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Midnight in Washington

How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could

by Adam B. Schiff

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Published
October 12, 2021
Publisher
Random House
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On Political Wire 4 posts

  • Oct 11, 2021
    Member Briefing with Adam Schiff

    An invite for members: Join a briefing with Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), author of a must-read new book, Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could.

  • Oct 6, 2021
    Midnight In Washington

    Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has an excerpt of his new book in Vanity Fair that describes what it was like at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 during the insurrection.

  • Aug 18, 2021
    Midnight In Washington

    Coming this fall: Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA).

  • Apr 27, 2021
    Midnight In Washington

    Coming this fall from Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA): Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could.

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