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From New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin comes the
definitive account of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the
enduring legacy of far-right terrorist Timothy McVeigh, including
the January 6th insurrection. Â The Oklahoma City Bombing was
a traumatic event for the US, stunned by the homegrown terrorism
and senseless deaths. A veteran of the Gulf War, McVeigh longed to
overthrow the government. A self-proclaimed white separatist, he
abhorred immigration and wanted women to return to traditional
roles. As he watched the industrial decline of his native Buffalo,
McVeigh longed for when America was great. Ever since fascination
for Timothy McVeigh has grown over the years. McVeigh's incendiary
principles are exemplified by the paramilitary wing of the
conservative movement, which thrived during Trump’s presidency.
Toobin reveals how McVeigh’s values and tactics have flourished
in the decades since his death, reaching an apotheosis on January
6th when hundreds of rioters stormed the Capitol. With unparalleled
access to hundreds of unreleased documents and tapes, Toobin
chronicles the nation’s descent into white supremacy and
political violence, tracing the parallels between McVeigh’s
desire to “make America great again†and the rioters who
launched an insurrection on the Capitol. Based on nearly a million
previously unreleased tapes, photographs, and documents, Homegrown
reveals how the story of Timothy McVeigh is not only a glimpse of
the past but a warning for our shared future.
What happens when the President of the United States engages in
criminal activity? He runs for re-election. Donald Trump's campaign
chairman went to jail. So did his personal lawyer. His long-time
political consigliere was convicted of serious federal crimes, and
his National Security Advisor pleaded guilty to several more.
Multiple Russian spies were indicted in absentia. Career
intelligence agents and military officers were alarmed enough by
his actions as President that they alerted senior government
officials and ignited the impeachment process. Yet despite all
this, a years-long inquiry led by Robert Mueller, and the third
Presidential impeachment trial in American history, Donald Trump
survived to run for presidency again. Why? Jeffrey Toobin's highly
entertaining, definitive account of the Mueller investigation and
the impeachment of the President takes readers behind the scenes of
the epic legal and political struggle to call Trump to account for
his misdeeds. Toobin recounts the mind-boggling twists and turns in
the case - Trump's son met with a Russian operative promising
Kremlin support; Trump paid a porn star $130,000 to hush up an
affair; Rudy Giuliani and a pair of shady Ukrainian-American
businessmen got the Justice Department to look at Russian-created
conspiracy theories. Toobin shows how Trump's canny lawyers used
Mueller's famous integrity against him, and how Trump's bullying
and bluster cowed Republican legislators into ignoring the clear
evidence of the impeachment hearings. Based on dozens of interviews
with prosecutors in Mueller's office, Trump's legal team,
Congressional investigators, White House staffers, and several of
the key players, including some who are now in prison, True Crimes
and Misdemeanours is a revelatory narrative that makes sense of the
seemingly endless chaos of the Trump years. Filled with
never-before-reported details of the high-stakes legal battles and
political machinations, the book weaves a tale of a rogue President
guilty of historic misconduct, and how he got away with it.
The International Bestseller The inspiration for Impeachment:
American Crime Story The definitive account of the Clinton-Lewinsky
sex scandals, A Vast Conspiracy casts an insightful eye over the
extraordinary ordeal that nearly brought down a president. First
published a year after the infamous impeachment trial, Jeffrey
Toobin's propulsive narrative captures the full arc of the Clinton
sex scandals - from their beginnings in a Little Rock hotel to
their culmination on the floor of the United States Senate with
only the second vote on presidential removal in American history.
Rich in character and fuelled with the high octane of a sensational
legal thriller, A Vast Conspiracy has indelibly shaped our
understanding of this disastrous moment in American political
history.
Domestic terrorism. Financial uncertainty. Troops abroad, fighting
an unsuccessful and bloody war against guerrilla insurgents. A
violent generation gap emerging between a discontented youth and
their disapproving, angry elders. This was the early seventies in
America, and it was against this backdrop that the kidnapping of
nineteen-year-old Patty Hearst by the Symbionese Liberation Front -
a rag-tag, cult-like group of political extremists and criminals -
stole headlines across the world. Using new research and drawing on
the formidable abilities that made The Run of His Life a global
bestseller, Jeffrey Toobin uncovers the story of the kidnapping and
its aftermath in vivid prose and forensic detail.
In "The Nine," acclaimed journalist Jeffrey Toobin takes us into
the chambers of the most important--and secret--legal body in our
country, the Supreme Court, revealing the complex dynamic among the
nine people who decide the law of the land. An institution at a
moment of transition, the Court now stands at a crucial point, with
major changes in store on such issues as abortion, civil rights,
and church-state relations. Based on exclusive interviews with the
justices and with a keen sense of the Court's history and the
trajectory of its future, Jeffrey Toobin creates in "The Nine "a
riveting story of one of the most important forces in American life
today.
A "Washington Post" Notable Work of Nonfiction
From the moment Chief Justice Roberts botched Barack Obama's oath
of office, the relationship between the Court and the White House
has been a fraught one. Grappling with issues as diverse as
campaign finance, abortion, and the right to bear arms, the Roberts
court has put itself squarely at the center of American political
life. Jeffrey Toobin brilliantly portrays key personalities and
cases and shows how the President was fatally slow to realize the
importance of the judicial branch to his agenda. Combining incisive
legal analysis with riveting insider details, "The Oath" is an
essential guide to understanding the Supreme Court of our
interesting times.
Now a major BBC TV series. The definitive account of the O. J.
Simpson trial, The People V. O.J. Simpson is a prodigious feat of
reporting that could have been written only by the foremost legal
journalist of our time. First published less than a year after the
infamous verdict, Jeffrey Toobin explores the secret dealings and
manoeuvring on both sides of the case, and how a combination of the
prosecution's over-confidence, the defence's shrewdness, and the
Los Angeles Police Department's incendiary history with the city's
African-American community, gave a jury what it needed: reasonable
doubt. Rich in character, as propulsive as a legal thriller, this
enduring narrative continues to shock and fascinate with its candid
depiction of the human drama that upended the world. The People V.
O.J. Simpson tells the whole story, from the murders of Nicole
Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman to the ruthless gamesmanship
behind the scenes of the trial of the century.
Thieves, liars, and killers--it's a criminal world out there,
and someone has to write about it. A thrilling collection of the
year's best reportage by the aces of the true-crime genre, "The
Best American Crime Reporting 2009" brings together the mysteries
and missteps of an eclectic and unforgettable set of criminals.
Gripping, suspenseful, and brilliant, this latest addition to the
highly acclaimed series features guest editor Jeffrey Toobin, "New
Yorker" staff writer, CNN senior legal analyst, and bestselling
author of "The Nine."
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