Table of Contents
Part 1 Mueller Day
Chapter 1 July 24, 2019 3
Chapter 2 Gradually, Then Suddenly 12
Chapter 3 "I Would Like You to Do Us a Favor Though" 19
Part 2 No One is Above the Law
Chapter 4 What My Dad Taught Me 27
Chapter 5 My Best Friend the Republican 32
Chapter 6 "We Do Justice" 40
Chapter 7 "Congress Doesn't Take Reservations" 46
Chapter 8 I.T. Help Desk, Can I Help You? 52
Chapter 9 National Security Democrat 58
Chapter 10 Land Grab 65
Chapter 11 Red Square 69
Chapter 12 Divide and Demean 73
Chapter 13 President Donald J. Trump? Really? 78
Part 3 All Roads Lead to Putin
Chapter 14 Investigating Russia's Interference 85
Chapter 15 Comey's Bombshell 93
Chapter 16 The Joker 100
Chapter 17 Taking on Tucker 104
Chapter 18 Limits to the Lying: Hope Hicks 109
Chapter 19 The Man with the Nixon Tattoo 114
Chapter 20 The Year of the Woman 120
Chapter 21 The Trump Shutdown 127
Chapter 22 "He Is a Racist. He Is a Con Man. He Is a Cheat." 134
Chapter 23 Running for President 139
Chapter 24 Beyond Mueller 146
Part 4 Ukraine
Chapter 25 Whistleblower 153
Chapter 26 "The Times Have Found Us" 158
Chapter 27 The Lessons of Watergate 165
Chapter 28 The Chairman 173
Chapter 29 Drip, Drip, Drip 180
Chapter 30 "When a Businessman Is About to Sign a Check" 188
Chapter 31 Total SCIF Storm 193
Chapter 32 The Free Press 199
Chapter 33 Where's Bolton? 203
Chapter 34 We're Live 208
Chapter 35 The Smear and Clear 212
Chapter 36 "Dad, Do Not Worry" 223
Chapter 37 Sondland 228
Chapter 38 The Last Word 234
Part 5 Impeaching the President
Chapter 39 Countdown to Impeachment 245
Chapter 40 We Present the Evidence 250
Chapter 41 The Articles 260
Chapter 42 Debate Night 268
Chapter 43 "If We Can Just Get Through Tomorrow" 277
Chapter 44 Forever Impeached 281
Chapter 45 What Do We Do Now? 289
Chapter 46 Trumped-Up War 296
Chapter 47 Schiff Shines 304
Chapter 48 "Your Head Will Be on a Pike" 309
Chapter 49 Courage 312
Conclusion: Endgame 317
Acknowledgments 323