October surprise : how the FBI tried to save itself and crashed an election

The Resource October surprise : how the FBI tried to save itself and crashed an election
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October surprise : how the FBI tried to save itself and crashed an election
Title remainder
how the FBI tried to save itself and crashed an election
Statement of responsibility
Devlin Barrett
Title variation
October surprise
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"In October 2016, every poll gave Hillary Clinton a commanding lead in the upcoming presidential election. Then, a single, unprecedented intervention changed the course of American political history, dooming Clinton's chances and ushering in the era of Donald Trump. This is the up-close, inside story of how that happened, who was responsible, and why America may never recover from it. The decisive act came from James Comey, director of the FBI, when he publically repoened an investigation into Hillary Clinton's handling of emails only eleven days before the election. The FBI had always guarded its reputation for political neutrality but, in October, Comey steered the Bureau into the center of a political maelstrom. The FBI's actions in 2016 would have far-reaching consequences, leading directly to the Mueller investigation and the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, but more importantly they set the state for a ceaseless battle for political control of the Justice Department. October Surprise reveals how long-building tensions sent two of the most important parts of the government, the FBI and the Justice Department, into a self-desctructive spiral that continues to this day" -- from publisher
Cataloging source
TOH
Dewey number
324.973
Index
index present
LC call number
E911
LC item number
.B365 2020
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Target audience
adult

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