“I’ve been spending the last twenty-five minutes”: Matt Arco, “Christie Says Trump Must ‘Tell His Supporters to Leave the Capitol Grounds,’ ” NJ.com, January 6, 2021, www.nj.com/politics/2021/01/christie-says-trump-must-tell-his-supporters-to-leave-the-capitol-grounds.html.
The president’s message: Parker, Dawsey, and Rucker, “Six Hours of Paralysis.”
A third casualty: Evan Hill, Arielle Ray, and Dahlia Kozlowsky, “Videos Show How Rioter Was Trampled in Stampede at Capitol,” New York Times, January 15, 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/01/15/us/rosanne-boyland-capitol-riot-death.html.
Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick: Peter Hermann and Spencer S. Hsu, “Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, Who Engaged Rioters, Suffered Two Strokes and Died of Natural Causes, Officials Say,” Washington Post, April 19, 2021, www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/brian-sicknick-death-strokes/2021/04/19/36d2d310-617e-11eb-afbe-9a11a127d146_story.html.
Chapter Twenty-two: Landing the Bad Boy
On the evening: Robert C. O’Brien (@robertcobrien), Twitter, January 6, 2021, 6:03 p.m., https://twitter.com/robertcobrien/status/1346955563968524289?s=20.
In her resignation letter: “Betsy DeVos Resignation Letter,” Washington Post, January 7, 2021, www.washingtonpost.com/context/betsy-devos-resignation-letter/cfd93504-2353-4ac3-8e71-155446242dda.
Democratic lawmakers, however: Charlie Savage, “Trump Had Power to Attack Syria Without Congress, Justice Dept. Memo Says,” New York Times, June 1, 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/us/politics/trump-war-powers-syria-congress.html.
Also, during the trip: Philip Rucker and Josh Dawsey, “Trump Defiant and Unapologetic About His Role in Inciting Capitol Mob Attack,” Washington Post, January 12, 2021, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-defiant-mob/2021/01/12/b93231bc-54f8-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html.
“He is a clear and present danger”: Mike DeBonis and Paul Kane, “House Hands Trump a Second Impeachment, This Time with GOP Support,” Washington Post, January 13, 2021, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-impeachment-trump/2021/01/13/05fe731c-55c5-11eb-a931-5b162d0d033d_story.html.
Downtown businesses boarded: Missy Ryan et al., “Security Footprint Grows in Nation’s Capital Ahead of Inauguration,” Washington Post, January 13, 2021, www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2021/01/13/national-guard-inauguration-security.
In late December: Matt Zapotosky et al., “Trump Pardons Charles Kushner, Paul Manafort, Roger Stone in Latest Wave of Clemency Grants,” Washington Post, December 23, 2020, www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/charles-kushner-paul-manafort-roger-stone-trump-pardons/2020/12/23/05cf013a-456d-11eb-975c-d17b8815a66d_story.html.
But politicians convicted: Rosalind S. Helderman, Josh Dawsey, and Beth Reinhard, “Trump Grants Clemency to 143 People in Late-Night Pardon Blast,” Washington Post, January 20, 2021, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pardons/2021/01/20/7653bd12-59a2-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html.
Most of the fourteen thousand: Beth Reinhard et al., “The Cottage Industry Behind Trump’s Pardons: How the Rich and Well-Connected Got Ahead at the Expense of Others,” Washington Post, February 5, 2021, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-pardons-lobbying/2021/02/05/896f0b52-624b-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html.
Biden or Vice President-elect Kamala Harris: Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker, and Philip Rucker, “ ‘Have a Good Life’: Trump Leaves for Florida in Low-Key Farewell,” Washington Post, January 20, 2021, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-farewell-florida/2021/01/20/c6ca8a82-5b50-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html.
Epilogue
In the first, when the economy: “Presidential Approval Ratings—Donald Trump,” Gallup, https://news.gallup.com/poll/203198/presidential-approval-ratings-donald-trump.aspx.
But Trump all but ruled out: Tim Alberta, “Nikki Haley’s Time for Choosing,” Politico, www.politico.com/interactives/2021/magazine-nikki-haleys-choice.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Index
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Abraham Accords, 269–71
Abrams, Stacey, 151, 354, 436
Abutaleb, Yasmeen, 217
Adams, Jerome, 72, 73, 128, 277
Affordable Care Act repeal attempts, 24
Afghanistan war, 366–67
Alberta, Tim, 515
Alexander, Ali, 418
Alexander, Paul, 128
Alexander, Peter, 93
Alito, Samuel, 413–14
Anderson, James, 362
Arizona vote
and early voting, 264, 319, 320
final call, 377
Fox News call, 343–45, 348, 381, 513
and McCain, 354
and Trump campaign legal challenges, 358
Trump campaign projections, 355
Aronchick, Mark, 389
Arpaio, Joe, 500
ascertainment, 361, 398–400
AstraZeneca vaccine, 143–44
Atlas, Scott, 227–32, 258, 259
Azar, Alex
and administration internal conflict, 32, 33, 119, 120, 121–23
and American repatriations from China, 42–43, 47
background of, 32–33
and briefings for Trump, 27–29
and Caputo, 99–100, 121, 129
and China travel ban, 41, 42, 47
and Chinese stonewalling, 35–36, 52
and convalescent plasma treatments, 246, 247, 248
and coronavirus czar proposals, 35
and coronavirus economic impact, 62
and coronavirus precautions, 259, 339, 376, 396
and coronavirus task-force internal tensions, 72–73
and coronavirus testing, 86–87
and cruise ban, 74
and drug pricing policy announcement, 394, 395, 396
and Europe travel ban, 78, 81, 82
and Fauci pandemic announcement, 69
and FDA treatment approval requests, 87–88
and hydroxychloroquine treatment, 110
and leaks, 43, 100–101, 121
and Operation Warp Speed, 143
and Pence coronavirus czar appointment, 63, 64
role of, 21
and Trump’s coronavirus responses, 31–32
Trump’s muzzling of, 64
Trump’s treatment of, 25, 26–27, 87–88
and vaccine development, 281–82, 283, 284, 374, 375, 396
and vaccine distribution funding, 271, 273, 274
and vaping ban, 25–26, 28
and White House muzzling of public health officials, 129
and White House news conferences, 63
and White House staff briefings on coronavirus, 34
and WHO pandemic declaration, 65
Babbitt, Ashli, 470
al-Baghdadi, Abu Bakr, 19
Baghdad U.S. embassy attack (Dec. 31, 2019), 11, 17
Baier, Bret, 343
Baitel, Rachael, 96
Baker, Peter, 155
Balsamo, Michael, 405
Bannon, Steve, 322, 365, 501
Baron Cohen, Sacha, 325
Barr, Bill
and Hunter Biden laptop revelation, 322–24
on birthright citizenship, 447
condemnation of Capitol insurrection, 488
and coronavirus precautions, 193
and Durham investigation of FBI, 102–4, 138–39, 311–14, 405–6, 409
Election Day, 341
and Election Day unrest concerns, 333–34
on election legal challenges, 402, 403–4, 409
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br /> and federal law enforcement deployments, 161–62, 165
and Floyd killing, 149
and Flynn prosecution, 134
and Lafayette Square incident, 164, 165–66, 167, 168–69, 170, 171
McConnell conversations on rigged election claims, 403
Operation Legend tour, 266–68, 269
and police violence, 167
and police violence encouragement, 163
public statement on rigged election claims, 405–9, 433
resignation of, 421–24
and Southern District of New York, 190–96
as stabilizing force, 7
and Stone sentencing, 55–59
and suburban fear message, 269
Trump conversations on rigged election claims, 369–71
on Trump reelection campaign, 116–19
Trump’s anger at, 404–5, 407–10, 511–12
on Trump’s coronavirus public statements, 116
and Trump’s demands for force at protests, 160, 161, 203, 204, 206, 234–35, 239–40, 266
on Trump’s peaceful transfer of power commitment refusal, 279
as Trump supporter, 190
and Walton kidnapping, 330
and Wray firing possibility, 132, 136, 137–39
Barrett, Amy Coney, 287–88, 299, 371, 411
Bartiromo, Maria, 313–14, 404–5
base. See Trump followers
Bauer, Zach, 327
Benson, Jocelyn, 420
Berkowitz, Avi, 270, 495
Berman, Geoffrey, 191–96
Best, Carmen, 203
Beutler, Jaime Herrera, 476
Biden, Ashley, 503
Biden, Beau, 294
Biden, Hunter
and Biden inauguration, 503
laptop revelation, 320–25
Russian attacks on, 236
and Trump campaign attacks on Biden, 102, 292, 293, 294, 326, 327
See also impeachment trial (2020)
Biden, Jill, 503
Biden, Joe
attacks on Trump, 101–2
campaign messaging, 330–31
on Capitol insurrection, 478, 482
and coronavirus precautions, 215, 227, 316
and Democratic National Convention, 243
and Democratic voter participation, 354
Esper’s support for, 342
first presidential debate, 291–95
inauguration of, 498–99, 502–3
McConnell congratulations to, 421
polling lead of, 209, 214, 234, 242, 263–64, 308
Russian attacks on, 236
second presidential debate, 325–27
town hall meeting, 316
Trump reelection campaign attack planning, 140–41, 207, 214–15
Trump’s attacks on, 252–53
on Trump’s peaceful transfer of power commitment refusal, 279
victory of, 377
on White House coronavirus failure acknowledgement, 328
See also impeachment trial (2020)
Biegun, Steve, 42, 43
Big Lie, The. See rigged election claims
Birx, Deborah
appointment of, 67–68
and Atlas, 228, 258
and bleach treatment suggestion, 112–13
on closures/reopenings, 259–60
and convalescent plasma treatments, 245
and coronavirus precautions, 130, 141
data modeling, 98–99
and “doctors’ group,” 94
and documentary on White House coronavirus response, 518
and Europe travel ban, 78, 79–80
on herd immunity strategy, 231
and Kushner, 99
national tour, 257–60
Trump’s anger at, 517
undermining of, 228, 258
Bishop, Vaughn, 415
Bittner, Emily, 164
Black Lives Matter protests. See racial injustice protests (2020); Trump’s responses to racial injustice protests
Blair, Rob, and China travel ban, 42
Blake, Jacob, 435
Blinken, Antony, 342
Bloomberg, Michael, 24–25
Blunt, Roy, 272–73
Bobulinski, Tony, 322, 327
Boehler, Adam, 119, 246, 374
Bolduc, Brian, 71
Bolton, John, 34
Bongino, Dan, 134
Boockvar, Kathy, 411
Bossert, Tom, 59–61
Bossie, David, 356, 357, 359
Botsford, Jabin, 201
Bottoms, Keisha Lance, 155
Bowdich, David, 133, 137, 472
Bowser, Muriel, 154, 243, 468
Boyland, Rosanne, 479
Brady, Scott, 323–24
Brann, Matthew, 388–90
Bream, Shannon, 27
Brennan, John, 103, 139
briefings for Trump
on coronavirus pandemic, 19, 27–29, 37–38
on Iran, 16–17
on reelection campaign, 264–65
on Russian election interference, 236–37, 262–63
on vaccine development, 69–70, 374–76
Broidy, Elliott, 501
Brooks, Mo, 418, 421, 458
Bryan, William, 112, 113
Bush, George H. W., 116, 118
Bynum, G. T., 197
Byrne, Patrick, 425
Cain, Herman, 202
Camilleri, Darrin, 420
Capitol insurrection (Jan. 6, 2021), 2, 455–85
barricade breakthroughs, 461, 462
Biden on, 478, 482
bomb threats, 460–61
breach, 464–65, 468, 469
calls for reinforcement, 462, 463, 464, 468–71, 473–74, 480–81
emergency declaration, 464
fatalities, 464, 470, 479–80
FBI SWAT team deployed, 472
hand-to-hand combat, 462, 463, 469
House and Senate recesses, 465
legislator evacuation, 464–65, 466–67, 472–73
and legislators’ return to session, 480, 481, 482–84
organized nature of, 461
pardon possibilities, 489
and Pence’s Congressional vote certification commitment, 461–62
and “Save America” rally, 446, 455, 457–60
security preparations, 433, 435, 444–45, 446–47, 457
as threat to democracy, 3, 478, 483, 491, 492
trauma of, 471–72, 473
Trump advisers casting blame for, 496–97
Trump family gathering before, 456
Trump interview on, 510
Trump’s impeachment for, 498
Trump’s incitement of, 294–95, 384, 436–37, 446, 460, 461, 489, 497
Trump’s lack of concern for Pence, 467, 481
Trump’s passive observation of, 465–66, 475–76, 488
Trump’s post-insurrection period statement on, 497
Trump’s refusal to speak during, 475–78
Trump’s tweets during, 466, 475, 477, 478–79, 481
White House staff helplessness during, 475–78
See also Congressional vote certification; post-insurrection period
Capitol Police. See U.S. Capitol Police
Caprara, Anne, 164, 258, 259
Caputo, Michael, 99–100, 110, 121, 128–29, 275–77
Carlson, Tucker, 203–4, 205
Carpenito, Craig, 194
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
coronavirus precautions guidance, 123, 124
and coronavirus testing, 83–84
, 86–87
data modeling, 97
and first U.S. cases, 34
and vaccine distribution funding, 271–74
and Wuhan lab-leak theory, 107
See also public health officials; Redfield, Robert
Chao, Elaine, 490, 491
Chauvin, Derek, 147, 148, 150
Chavez, Hugo, 392, 393, 425
Cheney, Dick, 444
Cheney, Liz, 491–92, 498
China
American repatriations from, 39, 41–43, 47
coronavirus genome data, 20, 21
coronavirus outbreaks and mortality rates, 21–22, 45, 59
travel ban, 38–42, 44–47, 48, 53
and 2020 elections, 237, 2365
U.S. trade deal with, 22–23, 108
U.S. trade war with, 23
and WHO pandemic declaration, 65
and Wuhan lab-leak theory, 105–9
See also Chinese stonewalling on coronavirus
Chinese stonewalling on coronavirus
and emergency declaration, 21–22
and Fauci, 14–15, 16, 20
and Redfield, 13–14, 15–16, 52
Trump personal appeal to Xi, 52–54
Trump’s briefings on, 38
and Trump’s coronavirus responses, 35–36, 108–9
and Trump’s public statements, 30, 31
and WHO, 53, 65, 104–5
and Wuhan lab-leak theory, 108–9
CHOP (Capitol Hill Occupied Protest zone) (Seattle), 203, 204, 205–6
Christie, Chris
and Barrett appointment event, 288
and Capitol insurrection, 476
and coronavirus czar proposals, 64
coronavirus diagnosis, 311
and election legal challenges, 397–98
and first presidential debate, 288, 292, 293
on rigged election claims, 358–59, 393
on Trump reelection campaign, 207–8
and Trump’s refusal to follow coronavirus precautions, 288
and Trump’s 2024 political ambitions, 515
and White House coronavirus response, 62, 89–90
Cipollone, Pat
and Barr resignation, 423
and Christie on White House coronavirus response, 89
and Congressional vote certification, 440
and election legal challenges, 371, 372, 377, 378
and Haspel firing possibility, 415
and Iran, 445
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