A compelling and masterful account, based on fresh reporting, of
the investigation, impeachment, and acquittal of President Donald
Trump, a ferocious political drama that challenged American
democracy itself. In the spring of 2019, Speaker of the House Nancy
Pelosi did not favor pursuing Trump's impeachment. Her view was:
"He's just not worth it." But by September, after a whistleblower
complaint suggesting that Trump had used his office for his
political benefit, Pelosi decided to risk it. The impeachment
inquiry led to charges of abuse of power and obstruction of
Congress, a gamble that ultimately meant Trump would be the first
impeached president on the ballot in US history. Pulitzer
Prize-winning Washington Post reporters Kevin Sullivan and Mary
Jordan have crafted a powerful, intimate narrative that
concentrates on the characters as well as the dramatic events,
braiding them together to provide a remarkable understanding of
what happened and why. Drawing on the deep reporting of Post
journalists as well as new interviews, Sullivan and Jordan deliver
a crisp page-turner with exquisite detail and scenes. They put
readers in the room for both sides of the now-famous phone call
between Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky on July
25, 2019, revealing the in-the-moment reactions of those listening
to the call in Washington, as well as the tension in Kyiv, as aides
passed notes to Zelensky while he was talking to Trump. Sullivan
and Jordan deftly illuminate the aims and calculations of key
figures. Pelosi's evolution from no to yes. Trump's mounting fury
as "the I-word" became inevitable. Senate majority leader Mitch
McConnell firmly telling Trump on the phone about the Senate trial:
You need to trust me. Trump on Trial teems with unexpected moments.
House member Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat, alone at the
National Archives, walking amid the nation's founding documents,
weighing her vote on impeachment. Fiery Republican congressman Matt
Gaetz of Florida, a favorite Trump warrior, deciding to lead the
storming of the secure room in the US Capitol basement, where
witnesses were testifying. The authors paint vivid portraits of the
men and women branded by the president's supporters as foes from
the "deep state": Ukraine experts Fiona Hill and Lt. Col. Alexander
Vindman; ambassadors Marie Yovanovitch and William Taylor. The
narrative spools out amid Trump's nonstop tweeting and the infinite
echo chamber of social media, which amplified both parties'
messages in ways unknown during past impeachments. Sullivan and
Jordan, aided by editor Steve Luxenberg, follow the story into the
aftermath of Trump's acquittal and the president's payback for
those whom he believed had betrayed him. The retributions took
place as the nation reeled from a devastating pandemic and
widespread protests about racial injustice, with another trial
looming: the 2020 election.
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