5. John Bresnahan and Seung Min Kim, “Holder Held in Contempt,” Politico, June 28, 2012, https://www.politico.com/story/2012/06/holder-held-in-contempt-of-congress-077988.
6. John Solomon and Alison Spann, “FBI Uncovered Russian Bribery Plot Before Obama Administration Approved Controversial Nuclear Deal with Moscow,” The Hill, October 17, 2017, https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/355749-fbi-uncovered-russian-bribery-plot-before-obama-administration.
7. Andrew Prokop, “Obama Mocks Trump’s Conspiracy Theory That the Election Will Be ‘Rigged,’” Vox, August 4, 2016, https://www.vox.com/2016/8/4/12382282/obama-trump-election-rigged.
8. 18 US Code § 3322, Disclosure of Certain Matters Occurring Before Grand Jury, Legal Information Institute, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3322.
9. Jeremy Herb, “House Intelligence Republicans Call on Chairman Adam Schiff to Resign,” CNN, March 28, 2019, https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/28/politics/adam-schiff-call-resign-republicans-house-intelligence-committee/index.html.
10. Kevin Breuninger, “House Intel Chairman Adam Schiff Bites Back After Republicans Push Him to Resign Over Russia Probe,” CNBC, March 28, 2019, https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/28/house-intel-chairman-adam-schiff-bites-back-amid-pressure-to-resign.html.
CHAPTER TWO: THEY CAN LIE, BUT THEY CAN’T STOP TRUMP FROM WINNING
1. Abigail Tracy, “Robert Mueller Is Officially Closing in on Trump,” Vanity Fair, September 20, 2017, https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/09/robert-mueller-donald-trump-white-house-documents?verso=true.
2. “Remarks by President Trump to the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly,” White House, September 19, 2017, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-72nd-session-united-nations-general-assembly/.
3. Ibid.
4. Michael Kranz, “The Russia Investigation Is Reaching a Pivotal Moment and It Looks Like It’s Closing in on Trump,” Business Insider, January 24, 2018, https://www.businessinsider.com/the-russia-investigation-is-closing-in-on-trump-2018-1/.
5. Zeeshan Aleem, “Donald Trump Has Finally Dealt His First Blow to China’s Economy,” Vox, January 23, 2018, https://www.vox.com/world/2018/1/23/16920984/solar-panel-china-trump-tariff-washers-south-korea.
6. Scott Horsley, “Trump Aims to Play Salesman During Davos Economic Forum,” NPR, January 23, 2018, https://www.npr.org/2018/01/23/580101123/trump-aims-to-play-salesman-during-davos-economic-forum.
7. Greg Price, “Is Mueller Closing in on Trump? Incidents Involving President’s Lawyer and Russia Under Scrutiny, Report Says,” Newsweek, March 6, 2018, https://www.newsweek.com/mueller-cohen-russia-trump-ukraine-833237.
8. Chad P. Brown, “Trump Has Announced Massive Aluminum and Steel Tariffs. Here Are 5 Things You Need to Know,” Washington Post, March 1, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/03/01/trump-has-announced-massive-aluminum-and-steel-tariffs-here-are-5-things-you-need-to-know/?utm_term=.e6e8c260f2a7.
9. Caitlyn Oprysko, “Trump Threatens Border Shutdown If Mexico Doesn’t Remove Migrants,” Politico, November 26, 2018, https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/26/trump-border-close-mexico-caravan-1014701.
10. Bill Chappell and Tom Bowman, “Trump Is Expected to Extend U.S. Troops’ Deployment to Mexico Border into January,” NPR, November 28, 2018, https://www.npr.org/2018/11/28/671472765/trump-is-expected-to-extend-u-s-troops-deployment-to-mexico-border-into-january.
11. John Nichols, “The Mueller Investigation Is Closing in on Trump—and the Next Congress Won’t Protect Him,” The Nation, November 29, 2018, https://www.thenation.com/article/trump-mueller-cohen-nadler/.
12. Tom Rogan, “Trump’s Recognition of Juan Guaido Is Bold Moral Leadership on Venezuela,” Washington Examiner, January 23, 2019, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trumps-recognition-of-juan-guaido-is-bold-moral-leadership-on-venezuela.
13. Amy MacKinnon, “Maduro vs. Guaidó: A Global Scorecard,” Foreign Policy, February 6, 2019, https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/02/06/maduro-vs-guaido-a-global-scorecard-map-infographic/.
14. James Kirchick, “Remember All Those Left-Wing Pundits Who Drooled Over Venezuela?” Los Angeles Times, August 2, 2017, https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-kirchick-venezuela-pundits-20170802-story.html.
15. Daniel Di Martino, “Venezuela Was My Home, and Socialism Destroyed It. Slowly, It Will Destroy America, Too,” USA Today, February 15, 2019, https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/02/15/donald-trump-venezuela-socialism-bernie-sanders-ilhan-omar-column/2861461002/.
16. Ryan Cooper, “The Mueller Investigation Is Closing in on Trump,” The Week, January 25, 2019, https://theweek.com/articles/819785/mueller-investigation-closing-trump.
17. Brian Stetler, “Debunking Roger Stone’s Anti-CNN Conspiracy Theory,” CNN, February 13, 2019, https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/13/media/roger-stone-cnn-conspiracy-theory/index.html.
18. Sean Rossman, “Nearly 500 Witnesses, 675 Days: The Mueller Investigation by the Numbers,” USA Today, March 24, 2019, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/24/mueller-report-trump-campaign-investigation-numbers/3263353002/.
CHAPTER THREE: REVENGE OFF THE RAILS
1. Brooke Singman, “Senate Judiciary Committee narrowly advances Barr nomination; moves on to full Senate for confirmation vote,” Fox News, February 7, 2019. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/senate-judiciary-committee-narrowly-advances-barr-nomination-moves-on-to-full-senate-for-confirmation-vote.
2. John Nichols, “William Barr Is Acting as Trump’s Defense Lawyer, Not Attorney General,” The Nation, May 1, 2019, https://www.thenation.com/article/william-barr-attorney-general-hearing/.
3. Josh Gerstein, “Eric Holder: ‘I’m Still the President’s Wingman,’” Politico, April 4, 2013, https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico44/2013/04/eric-holder-im-still-the-presidents-wingman-160861.
4. Thomas B. Langhorne, “Campaign cash trumps work in Congress, ex-members say | Secrets of the Hill,” Courier and Press, October 12, 2018, https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2018/10/12/campaign-cash-trumps-work-congress-ex-members-say-secrets-hill/1457433002/.
5. “Election Overview.” Open Secrets. https://www.opensecrets.org/overview/index.php?cycle=2020&display=T&type=R.
6. Emily Tillett, Stefan Becket, and Camilo Montoya-Galvez, “Top Democrats Demand Barr Turn Over Full Mueller Report, Materials by April 2,” CBS News, March 24, 2019, https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/mueller-report-trump-russia-investigation-william-barr-summary-latest-updates-today-2019-03-25/.
7. “Rod Rosenstein’s Letter Recommending Comey Be Fired,” BBC News, May 10, 2017, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39866767.
8. Philip Ewing, “If the Full Mueller Report Were Ever Released, What Might It Reveal?” NPR, May 17, 2019, https://www.npr.org/2019/05/17/722901976/if-the-full-mueller-report-were-ever-released-what-might-it-reveal.
9. Joe Fox, John Muyskens, and Danielle Rindler, “Mueller report offers clues to what’s behind the redactions,” Washington Post, April 19, 2019, https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/politics/mueller-report-redactions/?utm_term=.ad23f70275c5.
10. Elizabeth Vaughn, “Volume II of Sealed Version of Mueller Report Is 99.9% Unredacted; Guess How Many House Democrats Have Read It?” RedState, May 11, 2019, https://www.redstate.com/elizabeth-vaughn/2019/05/11/guess-many-house-democrats-read-minimally-redacted-copy-mueller-report/.
11. Madison Gesiotto, “Do Democrats Really Want to See the Unredacted Special Counsel Report?” The Hill, May 6, 2019, https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/442329-do-democrats-really-want-to-see-the-unredacted-special-counsel-report.
12. Tim Hains, “Mazie Hirono to Bill Barr: ‘You Lied to Congress… And Now We Know,’” RealClear Politics, May 1, 2019, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/05/01/mazie_hirono_to_bill_barr_you_lied_to_congress_and_now_we_know.html.
13. “Kamala Harris Questions William Barr: Full Video on May 1, 2019,” News 19 WLTX, YouTube, May 1, 2019, https://www.youtub
e.com/watch?v=wZICLS7Avio.
14. Matt Zapotosky, “Trump Said Mueller’s Team Has ‘13 Hardened Democrats.’ Here Are the Facts,” Washington Post, March 18, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2018/03/18/trump-said-muellers-team-has-13-hardened-democrats-here-are-the-facts/?utm_term=.957feb4f1c14.
15. Laura Jarrett, “Former Acting FBI Director: Rosenstein ‘Offered to Wear a Wire into the White House,’” CNN, February 17, 2019, https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/17/politics/mccabe-fbi-rosenstein-wire/index.html.
16. Bess Levin, “Kamala Harris Guts Barr Like a Fish, Leaves Him Flopping on the Deck,” Vanity Fair, May 1, 2019, https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/05/kamala-harris-william-barr?verso=true.
17. Greg Sargent, “Kamala Harris Zeroes in on the Big Problem with William Barr,” Washington Post, May 1, 2019. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/05/01/kamala-harris-pinpoints-big-problem-with-william-barr/?utm_term=.290987d61343.
18. NR Symposium, “Conservatives Against Trump,” National Review, January 22, 2016, https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/01/donald-trump-conservatives-oppose-nomination/.
19. Andrew C. McCarthy, “The Big Lie That Barr Lied,” National Review, May 3, 2019, https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/the-big-lie-that-barr-lied/.
20. Andrew Desiderio, “Barr’s FBI ‘Spying’ Claim Amps Up Fight Over Mueller Probe,” Politico, April 10, 2019, https://www.politico.com/story/2019/04/10/barr-fbi-spying-trump-campaign-1266531.
21. Associated Press, “Barr Appoints Prosecutor to Examine Russia Probe Origins,” Politico, May 14, 2019, https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/14/barr-prosecutor-russia-probe-origins-1319878.
22. Ibid.
23. Marshall Cohen, “US Attorney’s ‘Apolitical’ Reputation on the Line as He Helps Barr Review the Russia Probe,” CNN, May 14, 2019, https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/14/politics/john-durham-barr-russia-probe/index.html.
CHAPTER FOUR: RATS DESERT THE SHIP
1. Luke Barr and Lee Ferran, “Trump Gives Attorney General Barr Sweeping Power to Declassify Intelligence in Russia Probe Review,” ABC News, May 24, 2019, https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-directs-intelligence-community-cooperate-attorney-general-investigation/story?id=63244302.
2. Andrew McCarthy, “The Steele Dossier and the ‘Verified Application’ That Wasn’t,” National Review, May 18, 2019. https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/the-steele-dossier-and-the-verified-application-that-wasnt/.
3. Matt Zapotosky, “Inspector General Report Faults Andrew McCabe for Unauthorized Disclosure of Information, Misleading Investigators,” Washington Post, April 13, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-department-inspector-general-provides-report-to-congress-on-andrew-mccabe/2018/04/13/ce367c4c-3f36-11e8-974f-aacd97698cef_story.html?utm_term=.32fc258ed543.
4. Caitlin Oprysko, “Barr Forcefully Defends DOJ Probe into Origin of the Russia Investigation,” Politico, May 17, 2019, https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/17/william-barr-investigation-russia-1330008.
5. Katie Galioto, “Comey Has Harsh Words for Barr and Rosenstein: Trump Has ‘Eaten Your Soul,’” Politico, May 1, 2019, https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/01/james-comey-william-barr-rod-rosenstein-1296662.
6. Ibid.
7. Chris Smith, “Mr. Comey Goes to Washington,” New York, October 10, 2003, http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/politics/n_9353/.
8. Gregg Re. “Rosenstein unloads on Comey, says he broke ‘bright lines that should never be crossed.” Fox News, May 13, 2019. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rosenstein-comey-broke-bright-lines-that-should-never-be-crossed
9. Virginia Kruta, “Swalwell Blows Off Mueller, Says He Knows Trump Colluded with Russia,” Daily Caller, May 26, 2019, https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/26/swalwell-trump-colluded-russia/.
10. Katie Pavlich, “John Brennan Tries to Explain: It’s Not My Fault I Called Trump a Russian Traitor, I Got Bad Information,” Town Hall, March 25, 2019, https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/03/25/john-brennan-tries-to-explain-its-not-my-fault-i-was-wrong-on-russia-i-got-bad-information-n2543697.
11. Michael Isikoff, “Top FBI Officials Were ‘Quite Worried’ Comey Would Appear to Be Blackmailing Trump,” Yahoo! News, May 15, 2019, https://news.yahoo.com/top-fbi-officials-were-quite-worried-comey-would-appear-to-be-blackmailing-trump-132955356.html.
12. Gregg Re, “Loretta Lynch Accuses Comey of Misrepresenting Key Clinton Probe Conversation, Was ‘Quite Surprised’ by His Testimony,” Fox News, May 20, 2019, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/loretta-lynch-james-comey-contradition-clinton-probe-matter-investigation.
13. Joseph Weber, “Lynch used email alias ‘Elizabeth Carlisle’ to write about Clinton tarmac meeting.” Fox News, August 7, 2017, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lynch-used-email-alias-elizabeth-carlisle-to-write-about-clinton-tarmac-meeting.
14. Justin Worland, “U.S. Intelligence Chief James Clapper to Donald Trump: We Didn’t Leak Russia Documents,” Time, January 12, 2017, https://time.com/4632743/james-clapper-donald-trump-russia/.
15. Jonathan Easley, “GOP Report: Clapper Told CNN Host About Trump Dossier in 2017,” The Hill, April 27, 2018. https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/385278-gop-report-clapper-told-cnn-host-about-trump-dossier-in-2017.
16. Ron DeSantis et al., letter from members of Congress to Jeff Sessions, Christopher Wray, and John Huber, April 18, 2018, https://gosar.house.gov/uploadedfiles/criminal-referral.pdf.
17. Brooke Singman, “Comey Admits Drafting Clinton Exoneration Before Interview, Defends Move as Routine,” Fox News, April 17, 2018, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/comey-admits-drafting-clinton-exoneration-before-interview-defends-move-as-routine.
18. Ibid.
19. Pete Kasperowicz, “‘Growing Body of Evidence’ James Comey Lied to Congress,” Washington Examiner, April 19, 2018, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/growing-evidence-that-james-comey-lied-to-congress-says-mark-meadows.
20. Eric Tucker, “Lawyer: Ex-FBI Official McCabe Still Facing Investigation,” Associated Press, February 22, 2019, https://www.apnews.com/8ee9211c06ca440abf80fddb1272b331.
21. Katie Pavlich, “Pavlich: When Will McCabe Face Prosecution for Lying?” The Hill, April 17, 2018, https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/383644-pavlich-when-will-mccabe-face-prosecution-for-lying.
22. Dan McLaughlin, “The FBI Inspector General Report Directly Criticized President Obama.” National Review, June 15, 2018. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/fbi-inspector-general-report-directly-criticized-president-obama/.
23. Brian Jacobs, “Why Do Federal Agents Still Take Interview Notes by Hand?” Forbes, April 4, 2016, https://www.forbes.com/sites/insider/2016/04/04/why-do-federal-agents-still-take-notes-by-hand/#37ce2bea41af.
24. “Judicial Watch: New Strzok-Page Emails Reveal FBI Gave Special Treatment to Hillary Clinton’s Demands for Email Investigation Information Just Before Election,” Judicial Watch, June 3, 2019, https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-strzok-page-emails-reveal-fbi-gave-special-treatment-to-hillary-clintons-demands-for-email-investigation-information-just-before-election/.
25. “Grassley Wants ‘Gag Order’ Lifted for FBI Informant Allegedly ‘Threatened’ by Obama DOJ,” Fox News, October 19, 2017, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/grassley-wants-gag-order-lifted-for-fbi-informant-allegedly-threatened-by-obama-doj.
26. Alex Pappas, “Dossier Author Christopher Steele Will Be Questioned by US Investigators: Report,” Fox News, June 4, 2019, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dossier-author-christopher-steele-will-be-questioned-by-us-investigators-report-says.
CHAPTER FIVE: OPEN SEASON ON CONSERVATIVES
1. John McCormack, “Blasey Ford’s Female Classmate, Her Last Named Witness, Doesn’t Recall Ever Attending Party With Kavanaugh,” The Weekly Standard, September 22, 2018, https://web.archive.org/web/20180923043101/https://www.weeklystandard.com/john-mccormack/blasey-fords-female-classmate-her-last-alleged-witness-denies-ever-attending-party-with-kavanaug
h.
2. David French, “Christine Blasey Ford Refuses to Turn Over Her Therapy Notes—Here’s Why That’s a Problem,” National Review, October 3, 2018, https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/christine-blasey-ford-therapy-notes/.
3. Rebecca Hagelin, “Christine Blasey Ford Just Democrats’ Pawn to Kill Brett Kavanaugh Nomination,” Washington Times, September 30, 2018, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/30/christine-blasey-ford-just-democrats-pawn-to-kill-/.
4. Jim Geraghty, “‘Innocent Until Proven Guilty’ Doesn’t Apply to Conservatives,” National Review, September 24, 2018, https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/innocent-until-proven-guilty-doesnt-apply-to-conservatives/.
5. John Nolte, “Rap Sheet: ***639*** Acts of Media-Approved Violence and Harassment Against Trump Supporters,” Breitbart, July 5, 2018, https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/07/05/rap-sheet-acts-of-media-approved-violence-and-harassment-against-trump-supporters/.
6. Brett Samuels, “Boulder Thrown Through McCarthy’s Office Window,” The Hill, October 23, 2018, https://thehill.com/homenews/house/412675-boulder-thrown-through-mccarthys-office-window?amp.
7. Joshua Caplan, “Shots Fired into South Daytona Republican Party Office: ‘Obviously Politically Motivated,’” Breitbart, October 29, 2018, https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/29/photos-south-daytona-republican-party-office-shot-up/.
8. “Republican Candidate for Minnesota House Seat Punched in the Face,” KMSP-TV Fox9, October 15, 2018, http://www.fox9.com/news/republican-candidate-for-minnesota-house-seat-punched-in-face.
9. Laurie Everett, “Blackburn Backlash Shocks Mt. Juliet Restaurant Owner,” Wilson Post, October 17, 2018, https://www.wilsonpost.com/community/blackburn-backlash-shocks-mt-juliet-restaurant-owner/article_313833ee-d226-11e8-9d8e-d386ca26eea3.html?fbclid=IwAR199ogdNXEdpWsbv60FCtam350NBFQbwMlfuPF6ePg2_sFCiWjrQ9MEt1U.
10. Ian Schwartz, “FNC’s Kat Timpf: I Ran Out of Bar After Harassed for Working at FOX News,” RealClear Politics, November 13, 2018, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/11/13/fnc_kat_timpf_i_ran_out_of_bar_after_harassed_for_working_at_fox_news.html.
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