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The Room Where It Happened

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The Room Where It Happened

A White House Memoir

by John R. Bolton

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Length
588 pages
Published
June 23, 2020
Publisher
Simon & Schuster

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On Political Wire 9 posts

  • Jun 17, 2020
    Trump Asked China to Help Him Win Re-Election

    "President Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to help him win the 2020 U.S. election, telling Xi during a summit dinner last year that increased agricultural purchases by Beijing from American farmers would aid his electoral prospects, according to a damning new account of life…

  • Jun 17, 2020
    Bolton’s Book Paints ‘Withering Portrait’ of Trump

    The New York Times got an early copy of John Bolton's book, The Room Where It Happened, which President Trump is suing to block.

  • Jun 17, 2020
    Trump Is Very Good at Selling Books

    With President Trump suing to stop publication of John Bolton's book, the scathing memoir hit #1 on Amazon's bestsellers list -- a week before it's even out.

  • Jun 16, 2020
    Trump Sues John Bolton Over Book

    The Trump administration is suing former national security adviser John Bolton for alleged breach of contract over his new book which is due to be published next week, CNN reports.

  • Jun 12, 2020
    Bolton Says All Trump Decisions Driven By Re-Election

    "Former National Security Advisor John Bolton paints an unflattering picture of Donald Trump in his forthcoming memoir, writing that the president’s foreign policy choices were driven primarily by political considerations," Bloomberg reports.

  • Jun 10, 2020
    White House Tells Bolton Book Still Has Classified Info

    "The White House has told John Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser, that his memoir of working for the president, scheduled for publication in less than two weeks, contains classified information and could present a security threat," the New York Times reports.

  • Jun 7, 2020
    Bolton’s Book Will Come Out Later This Month

    "John Bolton is forging ahead with plans to publish a scathing memoir about his time in President Trump’s White House and is in negotiations with network television channels to promote the book," the Washington Post reports.

  • Apr 29, 2020
    Bolton Book Release Pushed Back Again

    The publication of former Trump national security adviser John Bolton’s tell-all book has been pushed back again to at least late June, amid an extensive prepublication review by the National Security Council, Politico reports.

  • Jan 27, 2020
    The Room Where It Happened

    John Bolton's bombshell book that leaked last night now has a title: The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.

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