But that didn’t seem to bother Trump: Philip Rucker, Robert Costa, and Ashley Parker, “Inside Trump’s Fury: The President Rages at Leaks, Setbacks, and Accusations,” Washington Post, March 5, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-trumps-fury-the-president-rages-at-leaks-setbacks-and-accusations/2017/03/05/40713af4-01df-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html.
Chapter Four: A Fateful Firing
“This is terrible, Jeff”: Mueller, “Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election.”
“While I greatly appreciate”: Mueller, “Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election.”
The straitlaced Rosenstein: Ruben Castaneda, “Profile of Rod Rosenstein, U.S. Attorney for Maryland,” Washington Post, Oct. 9, 2011, www.washingtonpost.com/local/profile-of-rod-rosenstein-us-attorney-for-maryland/2011/09/29/gIQAfOTWYL_story.html?utm_term=.4055254b7e1e.
“This was a tumultuous time”: Testimony of James A. Baker, Executive Session, October 18, 2018. Committee on the Judiciary, Joint with the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, U.S. House of Representatives.
“We need to open the case”: Catherine Herridge, “Strzok-Page Calling to ‘Open’ Case in ‘Chargeable Way’ under Fresh Scrutiny,” Fox News, September 17, 2018, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/strzok-page-texts-calling-to-open-case-in-chargeable-way-under-fresh-scrutiny.
Then the president told them: Matt Apuzzo, Maggie Haberman, and Matthew Rosenberg, “Trump Told Russians That Firing ‘Nut Job’ Comey Eased Pressure from Investigation,” New York Times, May 19, 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/us/politics/trump-russia-comey.html.
On May 16, Michael Schmidt: Michael S. Schmidt, “Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to End Flynn Investigation,” New York Times, May 16, 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/james-comey-trump-flynn-russia-investigation.html.
Chapter Six: Suiting Up for Battle
He was particularly incensed: Ellen Nakashima, Adam Entous, and Greg Miller, “Russian Ambassador Told Moscow That Kushner Wanted Secret Communications Channel with Kremlin,” Washington Post, May 26, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-ambassador-told-moscow-that-kushner-wanted-secret-communications-channel-with-kremlin/2017/05/26/520a14b4-422d-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.7fb4395f2b1a.
All of them followed Sullivan’s lead: Robert Costa and Ashley Parker, “Trump Close to Choosing Outside Counsel for Russia Investigation,” Washington Post, May 22, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-close-to-choosing-outside-counsel-for-russia-investigation/2017/05/22/8709f62e-3f22-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html.
Chapter Seven: Impeding Justice
Testifying June 13 before: Miles Park, “Rosenstein Says He Wouldn’t Fire Special Counsel Mueller Without Good Cause,” NPR, June 13, 2017.
McGahn drove from his home: Mueller, “Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election.”
On June 21, The Wall Street Journal: Eli Stokols and Michael C. Bender, “White House Looks to Chart Steadier Course amid Turmoil over Russia Probes,” Wall Street Journal, June 21, 2017, www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-looks-to-chart-steadier-course-amid-turmoil-over-russia-probes-1498088253.
Chapter Eight: A Cover-Up
Yet Trump, who harbored deep: Greg Miller, “Trump Has Concealed Details of His Face-to-Face Encounters with Putin from Senior Officials in Administration,” Washington Post, Jan. 12, 2019, www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-has-concealed-details-of-his-face-to-face-encounters-with-putin-from-senior-officials-in-administration/2019/01/12/65f6686c-1434-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html.
As she later told the special counsel: Mueller, “Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election.”
Once Trump boarded Air Force One, however: Ashley Parker et al., “Trump Dictated Son’s Misleading Statement on Meeting with Russian Lawyer,” Washington Post, July 31, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-dictated-sons-misleading-statement-on-meeting-with-russian-lawyer/2017/07/31/04c94f96-73ae-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html.
At the last minute, Trump: Mueller, “Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election.”
“It was a short introductory meeting”: Jo Becker, Matt Apuzzo, and Adam Goldman, “Trump Team Met with Lawyer Linked to Kremlin During Campaign,” New York Times, July 8, 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/us/politics/trump-russia-kushner-manafort.html.
“After pleasantries were exchanged”: Jo Becker, Adam Goldman, and Matt Apuzzo, “Russian Dirt on Clinton? ‘I Love It,’ Donald Trump Jr. Said,” New York Times, July 11, 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/07/11/us/politics/trump-russia-email-clinton.html.
Trump junior, meanwhile: Becker, Goldman, and Apuzzo, “Russian Dirt on Clinton?”
Trump ripped into Attorney General: Peter Baker, Maggie Haberman, and Michael S. Schmidt, “Citing Recusal, Trump Says He Wouldn’t Have Hired Sessions,” New York Times, July 19, 2017,