Above the Law: The Inside Story of How the Justice Department Tried to Subvert President Trump
Matthew Whitaker came to Washington to serve as chief of staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and following Sessions’s resignation, he was appointed Acting Attorney General of the United States. A former football player at the University of Iowa who had been confirmed by the Senate as a U.S. Attorney, Whitaker was devoted to the ideals of public service and the rule of law. But what he found when he led the Department of Justice on behalf of President Trump were bureaucratic elites with an agenda all their own.

The Department of Justice had been steered off course by a Deep State made up of Washington insiders who saw themselves as above the law. Recklessly inverting, bending, and breaking the law to achieve their own political goals, they relentlessly undermined the Constitution by flaunting the rightful authority of a President they despised.

Whitaker was an outsider with a desire to see justice done and democracy work. In his straightforward new book, Above the Law, he provides a stunning account of what he found in the swamp that is Washington. Whitaker reveals:

• How former FBI Director James Comey and top figures in the Justice Department openly worked against President Trump

• How the Deep State relies on the complicity of the mainstream media to achieve its ends

• How the Deep State—drawing on elite universities and corporate law firms—perpetuates itself, keeping a small clique of people in power to ensure that nothing ever changes

• How Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian collusion quickly concluded there was no evidence of wrong- doing by the President or his campaign but nevertheless produced a massive report that was intended as an act of political subversion

If you had any doubts that the Deep State actually exists, that it perpetuates a government of insiders, and that it inexorably pursues a political agenda of its own, then you will find Whitaker’s first-person account eye-opening and utterly convincing.
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Above the Law: The Inside Story of How the Justice Department Tried to Subvert President Trump
Matthew Whitaker came to Washington to serve as chief of staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and following Sessions’s resignation, he was appointed Acting Attorney General of the United States. A former football player at the University of Iowa who had been confirmed by the Senate as a U.S. Attorney, Whitaker was devoted to the ideals of public service and the rule of law. But what he found when he led the Department of Justice on behalf of President Trump were bureaucratic elites with an agenda all their own.

The Department of Justice had been steered off course by a Deep State made up of Washington insiders who saw themselves as above the law. Recklessly inverting, bending, and breaking the law to achieve their own political goals, they relentlessly undermined the Constitution by flaunting the rightful authority of a President they despised.

Whitaker was an outsider with a desire to see justice done and democracy work. In his straightforward new book, Above the Law, he provides a stunning account of what he found in the swamp that is Washington. Whitaker reveals:

• How former FBI Director James Comey and top figures in the Justice Department openly worked against President Trump

• How the Deep State relies on the complicity of the mainstream media to achieve its ends

• How the Deep State—drawing on elite universities and corporate law firms—perpetuates itself, keeping a small clique of people in power to ensure that nothing ever changes

• How Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian collusion quickly concluded there was no evidence of wrong- doing by the President or his campaign but nevertheless produced a massive report that was intended as an act of political subversion

If you had any doubts that the Deep State actually exists, that it perpetuates a government of insiders, and that it inexorably pursues a political agenda of its own, then you will find Whitaker’s first-person account eye-opening and utterly convincing.
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Above the Law: The Inside Story of How the Justice Department Tried to Subvert President Trump

Above the Law: The Inside Story of How the Justice Department Tried to Subvert President Trump

by Matthew Whitaker
Above the Law: The Inside Story of How the Justice Department Tried to Subvert President Trump

Above the Law: The Inside Story of How the Justice Department Tried to Subvert President Trump

by Matthew Whitaker

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Overview

Matthew Whitaker came to Washington to serve as chief of staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and following Sessions’s resignation, he was appointed Acting Attorney General of the United States. A former football player at the University of Iowa who had been confirmed by the Senate as a U.S. Attorney, Whitaker was devoted to the ideals of public service and the rule of law. But what he found when he led the Department of Justice on behalf of President Trump were bureaucratic elites with an agenda all their own.

The Department of Justice had been steered off course by a Deep State made up of Washington insiders who saw themselves as above the law. Recklessly inverting, bending, and breaking the law to achieve their own political goals, they relentlessly undermined the Constitution by flaunting the rightful authority of a President they despised.

Whitaker was an outsider with a desire to see justice done and democracy work. In his straightforward new book, Above the Law, he provides a stunning account of what he found in the swamp that is Washington. Whitaker reveals:

• How former FBI Director James Comey and top figures in the Justice Department openly worked against President Trump

• How the Deep State relies on the complicity of the mainstream media to achieve its ends

• How the Deep State—drawing on elite universities and corporate law firms—perpetuates itself, keeping a small clique of people in power to ensure that nothing ever changes

• How Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian collusion quickly concluded there was no evidence of wrong- doing by the President or his campaign but nevertheless produced a massive report that was intended as an act of political subversion

If you had any doubts that the Deep State actually exists, that it perpetuates a government of insiders, and that it inexorably pursues a political agenda of its own, then you will find Whitaker’s first-person account eye-opening and utterly convincing.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781684510498
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication date: 05/19/2020
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 1,080,619
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 2.00(d)

About the Author

Matthew Whitaker is a former Acting Attorney General of the United States, chief of staff to the Attorney General of the United States, and U.S. Attorney. He earned his B.A., M.B.A., and law degree at the University of Iowa and was the Hawkeyes’ starting tight end in the 1991 Rose Bowl. Now back in private life, Whitaker is a frequent guest on Fox News.

Table of Contents

Foreword By Congressman Devin Nunes of California 1

Introduction Justice Triumphant vs. Justice Defeated 9

Chapter 1 Double Standards 23

Chapter 2 Presumption of Guilt 45

Chapter 3 Coastal Elitism 63

Chapter 4 The Sovereign District of New York 81

Chapter 5 How the Special Counsel Undermines the Constitution 93

Chapter 6 Criminalizing the Political 113

Conclusion The Case for a Strong Unitary Executive 127

Appendix A Acting Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security Submit Joint Report on Impact of Foreign Interference on Election and Political/Campaign Infrastructure in 2018 Elections 139

Appendix B Attorney General William Barr's Summary of the Mueller Report 143

Appendix C May 4, 2018, Menendez Joint Letter to General Prosecutor of Ukraine on Mueller Investigation 149

Appendix D Selected Speeches Matthew Whitaker 153

Appendix E For Reader Reference: The Constitution of the United States 205

Acknowledgements 227

Notes 233

Index 257

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