Earlier in 2018: Ryan Duffy, “McRaven, Castro, Brennan, and Inman Talk Leadership at LBJ School,” Alcalde, Feb. 28, 2018, alcalde.texasexes.org/2018/02/mcraven-castro-brennan-and-inman-talk-leadership-at-lbj-school/.
As Tumulty sat: William H. McRaven, “Revoke My Security Clearance, Too, Mr. President,” Washington Post, Aug. 16, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/revoke-my-security-clearance-too-mr-president/2018/08/16/8b149b02-a178-11e8-93e3-24d1703d2a7a_story.html?utm_term=.da3e667e7996.
Just after four o’clock: Devlin Barrett et al., “Michael Cohen Says He Worked to Silence Two Women ‘in Coordination’ with Trump to Influence 2016 Election,” Washington Post, Aug. 21, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trumps-longtime-lawyer-michael-cohen-is-in-plea-discussions-with-federal-prosecutors-according-to-a-person-familiar-with-the-matter/2018/08/21/5fbd7f34-8510-11e8-8553-a3ce89036c78_story.html?utm_term=.e3fcf13076b1.
On August 27: David Nakamura, “‘Hellooo . . . Hellooo?’: An Awkward Phone Call Becomes Part of the Trump Spectacle,” Washington Post, Aug. 27, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hellooo--hellooo-an-awkward-phone-call-becomes-part-of-the-trump-spectacle/2018/08/27/9e698d1a-aa16-11e8-8a0c-70b618c98d3c_story.html?utm_term=.e214b40f8dba.
On September 1: Greg Jaffe and Philip Rucker, “McCain’s Funeral Was a Melancholy Last Hurrah for What’s Been Lost in the Trump Era,” Washington Post, Sept. 1, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mccains-funeral-was-a-melancholy-last-hurrah-for-whats-been-lost-in-trump-era/2018/09/01/156784c6-ad46-11e8-b1da-ff7faa680710_story.html.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner attended: Katie Rogers, “Washington Mourned John McCain. President Trump Played Golf,” New York Times, Sept. 1, 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/09/01/us/politics/trump-john-mccain.html.
On September 5: Anonymous, “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration,” New York Times, Sept. 5, 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opinion/trump-white-house-anonymous-resistance.html.
Administration aides were so alarmed: Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker, and Josh Dawsey, “‘The Sleeper Cells Have Awoken’: Trump and Aides Shaken by ‘Resistance’ Op-Ed,” Washington Post, Sept. 5, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-sleeper-cells-have-awoken-trump-and-aides-shaken-by-resistance-op-ed/2018/09/05/ecdf423c-b14b-11e8-a20b-5f4f84429666_story.html.
Chapter Nineteen: Scare-a-Thon
By the time he finished: Glenn Kessler, “Anatomy of a Trump Rally: 70 Percent of Claims Are False, Misleading, or Lacking Evidence,” Washington Post, Sept. 12, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/12/anatomy-trump-rally-percent-claims-are-false-misleading-or-lacking-evidence/.
On September 21: Ivana Hrynkiw, “AG Jeff Sessions Visits Auburn University, Tailgates Ahead of Saturday’s Game,” AL.com, Sept. 22, 2018, www.al.com/news/birmingham/2018/09/ag_jeff_sessions_visits_auburn.html.
Later that day: Adam Goldman and Michael S. Schmidt, “Rod Rosenstein Suggested Secretly Recording Trump and Discussed 25th Amendment,” New York Times, Sept. 21, 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/us/politics/rod-rosenstein-wear-wire-25th-amendment.html?module=inline.
Then Axios reported: Jonathan Swan, “Rod Rosenstein Offered to Resign,” Axios, Sept. 24, 2018, www.axios.com/rod-rosenstein-resign-justice-department-trump-cf761f4c-fca3-4794-92d4-a56c9e32ff43.html.
“I think it pleases him”: Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker, “Resign, Fire, or Stay? Rosenstein Is the Latest Contestant in Trump’s Favorite Game,” Washington Post, Sept. 26, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/resign-fire-or-stay-rosenstein-is-the-latest-contestant-in-trumps-favorite-game/2018/09/25/b59c6924-c0f2-11e8-90c9-23f963eea204_story.html.
Some of Trump’s attorneys: Devlin Barrett et al., “Rod Rosenstein to Stay in Job for Now, Will Meet with Trump on Thursday, White House Says,” Washington Post, Sept. 24, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/rod-rosenstein-who-had-been-overseeing-russia-probe-has-offered-to-resign/2018/09/24/d350477c-aad8-11e8-8a0c-70b618c98d3c_story.html.
Christine Blasey Ford alleged: Emma Brown, “California Professor, Writer of Confidential Brett Kavanaugh Letter, Speaks Out About Her Allegation of Sexual Assault,” Washington Post, Sept. 16, 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/california-professor-writer-of-confidential-brett-kavanaugh-letter-speaks-out-about-her-allegation-of-sexual-assault/2018/09/16/46982194-b846-11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b_story.html?utm_term=.e206d29eeaf7.
“I’ve had a lot of false charges”: Philip Rucker et al., “Defending Kavanaugh, Trump Laments #MeToo as ‘Very Dangerous’ for Powerful Men,” Washington Post, Sept. 26, 2018,