Table of Contents
Preface ix
Authors' Note xvii
Prologue 1
Part 1
1 "Impeach the motherfucker" 13
2 "All the subpoenas" 20
3 Pressure Points 31
4 Release Valves 48
5 Trump Freed 57
6 The Runaway Chairman 64
7 Whistleblower 72
8 The Messengers 87
9 A Perfect Call 103
10 Impeachment by Another Name 110
11 "The dynamite line" 119
Part 2
12 The Rise of Schiff 135
13 "Keep your powder dry" 145
14 Spin Factory 156
15 "The one-way ratchet" 165
16 Revenge of the Diplomats 175
17 Defending the Indefensible 183
18 "Get over it" 193
19 The Price of Principle 205
20 Get Tougher 217
21 "More like Nixon" 227
22 Planning Ahead 246
23 Missed Opportunities 252
24 Showtime 265
25 "Build a better case" 283
26 The Client 293
27 Nadler's Last Stand 303
28 Cold Feet and a Defection 314
29 Impeached 322
Part 3
30 "Mutually assured destruction" 339
31 The Moderates 349
32 Trump Whisperer 361
33 Pre-Trial Positioning 367
34 Schiff's Lecture Hall 380
35 Bolton's Bombshell 392
36 Mitch's Pressure Cooker 403
37 The Musk Ox Caucus 409
38 Autopilot 424
39 "Politics will break your heart" 431
40 "The impeachment that wasn't" 443
Part 4
41 Shattering the Guardrails 459
42 Impeachment 2.0 492
43 Speak Republican 508
44 Peer Pressure 519
45 Trial Take Two 540
46 The Other Jaime 554
47 Falling Short 580
Epilogue 593
Acknowledgments 605
Notes 613
Index 659