Gregg Jarrett

An important book, if only because it is (at the time of reading) one of a very few to cover an important subject, and is drowned in propaganda contrary to the truth. Its author's claims are only occasionally strident; for the most part it is a well-referenced and relatively measured work. Somewhat dated by events, Jarrett's account has been overtaken somewhat as more truths reveal themselves, although these only serve to reinforce his general drift. In fact the reality is worse than he describes, but his book is a rare and worthy attempt to draw the issue to the public mind. Its sales show the public is more aware than the media care to portray.… (mais)

This book takes a legal brief or prosecutor's approach to telling what should be a familiar story to any American concerned about their Constitutional and legal rights. This approach cuts to the chase and avoids the blow by blow details that fill some of the other accounts of this shameful episode of abuse of power.
I only came across three typos, "cased" for "case" on p.201, and on p.207 "This is another flagrant conflict of interest that compelled Mueller's departure from the case" although on second thought perhaps the latter is correct in a lawyerly way. (The author is a former trial attorney.) There was an earlier typo but I don't get compulsive about them until I find a second one.… (mais)

This book recapitulates Jarrett's earlier "The Russia Hoax" which ends with the appointment of Robert Mueller as a special prosecutor. For those who have already read that book the continuing narrative resumes on page 151 and runs through the aftermath of the release of the Mueller Report. It includes a twelve page "list of major characters" including, for example, Joe Pientka, the FBI agent who interviewed Michael Flynn with Peter Strzok and whose name is usually redacted in that context. There is also an eighty-one page bibliography which includes several web sites I was unaware of..

I can't really say which book I prefer on this subject: Lee Smith's, Andrew McCarthy's or this one.

Since "The Russia Hoax" came out in 2018 and this book in 2019, I would anticipate Jarrett may release a third book this year synopsizing the earlier ones and incorporating the Ukraine phone call impeachment effort as the latest chapter in the narrative. I am sure there will be more hijinks as the 2020 election draws closer.… (mais)