First published 2020
Andrew Weissmann takes readers inside the Mueller investigation that dominated American politics for twenty-two months. As one of the special counsel's key prosecutors, Weissmann breaks his silence to expose the internal workings of the team that investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election and potential obstruction of justice by President Trump. He reveals the heated debates over whether to subpoena Trump, the decision against pursuing a full financial investigation, and the team's struggle with recommending obstruction charges. Weissmann shows how Trump's constant threats to fire Mueller and his dangling of pardons forced the investigation to race against time. The author presents Robert Mueller as both an enigmatic leader and a human manager, while documenting the team's mistakes alongside their achievements. This account reveals how a group of prosecutors tried to uphold the rule of law while investigating a president determined to obstruct their work.
Genres: history, crime, biography-memoir, 21st-century, current-affairs, american-history
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: investigative-journalism, political-thriller
Setting: United States
Period: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
403 pages · Hardcover · Random House