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by David Cay Johnston


  Deutsche Bank, 34, 148, 149

  DeVos, Betsy, 186, 190, 191, 192–93, 194, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200–201, 202

  Dickerson, John, 110

  Dillard University, 187

  Dillon, Sheri, 32

  Disney, 240, 243

  District of Columbia Superior Court, 17

  Diversity Visa Program, 246

  Doha, 156–57

  Donahoe, Gary, 210

  Doral (Miami area golf course), 34–35

  Douglass, Frederick, 257

  Dresden, Matthew, 28

  Drug Enforcement Administration, 216–17

  Duke, David, 239, 248

  Duke Energy, 119

  Durbin, Dick, 65

  Economist, 15

  Education Department, U.S., 8–9, 197, 199, 200, 201

  Egypt, 153, 255

  Eichenwald, Kurt, 171

  Eisen, Norm, 26

  Eisenhower, Dwight, 4

  Eitel, Robert S., 196–99

  Electoral College, 25, 53

  Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS), 179

  Emory River, 119

  Energy Capital Partners, 148

  Energy Department, U.S., 134

  Enriquez, Juan Carlos, 34–35

  Enron, 91, 150

  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 4, 9, 115–21, 123–28, 131, 141, 160

  Eoyang, Mieke, 42, 153–54

  Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip, 159, 162, 255

  Ethiopia, 160

  Europe, 167, 235

  European Commission, 165

  European Council, 165

  European Union, 165, 167, 168

  ExxonMobil, 42, 56, 57, 162

  F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, 180–81

  Face the Nation (TV show), 110

  factbox.tv, 215

  FairWarning (website), 123

  Fatality Inspection Data, 61

  Federal Aviation Administration, 67

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 9, 178, 218, 229, 254

  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), 144

  Federalist Papers, 263

  Federal Power Commission, 145, 150

  Federal Register, 67

  Federal Work Study program, 189

  Fiat Chrysler, 56

  Fields, Mark, 59

  Fifth Amendment, 212

  Fine Print, The (Johnston), 48, 256

  Finland, 110

  First Amendment, 200, 209, 234

  Flat Rock, Mich., 59

  Flint, Mich., 53, 116

  Florida, 35, 93, 100, 132, 169, 233, 235, 243, 244, 260

  Flynn, Michael, 41, 218

  Forbes, 19

  Ford, Gerald, 212

  Ford Focus, 59

  Fordham University, 73

  Ford Motor Company, 56, 59

  Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 49

  Foreign Emoluments Clause, 27

  Foreign Service, U.S., 42

  Four Seasons hotel (Washington, D.C.), 14

  Foxconn, 57–58

  Fox News, 11, 88, 97, 125, 126, 211

  France, 50, 175, 176

  Franklin, Benjamin, 262

  Frazier, Kenneth C., 239–40

  Freedom of Information Act, 51

  Free Lunch (Johnston), 48, 256

  Fried, Gloria, 36

  Friedman, David, 41, 42

  Frontline (TV show), 6

  Frosh, Brian, 30

  Frum, David, 172

  G20, 163, 169–70

  G20 Climate and Energy Action Plan for Growth, 170

  Gallego, Ruben, 237

  Gambino crime family, 6

  Garfield, James, 4

  General Motors, 56, 59

  General Services Administration, 15

  Genovese crime family, 6

  Gerald R. Ford (aircraft carrier), 173–75, 176, 177, 178

  Germany, 163, 176, 237

  Ghana, 160

  Global Change Research Program, U.S., 133

  Glynn, Marilyn, 32

  Golden Goose Award, 139

  Goldman Sachs, 89, 147, 149

  Goode, Eric, 29

  Good Morning America (TV show), 94

  Gore, Al, 223

  Gorsuch, Neil, 63, 64–65, 116

  Gourguechon, Prudence L., 258

  Government Services Administration (GSA), 19

  Graham, Lindsey, 236

  Grand Hyatt Hotel, 99

  Grand Rapids, Mich., 232

  Great Again: How to Fix Our Crippled America (Trump), 202

  Great Britain, 161, 175, 176, 263

  Great Depression, 106

  Great Lakes, 117

  Great Recession, 200, 250

  Green Cards, 242–43

  Greenland, 117

  Gross, Diane, 17–18, 19

  Guardian, 43

  Gulf Coast, 132

  Gulf Cooperation Council, 154, 157, 162

  Gulf War (1991), 14, 222

  Hagerty, William Francis, IV, 41, 42

  Haley, Nikki, 42

  Hamburg, 169

  Hamilton (musical), 260

  Handros, Libby, 6

  Hannity, Sean, 211

  Hansen, Bill, 200

  Hansen, Taylor, 198, 199, 200

  Harding, Warren G., 4

  Hart, Peter D., 9

  Hartle, Terry W., 188

  Harvey, Hurricane, 169, 260

  Hauser, Jeff, 43

  Hawaii, 117

  Healey, Maura, 201

  Henderson, Stephen, 192–93

  Heritage Foundation, 128

  Herndon, Va., 224

  Hewitt, Hugh, 117

  Heyer, Heather, 230, 235, 236

  Hezbollah, 157–58, 160

  Hindus, 255

  Hitler, Adolf, 237–38

  Holdren, John, 137–38, 139, 140

  Holt, Rush, 140–41

  Homeland Security Department, U.S., 110, 189, 229

  Hon Hai Precision Industry Company, Ltd., 57

  Hotchkiss, Jon, 214–15

  House of Representatives, U.S., 212, 254

  Veterans Affair committee of, 226

  Housing and Urban Development Department, U.S., 9

  Houston, Tex., 169

  Houthi rebels, 157

  Hudson River, 117

  Hurricane Harvey, 169, 260

  Hurricane Irma, 169

  Hurricane Katrina, 121

  Hurricane Maria, 260

  Hussein, Saddam, 14

  Hyundai, 166

  Iger, Bob, 240

  India, 12, 50, 54, 126, 137, 166, 167, 172, 176, 243

  Individual Unemployability program, 225

  InfoWars (Internet show), 11, 249

  Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, 90

  Institutional Loans, 198

  Intel, 56, 57

  Interior Department, U.S., 131, 132, 133, 135

  Office of Policy Analysis at, 131

  Internal Revenue Code, 95

  Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 83, 85, 88, 94, 95, 99

  International Association of Chiefs of Police, 216

  International Monetary Fund, 69

  Intracoastal Waterway, 93

  Iowa, 233

  iPhones, 57, 58, 93

  Iran, 157, 158

  Iraq, 173, 222

  Ireland, 30, 248

  Irma, Hurricane, 169

  Islam, 153, 154, 162, 164, 249, 253

  see also Muslims

  Islamic State in Syria and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS), 101, 138, 156, 157, 160, 255

  Israel, 41

  Istanbul, 159

  Italy, 54

  Ivanka Trump Marks LLC, 28

  Jackson, Lisa, 115

  Jacksonville, Fla., 145

  Japan, 41, 165, 167–68, 176, 180

  Jarrett, Gregg, 211

  Jefferson, Thomas, 3

  Jesus Christ, 7

  Jews, 164, 238, 248, 255

  Jim Crow era, 190

  Johnson, Jason, 263

  Johnson, Lyndon, 4, 5

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  Jones, Alex, 11, 249

  Jones Day law firm, 146, 147

  Jordan, 181

  Journal News, 33

  JPMorgan Chase, 43

  Juncker, Jean-Claude, 165

  Jupiter, Fla., 32

  Jupiter golf course, 32, 33, 35–36

  Justice Department, U.S., 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 197, 216, 218–19

  Kabul, 180

  Kaczyński, Jarosław, 163

  Kansas, 235

  Katrina, Hurricane, 121

  Kauai, Hawaii, 117

  Kelly, John, 40, 108

  Kennebunkport, Maine, 236

  Kennedy, John F., 4

  Kenosha, Wis., 244

  Kentucky, 105, 146

  Kerry, John, 223

  Kessler, Glenn, 54–55

  Keystone Pipeline, 54–55

  Khalifa bin Hamad, emir of Qatar, 161

  Khan, Khizr and Ghazala, 260

  Khashoggi, Adnan, 17

  Kia, 166

  Kimbrough, Walter M., 187

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 263

  Kingston, Tenn., 119

  Kinston, N.C., 185–86

  Kitsap County, Wash., 231

  Knauss, Melania, see Trump, Melania Knauss

  Koch brothers, 128

  Korea, 29

  Ku Klux Klan, 229, 230, 239, 248

  Kushner, Jared, 27

  Kuwait, 14, 24

  Labor Department, U.S., 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 75–76, 245

  Lacey, Mike, 211

  LaFleur, Cheryl, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 150

  La Mara Salvatrucha, see MS-13

  Lansing, Mich., 53

  Larkin, Jim, 211

  Las Vegas, Nev., 159, 171, 232

  Latinos, 185, 209, 213, 216, 229

  Law and Justice Party, 163

  Lawrence, Jennifer, 248

  Lazarus, Emma, 248

  Leibovitz, Annie, 248

  Light, Paul C., 39

  Limbaugh, Rush, 248, 249

  Lincoln, Abraham, 3, 186

  Lincoln cars, 59

  LinkedIn, 115

  Little Rock, Ark., 4

  LMF WF Portfolio, 202

  Lockheed Martin, 56, 57, 154, 180, 181

  Logan Act, 102

  Lomax, Michael, 187, 189–90

  Long Island, N.Y., 213, 215

  Los Angeles County, Calif., 33

  Louisiana, 121, 239

  Louisiana Purchase, 3

  Luksic, Andrónico, 27

  Mabus, Ray, 177

  McAuliffe, Terry, 231

  McCain, John, 177, 236, 260

  McCarthy, Gina, 115, 128

  McConnell, Mitch, 146, 236

  McCullough, Robert, 149–50

  MacGuineas, Maya, 84

  McIntyre, Kevin, 146–47

  McMaster, Henry, 42

  McMaster, H. R., 179–80

  McMullin, Evan, 162

  Maddin, Alphonse, 63–65

  Maddow, Rachel, 94

  Made in America Week, 245

  Mafia, 16

  “Making Our Military Strong Again” (White House webpage), 221–22

  Manafort, Paul, 212, 254

  Manchester, Doug, 41–42

  Manigault, Omarosa, 6, 7, 187

  Mapplethorpe, Robert, 241

  Mar-a-Lago, 16, 24, 25, 28, 29, 32–33, 93, 244, 245–46, 250

  Maria, Hurricane, 260

  Marine One helicopter, 173

  Marines, U.S., 180

  Markey, Edward, 134

  Marković, Duško, 169

  Marra, Kenneth A., 36

  Maryland, 30

  Massachusetts, 41, 128, 197, 198

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 141

  Mateen, Omar, 233

  Mattis, James, 162

  Medicare, 4, 247

  Mein Kampf (Hitler), 238

  Merck, 239

  Merkel, Angela, 72, 237

  Metropolitan International Management, 242

  Mexico, Gulf of, 57

  Mexico, Mexicans, 50, 53, 56, 59, 81, 100, 101–11, 167, 170, 191, 229, 238, 243, 249–50, 253, 257, 259

  Mexico City, 102

  Miami, Fla., 100

  Michael the Black Man, see Woodside, Maurice

  Michigan, 53, 59, 145, 186, 192

  Middle East, 56, 153, 157, 158, 159, 161, 162, 164, 175

  Mikhail, John, 26

  Miller, Stephen, 164, 247, 248, 249

  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 58

  Minnesota, 27

  Miranda, Lin-Manuel, 260

  Missouri, 67, 254

  Mitnick, Jack, 80–81

  Mnuchin, Steve, 89, 91

  Mobile, Ala., 158

  Montana, 133

  Montenegro, 169

  Morgan, J. P., Jr., 11

  Morgan Lewis law firm, 27–28, 32

  Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 117

  MS-13 (La Mara Salvatrucha), 213, 214, 215, 217

  MSNBC, 94

  Mueller, Robert, 9, 98, 207, 208, 211, 212

  Mulvaney, Mick, 140

  Munich, 238

  Murdoch, Rupert, 11, 237

  Murphy, Chris, 233

  Musk, Elon, 240

  Muslims, 160, 163, 229, 235, 237, 238, 243, 249, 253, 255, 259

  see also Islam

  My New Order (Hitler’s collected speeches), 238

  NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), 111

  Nation, 230

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 23–24, 131, 141

  National Climate Assessment, 133–34

  National Grid USA, 145

  National Highway Safety Administration, 67

  National Institutes of Health (NIH), 139

  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 131, 141

  National Rifle Association (NRA), 232, 233, 234

  National Security Agency, 175

  Native Americans, 131, 132, 193

  Navy, U.S., 5, 173, 174–75, 176–77, 179, 180

  Navy SEALs, 133

  Nazis, 4, 229, 230, 231, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 249, 261

  NBC, 71

  Nelson, Gregory, 63–64

  New Deal, 4

  New England, 147, 149

  New Jersey, 94, 95, 96, 100, 140, 235

  New Mexico, 145

  New Orleans, La., 121, 187

  Newsweek, 171

  New Testament, 7

  Newtown, Conn., 232

  New York, N.Y., 16, 71, 75, 99, 100, 229

  New York Daily News, 94, 239

  New York Post, 237, 241

  New York State, 36, 67, 79, 93, 94, 95, 197, 212, 223, 230, 234, 242

  New York Times, 58, 94, 133, 143, 257

  New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission, 223

  New Zealand, 41

  Nexus Pipeline, 145

  Nigeria, 160

  Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, 177

  Nixon, Richard, 4, 115, 212, 236

  Noreika, Keith, 43

  Norquist, Grover, 262

  North American Fatigue Management Program, 67

  North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 250

  North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 169

  North Bering Sea, 131, 132

  North Carolina, 119, 197, 242

  North Korea, 28–29, 50, 109, 153, 166, 171–72, 255, 264

  Obama, Barack, 5, 13, 26, 39, 41, 62, 65–66, 73, 115, 132, 137, 140, 170, 195, 199, 214, 219, 225, 227, 232, 259, 261

  Obama administration, 27, 61, 66, 67, 69, 70, 74, 123, 124, 125, 126, 134, 138, 143, 155, 160, 171, 177, 197, 199, 200, 202, 211

  Obamacare (Affordable Care Act), 83, 101, 259, 261

  Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 61, 62, 66

  O’Donnell, Lawrence, 94

  Office of Government Ethics, 31–32, 33, 43

  Office of Natural Resources Revenue, 132

  Office of Personnel Management, 42

  Office of Science and Technology, 115
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  Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 43

  Ohio, 59, 100, 145, 171

  Oklahoma, 115, 126, 128, 129

  Oklahoma Well Strippers Association, 127

  Old Post Office and Clock Tower, 13, 15–16, 18, 19, 24, 30, 34

  Operation Desert Storm, 14

  Orlando shooting, 235

  Ostrowski, Jeff, 33

  Painter, Richard W., 26, 27

  Paint Spot, 34–35

  Pakistan, 50, 172

  Palm Beach, Fla., 93, 245

  Palm Beach County, Fla., 32–33

  Palm Beach Post, 33, 245

  Palos Verdes Peninsula golf course, 33–34

  Paris climate accord, 126, 170

  Partnership for Public Service, 39

  Patten, Meike, 66

  Pell Grants, 187

  Peña Nieto, Enrique, 102–4, 108–9, 110

  Pence, Mike, 41, 88, 196

  Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, 4

  Pennsylvania, 53, 146, 171

  Pennsylvania, University of, 253

  at Philadelphia, 73, 81, 107

  Wharton School at, 246, 247

  Pentagon, see Defense Department, U.S.

  Perfectly Legal (Johnston), 256

  Perkins Loans, 193

  Peru, 167

  Pew Research Center, 250

  Philippines, 172, 217, 264

  Phoenix, Ariz., 209

  Trump’s 2017 rally in, 207–9, 211, 212–13, 214

  Phoenix New Times, 210, 211

  Pitts, Khalid, 17–18, 19

  Pittsburgh, Pa., 147, 149

  Playboy, 241

  Poland, 163–65

  Police Foundation, 216

  Polish American Congress, 54

  Pollution Prosecution Act (1990), 125

  Powelson, Rob, 146

  President’s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 188

  President’s Daily Brief, 79

  Project on Government Oversight, 198

  Pruitt, Scott, 115, 116–17, 118–19, 120, 121, 124, 125–29, 141

  Public Citizen, 67

  Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, 125

  Puerto Rico, 260

  Putin, Vladimir, 13, 42, 162, 254, 255

  Qatar, 145, 153, 154, 156–57, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162

  Qatar Airways, 159

  Queens, N.Y., 215

  Quick, Becky, 155

  Rahim, Zara, 249

  RAISE Act (Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment), 246, 247

  Reagan, Ronald, 4, 23, 87, 98, 116, 188, 234

  Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment (RAISE Act), 246, 247

  Reform Party, 239

  Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, 166, 167

  Republicans, Republican Party, 8, 10, 27, 41, 87, 95, 104, 172, 186, 196, 207, 219, 236, 241, 244, 254, 261

  Retired American Warriors Political Action Committee, 224

  Revolving Door Project, 43

  Richardson, John, 176–77

  Ritz-Carlton hotel, 35

  Riyadh, 154, 157, 162, 253

  Robel, Charles, 73, 74, 76

  Rockefeller, John D., 11

  Rogow, Bruce, 34

  Romano, Lois, 223

  Rome, Scott, 20, 21

  Roosevelt, Franklin D., 3–4

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 3

 

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