Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER . In the first and only inside account of the Mueller investigation, one of the special counsel's most trusted prosecutors breaks his silence on the team's history-making search for the truth, their painstaking deliberations and costly mistakes, and Trump's unprecedented efforts to stifle their report. "Weissmann delivers the kind of forceful, ringing indictment that Mueller's report did not."-The New York Times In May 2017, Robert Mueller was tapped to_x202F_lead an_x202F_inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, coordination by foreign agents with Donald Trump's campaign, and obstruction of justice by the president._x202F_Mueller assembled a "dream team" of top prosecutors, and for the next twenty-two months, the investigation was a black box and the subject of endless anticipation and speculation-until April 2019, when_x202F_the_x202F_special counsel's report was released. In Where Law Ends, legendary_x202F_prosecutor_x202F_Andrew_x202F_Weissmann-a key player in the Special Counsel's Office-finally pulls back the curtain to reveal exactly what went on inside the investigation, including the heated debates, painful deliberations, and mistakes of the team-not to mention the external efforts by the president and Attorney General William Barr to manipulate the investigation to their political ends._x202F_ Weissmann puts the reader in the room as Mueller's team made their most consequential decisions, such as whether to subpoena the president, whether to conduct a full financial investigation of Trump, and whether to explicitly recommend obstruction charges against him. Weissmann also details for the first time the debilitating effects that President Trump himself had on the investigation, through his dangling of pardons and his constant threats to shut down the inquiry and fire Mueller, which left_x202F_the team_x202F_racing against the clock and_x202F_essentially fighting with one hand tied behind their backs._x202F__x202F_ In Where Law Ends, Weissmann conjures the camaraderie and esprit de corps of the investigative units led by the enigmatic Mueller, a distinguished public servant who is revealed here, in a way we have never seen him before, as a manager, a colleague, and a very human presence. Weissmann is as candid about the team's mistakes as he is about its successes, and is committed to accurately documenting the historic investigation for future generations to assess and learn from. Ultimately, Where Law Ends is a story about_x202F_a team of public servants, dedicated to the rule of law, tasked with investigating a president who did everything he could to stand in their way.

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Where Law Ends burns like an old-fashioned 150-watt bulb, delivering light and heat in equal measure. . . . Where Law Ends is a gifta clarifying piece of history, wrapped up in our eras boundless anger and suspicion.Devlin Barrett, The Washington Post

Unlike the other Trump books that get hyped as explosive, this one lays out its case so patiently that its conclusions arrive not with a bang but with a snapthe click of an indictment falling into place. . . . Weissmanns book is a fascinating documenta candid mea culpa, a riveting true-crime story, thats nonetheless presented in the measured prose of someone who remains a stalwart institutionalist.Jennifer Szalai, The New York Times

A damning indictment of a lawless president.George Packer, The Atlantic

Alucid and engrossing insider's look at Special Counsel Robert Muellers inquiry into Russian meddling in the 2016 election . . . anessential record of what the Mueller investigation proved and why it failed to bring Trump down.Publishers Weekly

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Andrew Weissmannteaches criminal and national security law at New York University School of Law and is a partner at the law firm of Jenner & Block. Previously, he served as a lead prosecutor in Robert Mueller's Special Counsel's Office and as chief of the Fraud Section in the Department of Justice. Weissmann served as the general counsel for the FBI under Director Mueller. He also directed the Enron Task Force, where he supervised prosecutions in connection with the company's collapse. As a federal prosecutor for fifteen years in the Eastern District of New York, Weissmann prosecuted members of the Colombo, Gambino, and Genovese crime families, and police officers for misconduct arising from the Abner Louima attack. He holds degrees from Columbia Law School and Princeton University.