Deep State: Trump, the FBI, and the Rule of Law

Deep State: Trump, the FBI, and the Rule of Law

InstantÂ New York Times Bestseller

"Important and stunning. This is must-read material if you want to understand what the Trump administration is still up to right now." --Lawrence O'Donnell

There are questions that the Mueller report couldn'tâ€”or wouldn'tâ€”answer. What actually happened to instigate the Russia investigation? Did President Trumpâ€™s meddling incriminate him? Thereâ€™s no mystery to what Trump thinks. He claims that the Deep State, a cabal of career bureaucratsâ€”among them, Andrew McCabe, Lisa Page, and Peter Strzok, previously little known figures within the FBI whom he has obsessively and publically reviledâ€”is concerned only with protecting its own power and undermining the democratic process. Conversely, James Comey has defended the FBI as incorruptible apolitical public servants who work tirelessly to uphold the rule of law.
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For the first time, bestselling author James B. Stewart sifts these conflicting accounts to present a clear-eyed view of what exactly happened inside the FBI in the lead-up to the 2016 election, drawing on scores of interviews with key FBI, Department of Justice, and White House officialsand voluminous transcripts, notes, and internal reports. In full detail, this is the dramatic saga of the FBIâ€™s simultaneous investigations of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trumpâ€”the first time in American history the FBI has been thrust into the middle of both parties' campaigns for the presidency. Stewart shows what exactly was set in motion when Trump fired Comey, triggering the appointment of Robert Mueller as an independent special counsel and causing the FBI to open a formal investigation into the president himself. And how this unprecedented event joined in ongoing combat two vital institutions of American democracy: the presidency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.Â
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At stake in this epic battle is the rule of law itself, the foundation of the U.S. Constitution. There is no room for compromise, but plenty for collateral damage. The reputations of both sides have already been harmed, perhaps irrevocably, and at great cost to American democracy. Deep State goes beyond the limits of the legally constrained Mueller report, showing how the presidentâ€™s obsession with the idea of a conspiracy against him is still upending lives and sending shockwaves through both the FBI and the Department of Justice. In this world-historical struggleâ€”Trump versus intelligence agenciesâ€”Stewart shows us in rare style whatâ€™s real and what matters now. And for the looming 2020 election.
Country USA
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2019-10-08
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2019-10-08
Format	Kindle eBook

Deep State: Trump, the FBI, and the Rule of Law

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