9. Bridget Johnson, “McConnell: Trump’s ‘Drain the Swamp’ Term-Limits Vow Going Nowhere in the Senate,” PJ Media, November 9, 2016, https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2016/11/09/mcconnell-trumps-drain-the-swamp-term-limits-vow-going-nowhere-in-the-senate/1/.
10. Ali Rogin, “Senate Leader McConnell Cautions Trump on Travel Ban, Warns Against ‘Religious’ Tests,” ABC News, January 29, 2017, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senate-leader-mcconnell-cautions-trump-travel-ban-warns/story?id=45112817.
11. Kyle Blaine and Julia Horowitz, “How the Trump Administration Chose the 7 Countries in the Immigration Executive Order,” CNN, January 30, 2017, https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/29/politics/how-the-trump-administration-chose-the-7-countries/index.html.
12. Katie Reilly, “Read Paul Ryan’s Speech Calling Donald Trump’s Victory the ‘Most Incredible Political Feat,’” Time, November 9, 2016, http://time.com/4564832/paul-ryan-speech-donald-trump-election/.
13. Eric Bradner, “Ryan: ‘We Are Not Planning on Erecting a Deportation Force,” CNN, November 13, 2016, https://edition.cnn.com/2016/11/13/politics/paul-ryan-donald-trump-obamacare-deportation-force/index.html.
14. Feliks Garcia, “How Donald Trump’s Victory Has Devastated the US Political System, in Two Quotes,” The Independent, November 13, 2016, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-immigration-deportation-paul-ryan-president-elect-wall-video-watch-a7415296.html.
15. Max Ehrenfreund, “Paul Ryan Might Not Be Happy About the First Item on the Agenda in Trump’s Victory Speech,” Washington Post, November 9, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/09/paul-ryan-might-not-be-happy-about-the-first-item-on-the-agenda-in-trumps-victory-speech/?utm_term=.beef4012fc55.
16. Lisa Mascaro, “Speaker Ryan ‘Does Not Agree’ with Trump’s Pardon of Arpaio,” Los Angeles Times, August 27, 2017, http://www.latimes.com/politics/washington/la-na-essential-washington-updates-speaker-ryan-does-not-agree-with-1503856893-htmlstory.html.
17. Kevin Breuninger, “House Speaker Ryan Opposes Trump’s Tariffs, Warns of ‘Unintended Consequences,’” CNBC, March 8, 2018, https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/08/house-speaker-ryan-opposes-trumps-tariffs-warns-of-unintended-consequences.html.
18. Howard Blum, “How Ex-Spy Christopher Steele Compiled His Explosive Trump-Russia Dossier,” Vanity Fair, March 30, 2017, https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/03/how-the-explosive-russian-dossier-was-compiled-christopher-steele.
19. Dan Nowicki and Ronald J. Hansen, “John McCain Decries Memo Release: ‘We Are Doing Putin’s Job for Him,’” USA Today, February 2, 2018, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/02/mccain-nunes-memo-statement/301932002.
20. Julia Manchester, “McCain Associate Invokes Fifth Amendment on Trump Dossier Sources: Report,” The Hill, February 22, 2018, http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/375205-mccain-associate-invokes-fifth-amendment-on-trump-dossier.
CHAPTER 5: LIBERAL SANCTUARY CITIES
1. “Remarks by President Trump at Law Enforcement Roundtable on Sanctuary Cities,” White House, March 20, 2018, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/ remarks-president-trump-law-enforcement-roundtable-sanctuary-cities.
2. Cleve R. Wootson, Jr. “Widespread panic as Oakland mayor warns sanctuary city of an ICE sweep” Washington Post, February 26, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/02/25/oaklands-mayor-just-warned-the-sanctuary-city-about-a-potential-ice-raid/?utm_term=.ada8ec4d852d.
CHAPTER 6: LYING, LEAKING, LIBERAL LEADERSHIP
1. Tal Kopan, “Polygraph Panic: CIA Director Fretted His Vote for Communist,” CNN, September 15, 2016, https://www.cnn.com/2016/09/15/politics/john-brennan-cia-communist-vote.
2. Fred Fleitz, “Trump Will Face a Huge Challenge with U.S. Intelligence If He Wins,” National Review, August 18, 2016, https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/08/donald-trumps-right-cia-intelligence-politicized-left.
3. Mark Mazzetti and Carl Hulse, “Inquiry by C.I.A. Affirms It Spied on Senate Panel,” New York Times, July 31, 2014, https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/01/world/senate-intelligence-commitee-cia-interrogation-report.html.
4. Awr Hawkins, “Brennan Accused of Involvement in Altered Benghazi Talking Points,” Breitbart News, February 27, 2013, http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2013/02/27/whitehouse-releases-more-benghazi-information-gop-sees-brennan-s-hand-in-cover-up.
5. Greg Miller, Ellen Nakashima, and Adam Entous, “Obama’s Secret Struggle To Punish Russia For Putin’s Election Assault,” Washington Post, June 23, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/ world/national-security/obama-putin-election-hacking/?utm_term =.3e8979cc071e.
6. Mark Mazzetti, “Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to Get Intelligence Briefings,” New York Times, July 28, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/us/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-intelligence-briefings.html.
7. Washington Post Staff, “Full Transcript: FBI Director James Comey Testifies on Russian Interference in 2016 Election,” Washington Post, March 20, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/03/20/full-transcript-fbi-director-james-comey-testifies-on-russian-interference-in-2016-election/?utm_term=.aefc2895a558.
8. Alex Pappas, “Senators Flag ‘Unusual’ Susan Rice Email on Russia Probe from Inauguration Day,” Fox News, February 12, 2018, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/12/senators-flag-unusual-susan-rice-email-on-russia-probe-from-inauguration-day.html.
9. Susan Power, “Bystanders to Genocide,” The Atlantic, September 2001, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2001/09/bystanders-to-genocide/304571.
10. Dennis Ross, “How Obama Got to ‘Yes’ on Iran: The Inside Story,” Politico, October 8, 2015, https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/10/iran-deal-susan-rice-israel-213227.
11. Politico Staff, “The Full Ginsburg,” Politico, May 15, 2013, https://www.politico.com/gallery/the-full-ginsburg?slide=0.
12. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/02/us/politics/bowe-bergdahl.html
13. Cheryl K. Chumley. “Susan Rice sought ‘detailed spreadsheets’ on Trump aide calls: Report.” The Washington Times, April 4, 2017. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/apr/4/susan-rice-wanted-detailed-spreadsheets-trump-aide/
14. Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller, “FBI Reviewed Flynn’s Calls with Russian Ambassador but Found Nothing Illicit,” Washington Post, January 23, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-reviewed-flynns-calls-with-russian-ambassador-but-found-nothing-illicit/2017/01/23/aa83879a-e1ae-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?utm_term=.d0d78e228ed0.
15. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017, S. 139 as amended, https://intelligence.house.gov/fisa-702.
16. Washington Post Staff, “Full Transcript: Sally Yates and James Clapper Testify on Russian Election Interference, Washington Post, May 8, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/05/08/full-transcript-sally-yates-and-james-clapper-testify-on-russian-election-interference/?utm_term=.97b2162bdb09.
17. “U.S. Interests at the United Nations,” CSPAN, June 16, 2015, https://www.c-span.org/video/?326583-1/ambassador-samantha-power-testimony-us-interests-un.
18. Ibid.
19. https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicialwatch-sues-state-department-samantha-powers-unmasking-documents.
20. https://www.archives.gov/about/laws/appendix/13489.html
21. Scott Shane, “Court Unbraided NSA On Its Use of Call-Log Data, New York Times, September 10, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/us/court-upbraided-nsa-on-its-use-of-call-log-data.html?pagewanted=all.
22. Charlie Savage, “NSA Gets More Latitude To Share Intercepted Communications. New York Times, January 12, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/us/politics/nsa-gets-more-latitude-to-share-intercepted-communications.html
23. United States v. Stephen Jin-Woo Kim, No. 10-225 (CKK) https://fas.org/sgp/jud/kim/plea.pdf
24. Annie Gown, “Clinton says
‘follow the money’ in the Trump-Putin relationship,” Washington Post, March 12, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/03/12/hillary-clinton-says-follow-themoney-in-the-trump-putin-bromance/?utm_term=.1f3b72647723.
25. Matt Zapotosky and Devlin Barrett, “FBI Has Been Investigating Clinton Foundation for Months,” Washington Post, January 5, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-fbi-is-investigating-the-clinton-foundation/2018/01/05/1aca0d4a-f1cf-11e7-97bf-bba379b809ab_story.html?utm_term=.6aeca4979ace.
26. William K. Rashbaum, J. David Goodman, and William Neuman “Why Mayor de Blasio Is Facing So Many Investigations,” New York Times, April 28, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/29/nyregion/the-de-blasio-inquiries-a-recap-and-whats-next.html.
27. Tom Hamburger, Rosalind S. Helderman, and Any Narayanswamy, “The Clintons, a Luxury Jet and Their $100 Million Donor from Canada,” Washington Post, May 3, 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-clintons-a-luxury-jet-and-their-100-million-donor/2015/05/03/688051d0-ecef-11e4-8abc-d6aa3bad79dd_story.html?utm_term=.3e0afb9d4acc.
28. Harriet Sinclair. “Fox Host Told Trump to Appoint Special Counsel to Investigate Clinton at Private Meeting with President.” Newsweek, November 14, 2017. http://www.newsweek.com/fox-host-told-trump-appoint-special-counsel-clinton-private-meeting-711542
CHAPTER 7: LYING, LEAKING, LIBERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
1. Glenn Harlan Reynolds, “Florida Shooting Yet Another Government Failure to Keep Us Safe: Glenn Reynolds,” USA Today, February 25, 2018, https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/02/25/florida-shooting-yet-another-government-failure-keep-us-safe-glenn-reynolds-column/371372002/.
2. Tammy Bruce, “The FBI and Pulse Nightclub Shooter Omar Mateen,” Washington Times, March 28, 2018, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/28/the-fbi-and-omar-mateen-pulse-nightclub-shooter.
3. Dan Barry, Serge F. Kovaleski, and Juliet Macur, “As F.B.I. Took a Year to Pursue the Nassar Case, Dozens Say They Were Molested,” New York Times, February 3, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/03/sports/nassar-fbi.html?mtrref=www.google.com.
4. Peter Helsel, “McCabe Took Notes of Interactions with Trump, Notes Turned Over to Mueller,” NBC News, March 17, 2018, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/mccabe-took-notes-interactions-trump-notes-turned-over-mueller-n857621.
5. Laura Jarrett and Pamela Brown, “Ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Is Fired—and Fires Back,” CNN, March 17, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/politics/andrew-mccabe-fired/index.html.
6. William McGurn. “McCabe, the New ‘Deep Throat’.” The Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2018. https://www.wsj.com/articles/mccabe-the-new-deep-throat-1523915645
7. Matt Zapotosky, “FBI Disciplinary Office Recommends Firing Former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe,” Washington Post, March 14, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-disciplinary-office-recommends-firing-former-deputy-director-andrew-mccabe/2018/03/14/c1d0dc1a-208a-11e8-86f6-54bfff693d2b_story.html?utm_term=.a4293eb9be1a.
8. John Solomon, “Comey’s Private Memos on Trump Conversations Contained Classified Material,” The Hill, July 9, 2017, http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/341225-comeys-private-memos-on-trump-conversations-contained-classified.
9. “McCabe, Barbara Jill,” FollowTheMoney.org, 2018. https://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?eid=31990894&default=candidate.
10. Joseph Curl, “REPORT: McCabe Threatened to ‘Torch the FBI’ if Forced Out of Bureau Without Pension,” The Daily Wire, January 30, 2018, https://www.dailywire.com/news/26526/mccabe-threatened-torch-fbi-if-forced-out-bureau-joseph-curl.
11. Brian Fitzgerald, “Hoover Wrecked My FBI Hero Dad, Reveals CFA Prof,” The Bostonian, October 5, 2005, https://www.bu.edu/today/2005/hoover-wrecked-my-fbi-hero-dad-reveals-cfa-prof.
12. “Melvin Purvis Biography,” Biography.com, December 30, 2014, https://www.biography.com/people/melvin-purvis-9542100.
13. “From TIME’s Archives: The Truth About J. Edgar Hoover,” Time, December 22, 1975, http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,879566-1,00.html.
14. “ARMZ Takes Hold of Uranium One,” World Nuclear News, June 9, 2010. http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/C-ARMZ_takes_hold_of_Uranium_One-0906107.html.
15. Peter Koven, “Uranium One Bought by Top Russian Shareholder ARMZ for $1.3-billion,” Financial Post, January 14, 2013, http://business.financialpost.com/commodities/mining/ uranium-one-bought-by-top-russian-shareholder-armz-for-1-3-billion.
16. Jo Becker and Mike McIntyre, “Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation amid Russian Uranium Deal,” New York Times, April 23, 2015, https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html.
17. Ibid.
18. John Solomon and Alison Spann, “FBI Uncovered Russian Bribery Plot Before Obama Administration Approved Controversial Nuclear Deal with Moscow,” The Hill, October 17, 2017, http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/355749-fbi-uncovered-russian-bribery-plot-before-obama-administration.
19. Ibid.
20. John Solomon, “Senate Seeks to Interview FBI Informant in Russian Nuclear Bribery Case,” The Hill, October 18, 2017, http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/356155-senate-seeks-to-interview-fbi-informant-in-russian-nuclear-bribery.
21. John Solomon, “Senate Seeks to Interview FBI Informant in Russian Nuclear Bribery Case,” The Hill, October 18, 2017, http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/356155-senate-seeks-to-interview-fbi-informant-in-russian-nuclear-bribery.
22. John Solomon, “Uranium One Informant Makes Clinton Allegations to Congress,” The Hill, February 7, 2018. http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/372861-uranium-one-informant-makes-clinton-allegations-in-testimony.
23. Katie Bo Williams, “Dems: Uranium One Informant Provided ‘No Evidence’ of Clinton ‘Quid Pro Quo,’” The Hill, March 8, 2018, http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/377404-dems-uranium-one-informant-provided-no-evidence-of-wrongdoing-by.
24. Tom Kertscher, “Hillary Clinton’s State Department Cut Security in Libya Before Deadly Terror Attacks, Sen. Ron Johnson Says,” PolitiFact Wisconsin, May 19, 2014, http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2014/may/19/ron-johnson/hillary-clintons-state-department-reduced-security.
25. Marc A. Thiessen, “Commentary: Hillary Clinton’s dreadful lies,” Chicago Tribune, September 20, 2016, http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-hillary-clinton-lies-health-emails-benghazi-20160920-story.html.
26. Tim Hains, “Rand Paul: CIA Annex in Benghazi Shipped Arms from Libya to Syria; Clinton Lied About It,” Real Clear Politics, August 12, 2016. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/08/12/rand_paul_cia_annex_in_benghazi_shipped_arms_from_libya_to_syria.html.
27. Kim Ghattas, “Hillary Clinton Has No Regrets About Libya,” Foreign Policy, April 14, 2016, http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/04/14/hillary-clinton-has-no-regrets-about-libya.
28. Dakshayani Shankar, “Rod Rosenstein: What to Know About the Deputy Attorney General Under Sessions,” ABC News, June 26, 2017, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rod-rosenstein-deputy-attorney-general-sessions/story?id=48845480.
CHAPTER 8: LYING AND LEAKING TO FIX AN ELECTION
1. Charles R. Kubic, “Hillary’s Huge Libya Disaster,” The National Interest, June 15, 2016, http://nationalinterest.org/feature/hillarys-huge-libya-disaster-16600.
2. “Gaddafi Warned Blair His Ousting Would ‘Open Door’ to Jihadis,” The Guardian, January 7, 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/07/gaddafi-warned-blair-of-threat-from-opening-door-to-al-qaida.
3. Dan Eggen and Paul Kane, “Gonzales Hospital Episode Detailed,” Washington Post, May 16, 2007, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/15/AR2007051500864.html.
4. Kelly Phillips Erb, “No Criminal Charges Expected in FBI Investigation into IRS Scandal,” Forbes, January 14, 2014, https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2014/01/14/no-criminal-charges-expected-
in-fbi-investigation-into-irs-scandal/#4aaf7b4f4ebd.
5. David A. Graham, “The Real Bias at the FBI,” The Atlantic, February 8, 2018, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/ 2018/02the-fbis-principal-loyalty-is-to-the-bureau-itself/552686.
6. Laura Jarrett and Evan Perez, “FBI Agent Dismissed from Mueller Probe Changed Comey’s Description of Clinton to ‘Extremely Careless,’” CNN, December 4, 2017. https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/04/politics/peter-strzok-james-comey/index.html.
7. Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, Second Session, September 28, 2016, https://judiciary.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/114-91_22125.pdf.
CHAPTER 9: THE LIBERAL INSURANCE POLICY
1. “FBI Agent Peter Strzok’s Texts with Lisa Page Disparage Trump Throughout Campaign,” CBS News, December 13, 2017, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peter-strzok-lisa-page-texts-trump-idiot.
2. Ibid.
3. Del Quentin Wilbur, “In FBI Agent’s Account, ‘Insurance Policy’ Text Referred to Russia Probe,” Wall Street Journal, December 18, 2017, https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-fbi-agents-account-insurance-policy-text-referred-to-russia-probe-1513624580.
4. Patrick Lawrence, “A New Report Raises Big Questions About Last Year’s DNC Hack,” The Nation, August 9, 2017, https://www.thenation.com/article/a-new-report-raises-big-questions-about-last-years-dnc-hack/.
5. Ali Watkins, “Obama Team Was Warned in 2014 About Russian Interference,” Politico, August 14, 2017, https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/14/obama-russia-election-interference-241547.
6. Politico Staff, “Full Text: Nunes Memo on FBI Surveillance,” Politico, February 2, 2018, https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/02/full-text-nunes-memo-fbi-transcript-385057.
7. “Democratic Rebuttal of G.O.P. Memo,” New York Times, February 24, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/24/us/politics/house-democrats-memo-rebuttal.html.
8. Erik Sass, “‘BuzzFeed’ Catches Hell for Publishing Trump Dossier,” MediaPost, January 11, 2017, https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/292720/buzzfeed-catches-hell-for-publishing-trump-dossi.html.
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