Chapter Nine: Shocking the Conscience
“That’s our task, right?”: Philip Rucker and Ashley Parker, “How President Trump Consumes—or Does Not Consume—Top-Secret Intelligence,” Washington Post, May 29, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-president-trump-consumes—or-does-not-consume—top-secret-intelligence/2017/05/29/1caaca3e-39ae-11e7-a058-ddbb23c75d82_story.html.
The secretary of state came: Carol E. Lee et al., “Tillerson’s Fury at Trump Required an Intervention from Pence,” NBC News, Oct. 4, 2017, www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/tillerson-s-fury-trump-required-intervention-pence-n806451.
Over the next few days: Philip Rucker et al., “Trump Names Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly as White House Chief of Staff, Ousting Reince Priebus,” Washington Post, July 27, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/07/28/trump-names-homeland-security-secretary-john-kelly-as-white-house-chief-of-staff-ousting-reince-priebus/.
Chapter Ten: Unhinged
Scaramucci unloaded on Priebus : Ryan Lizza, “Anthony Scaramucci Called Me to Unload About White House Leakers, Reince Priebus, and Steven Bannon,” New Yorker, July 27, 2017, www.newyorker.com/news/ryan-lizza/anthony-scaramucci-called-me-to-unload-about-white-house-leakers-reince-priebus-and-steve-bannon.
This abdication of moral leadership: Demetri Sevastopulo and Gillian Tett, “Gary Cohn Urges Trump Team to Do More to Condemn Neo-Nazis,” Financial Times, Aug. 25, 2017, www.ft.com/content/b85beea2-8924-11e7-bf50-e1c239b45787.
Chapter Eleven: Winging It
In March, McMaster was: Greg Miller, Greg Jaffe, and Philip Rucker, “Doubting the Intelligence, Trump Pursues Putin and Leaves a Russian Threat Unchecked,” Washington Post, Dec. 14, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/world/national-security/donald-trump-pursues-vladimir-putin-russian-election-hacking/.
U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley: Greg Jaffe and Philip Rucker, “National Security Adviser Attempts to Reconcile Trump’s Competing Impulses on Afghanistan,” Washington Post, Aug. 4, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-fight-over-trumps-afghan-policy-has-become-an-argument-over-the-meaning-of-america-first/2017/08/04/f2790c80-785f-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html.
“Remember what we’ve always said”: Mueller, “Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election.”
unnamed senior officials: Carol D. Leonnig, Adam Entous, Devlin Barrett, and Matt Zapotosky, “Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to FBI on Contacts with Russian Ambassador,” Washington Post, Dec. 1, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michael-flynn-charged-with-making-false-statement-to-the-fbi/2017/12/01/e03a6c48-d6a2-11e7-9461-ba77d604373d_story.html.
“What the president has to say”: Miller, Jaffe, and Rucker, “Doubting the Intelligence, Trump Pursues Putin and Leaves a Russian Threat Unchecked.”
Chapter Twelve: Spygate
“Television is often”: Ashley Parker and Robert Costa, “‘Everyone Tunes In’: Inside Trump’s Obsession with Cable TV,” Washington Post, April 23, 2017, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/everyone-tunes-in-inside-trumps-obsession-with-cable-tv/2017/04/23/3c52bd6c-25e3-11e7-a1b3-faff0034e2de_story.html.
When a CNN reporter: Dan Merica, “John Kelly Likes to Pretend Trump’s Tweets Don’t Matter. But They Do,” CNN, Jan. 11, 2018, www.cnn.com/2018/01/11/politics/john-kelly-donald-trump-tweets/index.html.
Trump’s comment in the closed-door meeting: Josh Dawsey, “Trump Derides Protections for Immigrants from ‘Shithole’ Countries,” Washington Post, Jan. 12, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attacks-protections-for-immigrants-from-shithole-countries-in-oval-office-meeting/2018/01/11/bfc0725c-f711-11e7-91af-31ac729add94_story.html?utm_term=.51cd945b8204.
“My counsel to him is”: “Trey Gowdy Full Interview with Erin Burnett,” CNN, Jan. 24, 2018, YouTube, www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpjva6xa-Nc.
Chapter Thirteen: Breakdown
In a White House staff notable: Katie Rogers, “Rob Porter’s Charisma and Ambition Disguised Flare-Ups of Anger,” New York Times, Feb. 19, 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/02/19/us/politics/rob-porter-white-house-resigned.html.
In addition, the Porter case coincided: Michael Rothfeld and Joe Palazzolo, “Trump Lawyer Arranged $130,000 Payment for Adult-Film Star’s Silence,” Wall Street Journal, Jan. 12, 2018, www.wsj.com/articles/trump-lawyer-arranged-130-000-payment-for-adult-film-stars-silence-1515787678.
Amid the media scrutiny: Carol D. Leonnig, Robert Costa, and Josh Dawsey, “Top Justice Dept. Official Alerted White House 2 Weeks Ago to Ongoing Issues in Kushner’s Security Clearance,” Washington Post, Feb. 23, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-justice-dept-official-alerted-white-house-2-weeks-ago-to-ongoing-issues-in-kushners-security-clearance/2018/02/23/aa9b37c8-17f4-11e8-92c9-376b4fe57ff7_story.html