Trump's Trials: One started with a phone call. The other with a deadly riot. Here is the story.

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Sets a standard for political storytelling with impeccable research and lively writing. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Page-turningrivetingcolorful and detaileda barometer of the health of our democracy. Barbara McQuade, The Washington Post

Two investigations. Two impeachments. Two acquittals. One president. The full story.

Unprecedented. Unimaginable. Until Donald Trumps presidency.

A year apart, two ferocious political dramas challenged American democracy. As Pulitzer Prizewinning Washington Post reporters Kevin Sullivan and Mary Jordan show in this gripping account, the two Trump impeachments and acquittals shared common threads: An American president, relentless in his drive to win re-election, willing to disregard the laws that limit his powers, no matter the cost. A divided Congress, split along party lines, unable to agree on whether Trumps actions met the Constitutional standard for removal from office. The Constitution itself, tested in ways that its framers had not anticipated.

Trumps Trials is an expanded version of Trump on Trial, Sullivan and Jordans compelling and masterful 2020 account of the first impeachment. That narrative, a crisp page-turner with exquisite detail and vivid scenes, deftly conveyed the calculations of the central gures, in particular Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell. The authors have added three new chapters, and revised others, to carry the narrative through the 2020 presidential election of Joe Biden; Trumps feverish attempts to overturn Bidens victory; his supporters deadly attack on the Capitol as Congress was certifying the electoral votes; Trumps second impeachment and acquittalbut this time, with seven Republican senators voting against him.

Sullivan and Jordan, aided by editor Steve Luxenberg, have written a fast-paced, authoritative account of the historic events that rocked Americaan invaluable examination of what happened and why.

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"More than just a page-turning account of presidential malfeasance . . . Kevin Sullivan and Mary Jordan, both Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporters, have fashioned a portrait of the third impeachment of an American president as a barometer of the health of our democracy....With their colorful and detailed telling, Sullivan, Jordan and the Post team have turned these contemporary events into a chapter of American history."TheWashington Post

The granular detail of this history makes it a gift to posterityand to news junkies...Sets a standard for political storytelling with impeccable research and lively writing.Kirkus ReviewsSTARRED REVIEW

Author Bio

Kevin Sullivan is a Pulitzer Prizewinning reporter forThe Washington Postand a bestselling author. His book,Trump on Trial, coauthored with his wife andWashington Postcolleague Mary Jordan, features reporting from dozens ofWashington Postjournalists, and traces the investigation, acquittal, and aftermath of the impeachment of Donald Trump. The last book Sullivan and Jordan wrote was the #1New York Timesbestseller,Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland, the story of Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, who were kidnapped in Cleveland and held for a decade. They previously wroteThe Prison Angel: Mother Antonias Journey from Beverly Hills to a Life of Service in a Mexican Jail.They were theWashington Posts co-bureau chiefs in Tokyo, Mexico City, and London for fourteen years.

Mary Jordan is a Pulitzer Prizewinning reporter forThe Washington Postand a bestselling author. Her book,Trump on Trial, coauthored with her husband andWashington Postcolleague Kevin Sullivan, featuresreporting from dozens ofWashington Postjournalists, andtraces the investigation, acquittal, and aftermath of the impeachment of Donald Trump. JordansNew York Timesbestselling book,The Art of Her Deal, an unauthorized biography of Melania Trump, was published in June 2020. Jordan and Sullivan are also authors of the #1New York Timesbestseller,Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland, the story of Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, who were kidnapped in Cleveland and held for a decade. They previously wroteThe Prison Angel: Mother Antonias Journey from Beverly Hills to a Life of Service in a Mexican Jail. They were theWashington Posts co-bureau chiefs in Tokyo, Mexico City, and London for fourteen years.