Inside the Struggle to Stop a President
by Michael S. Schmidt
- Length
- 473 pages
- Published
- September 1, 2020
- Publisher
- Random House
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On Political Wire 6 posts
- Going Through John Bolton’s Trash
Michael Schmidt has an interesting story in his new book about the scramble to learn what was in John Bolton's unpublished book during the impeachment of President Trump, Axios reports.
- Pence Was Put on Standby Last Fall to ‘Take Over’
Vice President Mike Pence was put on standby to temporarily assume the powers of the presidency during President Trump's unannounced visit to Walter Reed hospital in November 2019, according to a copy of Michael Schmidt's forthcoming book obtained by CNN.
- Trump Suggested ‘Settling’ with Robert Mueller
"One of the crazy nuggets in a deeply reported book by the N.Y. Times' Michael Schmidt — Donald Trump v. the United States, out tomorrow — is that President Trump mulled the idea of 'settling' with special counsel Robert Mueller," Axios reports.
- Trump Offered Top FBI Job to John Kelly
President Trump offered John Kelly the job of the head of the FBI, the day after he fired James Comey, according to Michael Schmidt's writes new book, Donald Trump v. The United States, Axios reports.
- Justice Department Never Examined Trump’s Ties to Russia
"The Justice Department secretly took steps in 2017 to narrow the investigation into Russian election interference and any links to the Trump campaign, keeping investigators from completing an examination of President Trump’s decades-long personal and business ties to Russia," the New York Times reports.
- Donald Trump vs. The United States
A must-read: Donald Trump v. The United States by Michael Schmidt.