Clinton’s terms in, 10–11
impeachment process in, 159, 160–63, 165, 175, 193n, 194
investigation of Trump’s conduct as imminent risk and, 195–96
removal of president under Twenty-Fifth Amendment and, 193–94
Whitewater hearings in, 7, 104–5
Senate Intelligence Committee, 31–32, 33–34, 112, 121, 169, 174, 184
Senate Judiciary Committee, 107, 121n
Senate Whitewater Committee, 7, 104–5
Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, 12
Shaw, Dan, 197n
Shorenstein Center, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, 136, 137
Silver, Nate, 134–35, 142–44, 145, 148, 150
Slate, 137
Smerconish, Michael, 20, 21, 22, 26
Smith, Lamar, 125
Stanton, Edwin, 162
Steinbach, Michael B., 113–14, 129
Suffolk University/USA Today poll, 141
Sullivan, Margaret, 22
Tenure of Office Act, 162
Tesfaye, Sophia, 117
Thompson, Larry, 126
Time magazine, 8, 188n
Toobin, Jeffrey, 46, 93–94, 123
Truman, Harry, 200–201
Trump, Donald
firing of Comey by, 2, 167–68, 172
impeachment of. See impeachment investigation of Trump
judges attacked by, 199–200
media criticism by, 182–83, 198–99
mental stability of, 195–203
national security issues and, 200–202
“One China” policy of, 190
personal loyalty request from Comey by, 167, 169–70, 171, 172, 198
polls and. See polls
presidential election and. See presidential election
Trump, Donald Jr., 178–80, 184n, 186
Trump International Hotel, Washington, DC, 189, 190
Trump Organization, 190
Trump Tower, New York City, 176, 190
trust
betrayal to foreign power, 167, 183–84
constitutional standard on, 167, 175–76, 183–84, 186
impeachment and abuse of, 159, 160, 167–68
as issue in polls, 52
serial, willful material lies and, 175–81
Trump’s betrayal of, 176–81, 184
Trump’s favoring of Russia and, 184–86
Twenty-Fifth Amendment, 193–203
conduct or actions justifying removal under, 194–95
difficulty of invoking, 193–94, 198
possible impeachment under, 2
text of, 193n
Trump’s mental stability and, 195–203
USA Today, 141
Vanity Fair magazine, 92, 107–8, 111
Vox, 118–19, 151, 152, 153, 154, 185
Wallace, Chris, 110
Wall Street Journal
Clinton emails story in, 19, 26
Clinton Foundation story in, 118–19
New York Times’ rivalry with, 19–20
Whitewater story in, 7
Wang, Sam, 144–45
Washington Post
Clinton emails story in, 35, 54, 55, 78
criticism of Comey in, 126, 128
election polls in, 142
media coverage of emails story subject of editorial in, 52–54
Russian election meddling in, 125, 139
Trump’s messages reported in, 176, 182–83, 200, 202, 203
Whitewater story in, 6–7
Waxman, Olivia B., 188n
Weiner, Anthony, 102
arrest of, for texting, 99–100
Comey’s investigation of, 1, 100–101, 102, 111–13, 114–15, 116, 124, 125
media reporting on, 134–35
Whitewater controversy (1992), 5–8, 22, 28, 51
Clinton’s response to, 7–8
Comey’s investigation of, 104–5
media on, 5–7, 8–9, 27, 51, 54, 55
Will, George, 128
Yates, Sally Q., 61, 74, 78–79, 95–97, 128, 129, 184
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