwords #gayart #illustration #dragperfection #dragmeme #bobobearart #cabaret #michaeltwaits #cabaretshow #dragshow #cabaretsoup

SCARLETT HARLETT : Born London 2012 for a competition, boy name Harry, drag name Scarlett Harlett formally Scarlett Foxx, Foxx was shot down by judge critique and Harlett was set free to snatch crowns.

Drag liberates her artistic side to create a character, act, perform, compete and seduce audiences (predominantly men) wherever she appears.

Top 3 achievements
1 Appearing in the Absolutely Fabulous movie
2 Walking the runway in front of RuPaul
3 Travelling, performing and meeting talented people

No1 Goal for 2017
Perfect and polish her fellatio technique and to be more BOLD

Social
http://www.facebook.com/TheScarlettHarlett
http://www.twitter.com/TheOnlyHarlett
http://www.instagram.com/ScarlettHarlett

Bookings
mailto:[email protected] #abfab #absolutelyfabulous #instadrag #instapride #dragqueen #dragqueens #lgbt #gay #actress #questionandanswer #bebold #boldqueen #cabaretsoup #maletofemale #londonpride #meme #instameme #instagood #dragperfection #dragqueendivas #dragmeme #illustration #gayart #testimony #herwords #boldqueens #cabaretsoup

MARILYN SANE:

A beautiful comedy queen who writes and sings songs to high acclaim. She loves a cock joke, wigs and her pals. Fierce and loyal and stunning - we love her and can not wait for her to make a video for her song ‘Be Bold Queen’, until then you can catch her on YouTube with drag sis @nana.arthole on unnameddragchannel and laught with and at them… They execute shenanigans and tomfoolery in an charming fashion … Generally liquored up!

Born at six years old when dragged up by sister who introduced her to family as Louise from next door. Boy name Lewis Barlow, drag name Marilyn Sane is an amalgamation of David Bowie’s Alladin Sane, singer Justin Sane and the caricature of femininity Marilyn Monroe. Her drag takes inspiration from cartoons, comic books and Buffy enabling Miss Sane to present her acclaimed entertainment characteristics; tailoring looks, penning ’n’ singing songs and generally being funny as F*ck.
Top 3 achievements
1 Hosting Nottingham Pride
2 Cover Star of the local paper
3 Making great friends through drag
No1 Goal for 2017
Spread more laughter and keep having fun

Social
facebook.com/marilyn.sane.5
Instagram at Marilynsane.
booking
[email protected] #boldqueens #dragqueen #dragqueens #lgbt #comedy #humor #illustration #marilynmonroe #davidbowie #justinsane #triplethreat #meme #instagood #dragart #dragwitch #dragmeme #testimony #herwords #tobebold #cabaretsoup #bobobearart #gayart #gay #boldqueen

walkthesame:

There’s no greater love than the love of God.

We’ve started an awesome new project which we’ve appropriately called - A Crazy Love Story (ACLS). The purpose of ACLS is to provide a place for people to share their own unique and amazing love stories they share with God. It is our hope that these stories inspire you & others and help everyone see God in a whole new way.

Have a story that you’d like to share with us? Visit our website (by clicking on the image) to submit your story.  We can’t wait to receive your story and share it with the world.

Spread the news and share the stories and this amazing movement with your friends and family. Tag #acrazylovestory if you have any related stories and experiences that you’d love for us to see.

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teratomarty:

clawclawcaligulaw:

Michael K Williams as Julius Caesar for the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey.

For various reasons, I’m relieved to see black guys getting Shakespearean roles that are not Othello.  

Fun fact: in ancient Rome, grabbing your nuts meant “I am telling the absolute truth” (“testimony” and “testicles” are from the same root; I wonder if “mony” in this compound is the same as in “alimony,” it’d make the whole word “I bet my balls this is true”).  I am not sure what an extended middle finger and the derpface meant, though.  

actually, testimony is a shortened form of testimonium, whereas alimony is a shortened form of alimonia. both went through french before they came to english, and french monks really liked putting ‘-y’s and ‘-ie’s on the end of things.

also most etymologists think that the reason why testis literally means ‘witness’ is because testicles, according to the romans, ‘bore witness’ to one’s relative masculinity, but it’s totally possible either, or both, explanations make sense. either way, it’s weird as hell. and also really cool. but not as cool as michael k williams.

fun fact i learned while researching this: old english for balls was herþan which basically meant ‘leather bag’ for reasons that may or may not be obvious.

There is no greater feeling than feeling like YOURSELF. I’m finally in that stage of healing where I can feel my body returning to normal, and it feels GREAT! The sun is such a healer. A little heat and a little pressure never hurt anyone. When your body is ailing and you aren’t 100% in your health, you don’t feel sexy. You don’t feel like dressing up, getting up or even putting in the effort to connect with your sexuality. But I pushed through. I used my tantra tools to help my body get back to its happy place. I’m on Vacation to treat myself to rest and relaxation before a hard hitting summer! Exxxotica, Cocktails and Condoms and more events and shows are headed your way! Give thanks for your body today
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#feelsgood #glamazontyomi #sweat #sun #healing #nurture #happy #healthy #testimony #shine #natural (at Miami Brickell Key)
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My homie Darrell hooked me up with his hot milf friend Rosie few years ago. In April he forwards me this email between him and another friend who Rosie told about her vegas encounter.

Women tell stories way better than guys!!!

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Read: James Comey’s prepared testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee Thursday

The Senate Intelligence Committee has released the prepared remarks that former FBI Director James Comey will deliver Thursday at 10 am. Read the full text of his testimony below.

Chairman Burr, Ranking Member Warner, Members of the Committee. Thank you for inviting me to appear before you today. I was asked to testify today to describe for you my interactions with President-Elect and President Trump on subjects that I understand are of interest to you. I have not included every detail from my conversations with the President, but, to the best of my recollection, I have tried to include information that may be relevant to the Committee.

January 6 Briefing

I first met then-President-Elect Trump on Friday, January 6 in a conference room at Trump Tower in New York. I was there with other Intelligence Community (IC) leaders to brief him and his new national security team on the findings of an IC assessment concerning Russian efforts to interfere in the election. At the conclusion of that briefing, I remained alone with the President- Elect to brief him on some personally sensitive aspects of the information assembled during the assessment.

The IC leadership thought it important, for a variety of reasons, to alert the incoming President to the existence of this material, even though it was salacious and unverified. Among those reasons were: (1) we knew the media was about to publicly report the material and we believed the IC should not keep knowledge of the material and its imminent release from the President-Elect; and (2) to the extent there was some effort to compromise an incoming President, we could blunt any such effort with a defensive briefing.

The Director of National Intelligence asked that I personally do this portion of the briefing because I was staying in my position and because the material implicated the FBI’s counter-intelligence responsibilities. We also agreed I would do it alone to minimize potential embarrassment to the President-Elect. Although we agreed it made sense for me to do the briefing, the FBI’s leadership and I were concerned that the briefing might create a situation where a new President came into office uncertain about whether the FBI was conducting a counter-intelligence investigation of his personal conduct.

It is important to understand that FBI counter-intelligence investigations are different than the more-commonly known criminal investigative work. The Bureau’s goal in a counter-intelligence investigation is to understand the technical and human methods that hostile foreign powers are using to influence the United States or to steal our secrets. The FBI uses that understanding to disrupt those efforts. Sometimes disruption takes the form of alerting a person who is targeted for recruitment or influence by the foreign power. Sometimes it involves hardening a computer system that is being attacked. Sometimes it involves “turning” the recruited person into a double-agent, or publicly calling out the behavior with sanctions or expulsions of embassy-based intelligence officers. On occasion, criminal prosecution is used to disrupt intelligence activities.

Because the nature of the hostile foreign nation is well known, counter- intelligence investigations tend to be centered on individuals the FBI suspects to be witting or unwitting agents of that foreign power. When the FBI develops reason to believe an American has been targeted for recruitment by a foreign power or is covertly acting as an agent of the foreign power, the FBI will “open an investigation” on that American and use legal authorities to try to learn more about the nature of any relationship with the foreign power so it can be disrupted.

In that context, prior to the January 6 meeting, I discussed with the FBI’s leadership team whether I should be prepared to assure President-Elect Trump that we were not investigating him personally. That was true; we did not have an open counter-intelligence case on him. We agreed I should do so if circumstances warranted. During our one-on-one meeting at Trump Tower, based on President- Elect Trump’s reaction to the briefing and without him directly asking the question, I offered that assurance.

I felt compelled to document my first conversation with the President-Elect in a memo. To ensure accuracy, I began to type it on a laptop in an FBI vehicle outside Trump Tower the moment I walked out of the meeting. Creating written records immediately after one-on-one conversations with Mr. Trump was my practice from that point forward. This had not been my practice in the past. I spoke alone with President Obama twice in person (and never on the phone) – once in 2015 to discuss law enforcement policy issues and a second time, briefly, for him to say goodbye in late 2016. In neither of those circumstances did I memorialize the discussions. I can recall nine one-on-one conversations with President Trump in four months – three in person and six on the phone.

January 27 Dinner

The President and I had dinner on Friday, January 27 at 6:30 pm in the Green Room at the White House. He had called me at lunchtime that day and invited me to dinner that night, saying he was going to invite my whole family, but decided to have just me this time, with the whole family coming the next time. It was unclear from the conversation who else would be at the dinner, although I assumed there would be others.

It turned out to be just the two of us, seated at a small oval table in the center of the Green Room. Two Navy stewards waited on us, only entering the room to serve food and drinks.

The President began by asking me whether I wanted to stay on as FBI Director, which I found strange because he had already told me twice in earlier conversations that he hoped I would stay, and I had assured him that I intended to. He said that lots of people wanted my job and, given the abuse I had taken during the previous year, he would understand if I wanted to walk away.

My instincts told me that the one-on-one setting, and the pretense that this was our first discussion about my position, meant the dinner was, at least in part, an effort to have me ask for my job and create some sort of patronage relationship. That concerned me greatly, given the FBI’s traditionally independent status in the executive branch.

I replied that I loved my work and intended to stay and serve out my ten- year term as Director. And then, because the set-up made me uneasy, I added that I was not “reliable” in the way politicians use that word, but he could always count on me to tell him the truth. I added that I was not on anybody’s side politically and could not be counted on in the traditional political sense, a stance I said was in his best interest as the President.

A few moments later, the President said, “I need loyalty, I expect loyalty.” I didn’t move, speak, or change my facial expression in any way during the awkward silence that followed. We simply looked at each other in silence. The conversation then moved on, but he returned to the subject near the end of our dinner.

At one point, I explained why it was so important that the FBI and the Department of Justice be independent of the White House. I said it was a paradox: Throughout history, some Presidents have decided that because “problems” come from Justice, they should try to hold the Department close. But blurring those boundaries ultimately makes the problems worse by undermining public trust in the institutions and their work.

Near the end of our dinner, the President returned to the subject of my job, saying he was very glad I wanted to stay, adding that he had heard great things about me from Jim Mattis, Jeff Sessions, and many others. He then said, “I need loyalty.” I replied, “You will always get honesty from me.” He paused and then said, “That’s what I want, honest loyalty.” I paused, and then said, “You will get that from me.” As I wrote in the memo I created immediately after the dinner, it is possible we understood the phrase “honest loyalty” differently, but I decided it wouldn’t be productive to push it further. The term – honest loyalty – had helped end a very awkward conversation and my explanations had made clear what he should expect.

During the dinner, the President returned to the salacious material I had briefed him about on January 6, and, as he had done previously, expressed his disgust for the allegations and strongly denied them. He said he was considering ordering me to investigate the alleged incident to prove it didn’t happen. I replied that he should give that careful thought because it might create a narrative that we were investigating him personally, which we weren’t, and because it was very difficult to prove a negative. He said he would think about it and asked me to think about it.

As was my practice for conversations with President Trump, I wrote a detailed memo about the dinner immediately afterwards and shared it with the senior leadership team of the FBI.

February 14 Oval Office Meeting

On February 14, I went to the Oval Office for a scheduled counter- terrorism briefing of the President. He sat behind the desk and a group of us sat in a semi-circle of about six chairs facing him on the other side of the desk. The Vice President, Deputy Director of the CIA, Director of the National Counter- Terrorism Center, Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and I were in the semi-circle of chairs. I was directly facing the President, sitting between the Deputy CIA Director and the Director of NCTC. There were quite a few others in the room, sitting behind us on couches and chairs.

The President signaled the end of the briefing by thanking the group and telling them all that he wanted to speak to me alone. I stayed in my chair. As the participants started to leave the Oval Office, the Attorney General lingered by my chair, but the President thanked him and said he wanted to speak only with me. The last person to leave was Jared Kushner, who also stood by my chair and exchanged pleasantries with me. The President then excused him, saying he wanted to speak with me.

When the door by the grandfather clock closed, and we were alone, the President began by saying, “I want to talk about Mike Flynn.” Flynn had resigned the previous day. The President began by saying Flynn hadn’t done anything wrong in speaking with the Russians, but he had to let him go because he had misled the Vice President. He added that he had other concerns about Flynn, which he did not then specify.

The President then made a long series of comments about the problem with leaks of classified information – a concern I shared and still share. After he had spoken for a few minutes about leaks, Reince Priebus leaned in through the door by the grandfather clock and I could see a group of people waiting behind him. The President waved at him to close the door, saying he would be done shortly. The door closed.

The President then returned to the topic of Mike Flynn, saying, “He is a good guy and has been through a lot.” He repeated that Flynn hadn’t done anything wrong on his calls with the Russians, but had misled the Vice President. He then said, “I hope you can see your way clear to letting this go, to letting Flynn go. He is a good guy. I hope you can let this go.” I replied only that “he is a good guy.” (In fact, I had a positive experience dealing with Mike Flynn when he was a colleague as Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency at the beginning of my term at FBI.) I did not say I would “let this go.”

The President returned briefly to the problem of leaks. I then got up and left out the door by the grandfather clock, making my way through the large group of people waiting there, including Mr. Priebus and the Vice President.

I immediately prepared an unclassified memo of the conversation about Flynn and discussed the matter with FBI senior leadership. I had understood the President to be requesting that we drop any investigation of Flynn in connection with false statements about his conversations with the Russian ambassador in December. I did not understand the President to be talking about the broader investigation into Russia or possible links to his campaign. I could be wrong, but I took him to be focusing on what had just happened with Flynn’s departure and the controversy around his account of his phone calls. Regardless, it was very concerning, given the FBI’s role as an independent investigative agency.

The FBI leadership team agreed with me that it was important not to infect the investigative team with the President’s request, which we did not intend to abide. We also concluded that, given that it was a one-on-one conversation, there was nothing available to corroborate my account. We concluded it made little sense to report it to Attorney General Sessions, who we expected would likely recuse himself from involvement in Russia-related investigations. (He did so two weeks later.) The Deputy Attorney General’s role was then filled in an acting capacity by a United States Attorney, who would also not be long in the role.

After discussing the matter, we decided to keep it very closely held, resolving to figure out what to do with it down the road as our investigation progressed. The investigation moved ahead at full speed, with none of the investigative team members – or the Department of Justice lawyers supporting them – aware of the President’s request.

Shortly afterwards, I spoke with Attorney General Sessions in person to pass along the President’s concerns about leaks. I took the opportunity to implore the Attorney General to prevent any future direct communication between the President and me. I told the AG that what had just happened – him being asked to leave while the FBI Director, who reports to the AG, remained behind – was inappropriate and should never happen. He did not reply. For the reasons discussed above, I did not mention that the President broached the FBI’s potential investigation of General Flynn.

March 30 Phone Call

On the morning of March 30, the President called me at the FBI. He described the Russia investigation as “a cloud” that was impairing his ability to act on behalf of the country. He said he had nothing to do with Russia, had not been involved with hookers in Russia, and had always assumed he was being recorded when in Russia. He asked what we could do to “lift the cloud.” I responded that we were investigating the matter as quickly as we could, and that there would be great benefit, if we didn’t find anything, to our having done the work well. He agreed, but then re-emphasized the problems this was causing him.

Then the President asked why there had been a congressional hearing about Russia the previous week – at which I had, as the Department of Justice directed, confirmed the investigation into possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign. I explained the demands from the leadership of both parties in Congress for more information, and that Senator Grassley had even held up the confirmation of the Deputy Attorney General until we briefed him in detail on the investigation. I explained that we had briefed the leadership of Congress on exactly which individuals we were investigating and that we had told those Congressional leaders that we were not personally investigating President Trump. I reminded him I had previously told him that. He repeatedly told me, “We need to get that fact out.” (I did not tell the President that the FBI and the Department of Justice had been reluctant to make public statements that we did not have an open case on President Trump for a number of reasons, most importantly because it would create a duty to correct, should that change.)

The President went on to say that if there were some “satellite” associates of his who did something wrong, it would be good to find that out, but that he hadn’t done anything wrong and hoped I would find a way to get it out that we weren’t investigating him.

In an abrupt shift, he turned the conversation to FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, saying he hadn’t brought up “the McCabe thing” because I had said McCabe was honorable, although McAuliffe was close to the Clintons and had given him (I think he meant Deputy Director McCabe’s wife) campaign money. Although I didn’t understand why the President was bringing this up, I repeated that Mr. McCabe was an honorable person.

He finished by stressing “the cloud” that was interfering with his ability to make deals for the country and said he hoped I could find a way to get out that he wasn’t being investigated. I told him I would see what we could do, and that we would do our investigative work well and as quickly as we could.

Immediately after that conversation, I called Acting Deputy Attorney General Dana Boente (AG Sessions had by then recused himself on all Russia- related matters), to report the substance of the call from the President, and said I would await his guidance. I did not hear back from him before the President called me again two weeks later.

April 11 Phone Call

On the morning of April 11, the President called me and asked what I had done about his request that I “get out” that he is not personally under investigation. I replied that I had passed his request to the Acting Deputy Attorney General, but I had not heard back. He replied that “the cloud” was getting in the way of his ability to do his job. He said that perhaps he would have his people reach out to the Acting Deputy Attorney General. I said that was the way his request should be handled. I said the White House Counsel should contact the leadership of DOJ to make the request, which was the traditional channel.

He said he would do that and added, “Because I have been very loyal to you, very loyal; we had that thing you know.” I did not reply or ask him what he meant by “that thing.” I said only that the way to handle it was to have the White House Counsel call the Acting Deputy Attorney General. He said that was what he would do and the call ended.

That was the last time I spoke with President Trump.