Dowd issued a short, simple statement: Carol D. Leonnig, Josh Dawsey, and Ashley Parker, “Trump Has Trouble Finding Attorneys as Top Russia Lawyer Leaves Legal Team,” Washington Post, March 22, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attorney-john-dowd-resigns-amid-shake-up-in-presidents-legal-team/2018/03/22/0472ce74-2de3-11e8-8688-e053ba58f1e4_story.html.
Chapter Fifteen: Congratulating Putin
“Everybody fears the perp walk”: Ashley Parker et al., “Trump Decides to Remove National Security Adviser, and Others May Follow,” Washington Post, March 15, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-decides-to-remove-national-security-adviser-and-others-may-follow/2018/03/15/fea2ebae-285c-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.html?utm_term=.0dd538b03dd0.
It was, as the BBC: Sarah Rainsford, “Russia Election: Putin Basks in Election He Could Not Lose,” BBC News, March 19, 2018, www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43454830.
“It’s not us”: Greg Jaffe, Josh Dawsey, and Carol D. Leonnig, “Ahead of NATO and Putin Summits, Trump’s Unorthodox Diplomacy Rattles Allies,” Washington Post, July 6, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ahead-of-nato-and-putin-summits-trumps-unorthodox-diplomacy-rattles-allies/2018/07/06/16c7aa4e-7006-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569_story.html.
For her part, British prime minister: Adam Taylor, “Trump Congratulated Putin on His Victory. Other World Leaders Stopped Short of That,” Washington Post, March 21, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/03/21/trump-congratulated-putin-on-his-victory-other-world-leaders-stopped-short-of-that/.
The Washington Post first reported: Carol D. Leonnig, David Nakamura, and Josh Dawsey, “Trump’s National Security Advisers Warned Him Not to Congratulate Putin. He Did It Anyway,” Washington Post, March 20, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-national-security-advisers-warned-him-not-to-congratulate-putin-he-did-it-anyway/2018/03/20/22738ebc-2c68-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8_story.html?utm_term=.8e5b5df5699a.
Jay Sekulow announced: Josh Dawsey, Carol D. Leonnig, and Rosalind S. Helderman, “Trump’s Legal Team Remains in Disarray as New Lawyer Will No Longer Represent Him in Russia Probe,” Washington Post, March 25, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-another-blow-to-trumps-efforts-to-combat-russia-probe-digenova-will-no-longer-join-legal-team/2018/03/25/8ac8c8d2-3038-11e8-94fa-32d48460b955_story.html.
Chapter Sixteen: A Chilling Raid
“He was treated like”: Marc Perrusguia, “Power Broker,” Daily Memphian, May 17, 2018, dailymemphian.com/article/1174/POWER-BROKER.
“This search warrant is like”: Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey, and Robert Costa, “‘A Bomb on Trump’s Front Porch’: FBI’s Cohen Raids Hit Home for the President,” Washington Post, April 9, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-bomb-on-trumps-front-porch-fbis-cohen-raids-hit-home-for-the-president/2018/04/09/6abb816e-3c37-11e8-974f-aacd97698cef_story.html.
The sections of the U.S. criminal codes: Carol D. Leonnig, Tom Hamburger, and Devlin Barrett, “Trump Attorney Cohen Is Being Investigated for Possible Bank Fraud, Campaign Finance Violations,” Washington Post, April 9, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fbi-seizes-records-related-to-stormy-daniels-in-raid-of-trump-attorney-michael-cohens-office/2018/04/09/e3e43cf4-3c30-11e8-974f-aacd97698cef_story.html.
Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad: Anne Gearan and Carol Morello, “Trump Says U.S. Will Decide on Response to ‘Atrocious’ Attack in Syria in 24 to 48 Hours,” Washington Post, April 9, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-us-to-decide-on-response-to-atrocious-syria-chemical-attack-in-24-to-48-hours/2018/04/09/1398c5aa-3bfa-11e8-a7d1-e4efec6389f0_story.html?utm_term=.880adbc397bd.
testified to Congress: Katie Rogers, Maggie Haberman, and Nicholas Fandos, “Ex-White House Official Says No One Pressured Him to Overturn Security Clearance Recommendations,” New York Times, May 2, 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/us/politics/carl-kline-security-clearance.html.
tell ABC News: Allison Pecorin, “Ivanka Trump Says She and Jared Kushner Got No Special Treatment for Security Clearances,” ABC News, Feb. 8, 2019, abcnews.go.com/Politics/ivanka-trump-jared-kushner-special-treatment-security-clearances/story?id=60940398.
Chapter Seventeen: Hand Grenade Diplomacy
“Here, Angela. Don’t say I never”: Aris Folley, “Ian Bremmer: Trump Tossed Candy to Merkel at G-7, Said ‘Don’t Say I Never Give You Anything,’” Hill, June 20, 2018, https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/393311-ian-bremmer-trump-tossed-candy-to-merkel-during-g-7-said-dont.
The president, this adviser added: Philip Rucker, “The ‘Dotard’ Meets ‘Little Rocket Man’: Trump and Kim Are Adversaries with Many Similarities,” Washington Post, June 10, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-dotard-meets-little-rocket-man-trump-and-kim-are-adversaries-with-many-similarities/2018/06/09/583b9ddc-6a89-11e8-bea7-c8eb28bc52b1_story.html.
Trump was restless: Ashley Parker et al., “‘Why Can’t We Just Do It?’: Trump Nearly Upended Summit with Abrupt Changes,” Washington Post, June 14, 2018,