Where tyranny begins : the Justice Department, the FBI, and the war on democracy / David Rohde.
| Author/creator | Rohde, David W. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Company Ltd., [2024] |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | xxviii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Justice Department, the FBI, and the war on democracy |
| Contents | Prologue: a come-to-Jesus meeting -- Part 1. Trump. LOL nothing matters lawyering ; Demolish norms ; Terminate and remove ; Investigate the investigators ; Disparage and discredit ; Shield and protect ; Stoke conspiracy theories ; Menace ; Fraud -- Part 2. Biden. Stop the steal ; Prosecuting violent extremists ; The lost year ; A clear and convincing case ; Delay ; Silver bullets ; Unintended consequences ; Epilogue: equal justice. |
| Abstract | "How Donald Trump used threats, co-option, and conspiracy theories to bend DOJ and FBI officials to his will to a greater extent than publicly known--and how Merrick Garland, other prosecutors, and judges failed to hold him accountable before the 2024 election. Over the course of his presidency, Donald Trump intimidated, silenced, and bent to his will Justice Department and FBI officials, from Attorneys General Jeff Sessions and William Barr to career public servants. He sowed public doubt in both agencies so successfully that when he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election, he paid little political cost and, despite an unprecedented array of criminal indictments, easily won the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election. In Where Tyranny Begins, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Rohde investigates the strategies Trump systematically used to turn the country's two most powerful law-enforcement agencies into his personal political weapons. Rohde also reveals how, during the Biden years, Justice Department non-partisan 1970s norms that Attorney General Merrick Garland reinforced inadvertently helped Trump, and could fail to deliver a trial and legal accountability by Election Day 2024."--Dust jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-265). |
| ISBN | 0393881962 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9780393881967 (hardcover) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | E912 .R64 2024 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |