"Revealing and engrossing history." - John Bolton, Wall Street Journal
"A timely reflection . . . a searing blow-by-blow critique . . . with lots of insider scoops along the way." - Washington Post
"A scorching exposé of the inner workings of the two impeachments of Donald Trump . . . A must-read for students of the Trump years and their dreary denouement." - Kirkus Reviews(starred review)
"Bade and Demirjian deliver a granular examination of both Trump impeachments and the work of the January 6 committee. Their joint effort is a stinging indictment of what they see as Republican cravenness and Democratic ineptitude." - Guardian (UK)
"Journalists Bade and Demirjian deliver a searing analysis of the 'political calculations' made by Democrats and Republicans that led to Donald Trump's acquittal in two separate impeachment trials....a thorough and often riveting account." - Publishers Weekly
Rachael Bade is coauthor of POLITICO Playbook, the most renowned political newsletter tracking power and influence in Washington, D.C. Before that, she spent a decade covering Congress for both The Washington Post, where she regularly broke news on House Democrats' oversight of the Trump administration, and POLITICO, where she chronicled Donald Trump's takeover of the GOP. Bade is also a CNN political analyst and a frequent guest on the Sunday show circuit, with appearances on CBS's Face the Nation, ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, and Fox News' Fox News Sunday.
Karoun Demirjian is on the national security team at the Washington Post, where she covered intelligence, defense, and foreign policy on Capitol Hill before becoming a Pentagon correspondent. Her award-winning career has spanned three continents, including postings in the Post's Moscow bureau, a stint in the Middle East working for the Associated Press, and over a decade covering Congress. She was a member of the Washington Post teams that won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Public Service and the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting, and individually won or came in as runner up for the David Lynch Memorial Reporting Award for three years running as a Washington Correspondent for the Las Vegas Sun. She has been a frequent featured expert on television and radio outlets, including as a CNN political analyst.