First published 2020
Michael Cohen spent over ten years as Donald Trump's personal attorney and fixer, handling everything from business deals to campaign operations. Government officials attempted to prevent this memoir's publication. Cohen exposes Trump's racist comments about Barack Obama, Nelson Mandela, and minority groups, along with cruel treatment of family and staff. He details Trump's tax fraud through wealth inflation, election fraud via poll manipulation, and hush money payments to secret lovers. Cohen reveals Trump's pattern of lies, manipulation, and willingness to deceive anyone for personal gain. The book shows how Trump courted evangelicals while privately mocking them, appealed to working Americans while cheating small business owners. Cohen explains how he fell under Trump's influence and lost his moral direction. The memoir presents Trump as someone without conscience who prioritized winning above all costs to family, associates, and country. Cohen witnessed and participated in Trump's business empire, political campaign, and presidential administration from the inside.
Genres: business, american, political-science, autobiography, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century, current-affairs
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, insider-perspective, unreliable-narrator
Period: 21st-century
432 pages · Hardcover · Skyhorse Publishing
Content warnings: racism, sexual-content