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  • The Investigation of Donald Trump
  • Written by: Jeffrey Toobin
  • Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
  • Length: 18 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (45 ratings)

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True Crimes and Misdemeanors

Written by: Jeffrey Toobin
Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
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From CNN chief legal analyst and best-selling author Jeffrey Toobin, a real-life legal thriller about the prosecutors and congressional investigators pursuing the truth about Donald Trump's complicity in several crimes - and why they failed.

Donald Trump's campaign chairman went to jail. So did his personal lawyer. His long-time political consigliere was convicted of serious federal crimes, and his national security advisor pled guilty to others. Several Russian spies were indicted in absentia. Career intelligence agents and military officers were alarmed enough by the president's actions that they alerted senior government officials and ignited the impeachment process. 

Yet despite all this, a years-long inquiry led by special counsel Robert Mueller, and the third impeachment of a president in American history, Donald Trump survived to run for re-election. Why?

Jeffrey Toobin's highly entertaining definitive account of the Mueller investigation and the impeachment of the president takes listeners behind the scenes of the epic legal and political struggle to call Trump to account for his misdeeds. With his superb storytelling and analytic skills Toobin recounts all the mind-boggling twists and turns in the case - Trump's son met with a Russian operative promising Kremlin support! Trump paid a porn star $130,000 to hush up an affair! Rudy Giuliani and a pair of shady Ukrainian-American businessmen got the Justice Department to look at Russian-created conspiracy theories! Toobin shows how Trump's canny lawyers used Mueller's famous integrity against him, and how Trump's bullying and bluster cowed Republican legislators into ignoring the clear evidence of the impeachment hearings.

Based on dozens of interviews with prosecutors in Mueller's office, Trump's legal team, Congressional investigators, White House staffers, and several of the key players, including some who are now in prison, True Crimes and Misdemeanors is a revelatory narrative that makes sense of the seemingly endless chaos of the Trump years. 

Filled with never-before-reported details of the high-stakes legal battles and political machinations, the book weaves a tale of a rogue president guilty of historic misconduct, and how he got away with it.

©2020 Jeffery Toobin (P)2020 Random House Audio

What the critics say

"Authoritative... A smart recap of the past four years, punctuated by insider details about the investigations and Toobin’s judgments on the lawyering skills and ethics of various players. The author has no patience for James Comey’s sanctimony and 'faux humility.' ...Rosenstein is 'disoriented and out of his depth,' committing legal and political 'malpractice' by letting Trump use him to justify Comey’s firing. And Barr is “sycophantic,” a 'toady' who evolved from 'principled conservative to Trump apologist.'" (Washington Post)

"At some point in the future, it is entirely possible that the full details of Donald Trump's business affairs, personal imbroglios and political maneuverings will be laid bare to the public. Should that happen, it is easy to imagine much of the world wondering how the man got away with so much for so long. In that hour, readers may well turn to True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump....This work is more than a journalist emptying his notebook of all his interviews and insights. It is more than a legal expert analyzing how the best work of talented and committed lawyers could be frustrated by governmental rules and rivalries within the executive and legislative powers in our federal system. Perhaps its highest function is as a condensation of the best evidence against the presidency and character of Donald Trump, a summation offered up much as a prosecutor would do in seeking to sway a jury." (Ron Elving, NPR.org)

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Superb and Highly detailed

This bppk will go down as one of the best documented sources of information regarding President Trumps activities. it is well written and very interesting.

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Gripping and raw.

From start to finish. Gripping, revelatory, sobering. With hope, energizing and emboldening the voter everywhere. Thank you J.T.

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Excellent

I love this Audiobook. Jeffrey, such a treat. Kept my attention until the end. I had a hard time turning it off at night. Well done.

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Everything in a different light

This book takes you on a journey behind the scenes through the legal side of Trump’s campaign and then his presidency. The story is well told but I did find it hard to follow sometimes as a layperson. But I enjoyed the learning that took place as I listened to all that lawyers, our lawmakers, and our elected officials worked at to keep the true narrative during an unprecedented time of lies and misleading statements thrown at the American public from the top down. Well done Mr Toobin.

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All the Dirty Details

No matter what you think of Jefferey Toobin, this tale is an amazing read about the important events of the Trump Presidency. A long listen but worth it.

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Fantastic

A captivating listen that sheds light on the Mueller probe. Highly informative for anyone who wants to learn more about the criminal undertones of the Trump campaign.

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