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Spygate: The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump

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"' The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump,' is terrific. He's tough, he's smart, and he really gets it. His book is on sale now. I highly recommend!" —President of the United States, Donald J. Trump

“An explosive account of the biggest scandal in American history, and the political players that tried to pull it off.”—Sean Hannity

The comprehensive story of how the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton campaign, and foreign entities tried to sabotage the Trump campaign in the 2016 presidential election.

Everyone has an opinion about whether or not Donald Trump colluded with the Russians to defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016. The number of actors involved is staggering, the events are complicated, and it’s hard to know who or what to believe. Spygate bypasses opinion and brings facts together to expose the greatest political scandal in American history.

Former Secret Service agent and NYPD police officer Dan Bongino joins forces with journalist D.C. McAllister to clear away fake news and show you how Trump’s political opponents, both foreign and domestic, tried to sabotage his campaign and delegitimize his presidency. By following the names and connections of significant actors, the authors

272 pages, Hardcover

Published October 9, 2018

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Dan Bongino

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Daniel John Bongino is a conservative commentator and former Secret Service agent. Bongino is a member of the Republican Party. He is the host of the popular conservative podcast, The Dan Bongino Show.

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270 reviews7 followers
October 23, 2018
A huge amount of time and research went into writing this book. I'm impressed how Dan provides solid and irrefutable proof to the corruption of the FBI, the Obama administration, the DNC and Clinton campaign, and the fake Steele dossier etc. He manages to do this by using actual statements by the perpetrators themselves, either intercepted or recorded during congressional hearings. He also cites reports provided by the very same media outlets themselves who were in bed with the Clinton campaign that help contradict the entire Trump-collusion narrative. Finally, Dan lays out the REAL scandal as it happened under the watch of the Justice Department, the DNC, the FBI, and the Clinton campaign.
177 reviews9 followers
March 25, 2019
OH My God! It was FBI incompetence. If you only read 1 book about this story, this is IT! They recycled a 2007 story by Glenn Simpson which went nowhere at the time, even debunked by the NYT. The cause for an investigation? Spam email from a server not even owned by Trump, but a company in Trump tower to Russian company, seeking their business. THAT is the "Russian Collusion". Mueller's job is to protect the idiots at the FBI by leaking facts so slowly, everyone forgets about it. Story sold to Clinton who was looking for dirt on Trump. It is then used as as FISA warrant cause to spy on her competition. She KNEW it was thoroughly debunked, but needed a bigger load of crap to dump on Trump b/c women/prostitute junk wasn't sticking. Thought he'd never be elected & it'd all go away. So FBI covered for her in order to save their own rears. Cant make this stuff up. The whole thing was based on Junk Email. Must Read!
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128 reviews8 followers
December 6, 2018
It’s cute these authors want to publicly display the depths of their stupidity and utter absence of cognitive reasoning.

It’s an adorable piece of Russian troll-approved fiction for the gullible and brainwashed. Several of whom feel the need to show up in the comments in this review 😂😂😂

If you want proof of just how irrational, stupid and complete fabricated this diatribe masquerading as a book is, look at the reviews giving it five stars. 😂😂😂
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44 reviews3 followers
May 19, 2019
I waited until after the Mueller report was out to read this, mainly just wanting to compare Bongino's analysis to Mueller's final conclusions. All things said and done, the book holds up and validates the "Russian Hoax" narrative so frequently pushed by the president. It's a bit boring at times, and there's a lot of long foreign names that can be hard to keep track of, but overall Bongino does an impressive job presenting an immense amount of data, and then simplifying everything down to dates and brief summaries to make a simple timeline of events.

The main strength of the book is found in the words of the characters themselves. Bongino's entire case rests on quotes and events that are easily researched and verified on google via multiple sources. While it is no doubt upsetting to anyone fiercely against Trump, it should be even more upsetting to anyone who cares about the rule of law. If the "deep state" really exists and can target anyone they want for any reason, your constitutional rights amount to nothing.
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7 reviews
December 2, 2018
If you've made it this far, then chances are you've been exposed to the mainstream news and their side of this story.

I would recommend first looking at the other reviews of this book, one in particular that rates a single star and then goes on the warpath about all other user reviews - labelling us as Russian trolls and such.

Look beneath the accusations levelled - look at the people's accounts and find none of the accusations hold water.

After reading this book you might feel the same way about the mainstream medias side of the Russian scandal - but obviously the most important thing here is that you consider both sides and make up your own mind.
1 review
October 17, 2018
Very detailed account of the corruption that has occurred in DC. No stone goes unturned!

Spygate provides an excellent account of the corruption that has been occurring over the past few years to affect the outcome of the 2016 US presidential election, and then to justify the impeachment of President Trump. It includes a timeline of events, as well as the names and descriptions of the many players involved. Once you read it, it will be obvious why the DC swamp is in dire need of draining.
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43 reviews1 follower
October 14, 2018
Dan is a competent investigator and narrator. His perspective and acumen has led him to this point in his life. This book reveals evidence ignored by DOJ and MSM. It is an important text that any consumer of political news should read. We harm ourselves if we do not pay attention to the information Mr. Bongino provides clearly in this book.
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98 reviews1 follower
December 25, 2018
I can't recommend this book enough. Whether you are for or against the president, knowing this material will prove very informative. For anyone still believing in the Russian collusion narrative, please read this before further comment! I also highly recommend Dan Bongino's daily podcast!
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141 reviews13 followers
November 4, 2018
I had confided in friends that I can't figure out the Russian collusion story... I can't keep the names and accusations straight... I can only skim the headlines and news stories before I give up in frustration. I announced I would wait until it's all over, and then read a history book about the scandal. Well, the scandal is not quite history yet, but the excellent reviews for the book (not the title, or blurbs on the book jacket) enticed me to finally educate myself.

The book is divided into three parts:
"Part 1: Making of the Trump-Russia Collusion Narrative" 96 pages
"Part 2: The Investigations" 70 pages
"Part 3: The Real Story" 26 pages

I recommend reading the last paragraph of Part 3 first: "The media and political class chose to believe Donald Trump was a madman..." Understandable. So did I. Finish reading the paragraph, and then read the entire Part 3, for a summary of how so many elite patriots enlisted in the cause to stop Trump, by joining the best crusade available for that cause . A case is made that the crusade was a witch-hunt: read Part 1 and Part 2 for detailed timeline and evidence.
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1,852 reviews245 followers
October 19, 2018
5 stars

I listen to Dan Bongino's podcast so I was already familiar with a lot of the info in the book but there's more info in the book, stuff that he hasn't talked about the podcast. I listened to the audio version (narrated by Bongino) and while it was a lot of info, it was done in a way that didn't bore me and kept me engaged. Would definitely recommend it for those that want to find out what parts of our Government has been getting away with.
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3 reviews1 follower
October 17, 2018
Dan Bongino, a former investigator for the Secret Service and Congressional candidate, covers every aspect of the so-called Russia Collusion / Spygate scandal including Manafort, Papadopoulos, Mifsud, Downer, Halper, the Steele Dossier, the Investigation, through the ongoing Special Council Probe. It's complete with the timeline, a listing of all the media leaks, and a chart of the relationships between the actors. The book weaves together the publicly known published articles from reputable sources and concludes with the only possible narrative that can tie them all together. I have been reading a lot and have been keeping up with the details surrounding the unfolding story. It contains a lot of material I did not know before. If you want a historically correct account of the scandal and know what really happened, this is the book to read.
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2 reviews
October 14, 2018
Incredible

Concise history of the largest political scandal in the U.S. For those of us who have been listening Dan's podcasts, even as the Renegade Republican, this brings even more information that is going to be very troubling the Hillary and the Obama administration.
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300 reviews30 followers
December 10, 2018
Bongino breaks down in great detail the "Russian Collusion" investigation of President Donald Trump. This book is replete with references and quotes that can be confirmed. This book sadly shows the bias that this country has and how a party has gone out of their way to go after a President that was duly elected and sworn in and have challenged his legitimacy as POTUS.

Full Disclosure: If President Trump is guilty of impeachable actions, he should be impeached. Similarly, if he has committed actual crimes, he too should be prosecuted and serve time if necessary. However by the same token, so should Obama, Clinton, the Bidens, and all other that have been guilty. The "FACT" is that Obama used a fake name and email to communicate with Hillary Clinton on her private email domain. This shows intent by Obama and Clinton. They subpoenaed her server and she purposely wiped the data to DOD standards so as not to be able to recover the data. Anyone else would have been convicted immediately and would have already been in prison. It is also a fact that if anyone had the experience, ideology and political power to benefit Russia it is by far Hillary Clinton. The Clintons received millions of dollars via their Clinton Foundation from very rich and powerful Russian business men.

Additionally disturbing is that the FBI took the word of CrowdStrike and did not actually do any investigation to corroborate anything they provided in their report. I can tell you from first hand experience that even the FBI's actions during a forensic investigation can and have been blown out of the water for inconsistencies and problematic "results". I, myself have testified against the FBI and Secret Service and have had then reverse themselves on testimony and investigation techniques they made. And I do not consider myself an expert compared to many others that have come before and have followed me in that role.

If you look at what Russia has "gotten" from a Trump presidency pales in comparison to what they got under Obama with a Clinton Secretary of State. Uranium one benefited Russia in a huge, ginormous way and subsequently, Bill Clinton was give money for speeches and monies to the Clinton Foundation.

What I find funny (not in a ha ha funny way, but a hmmmm way) that during the Starr special council investigation of Clinton, the Democratic Party was offended by his teams investigation even though there was blatant proof of his and her guilt. Now these same Democrats are doing more and worst with Trump. Don't get me wrong, I don't know if Trump is guilty or not, but as the writing of this blog, the most we have seen as a prosecution under "Logan's Act" which was around in the 1700's and only 3 people have been prosecuted under it heretofore. Another thing, during the debates between Clinton and President Trump, the media went wild when then candidate Trump said he would not accept the results of the election because of the shenanigans going on with the Democratic Party. The media accused him for "challenging the fabric of this country" then, after he wins, the entire Democratic party "challenges the fabric of this country".

The book is short, but full of interesting facts and quotes. Read it and judge for yourself. I am not claiming Trump's innocence, but if he is guilty, then man-o-man is there a bunch of people that need to go to jail. Personally, I think it is the best thing that can happen. I think once the politicians see that the people are not going to put up with law breakers at any level, and by any party, maybe then this insanity will stop in D.C. We need to make these politicians accountable; that means even if they are from "your side". This is why I love Ron Paul so much. Even as a Republican, he would stand up anywhere and lambast the Republicans when it was necessary and of course the Democrats as well. There were no safe parties with him.
8 reviews
February 20, 2019
I just 'read' "Spygate: The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump" by Dan Bongino. Makes one angry! There is every reason to believe that there was a concerted conspiracy to sedition between Obama, Hillary, Mueller, Comey, McCabe, Rosenstein & others to derail the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. "Collusion" is not a crime. But conspiracy to sedition is a crime! And because it is a continuing conspiracy it keeps the statute of limitations open for all of it, going back years! I want to see prosecutions!

According to Bongino, the international conspiracy was between Ukrainian operatives, who believed Hillary Clinton would be a better choice for them, and Americans who supported Clinton. The Russians meddled in our elective process, but they didn't care who won. Russian's intent was to muddy the waters and cast disrepute on our election process.

Actually, I didn't 'read' it, I listened to it on a Audible Book. This is the first successful 'talkie' book for me. The first I tried was "The Argonautica" by Apollonius around 1985. I planned to listen while commuting back & forth to Stamford Connecticut. I found I could not listen to heroic poetry and drive at the same time!

The next I tried was "The Conservative Manifesto" by Charles C. W. Cooke, 2015. It was just too dry. I never did finish it. (I've since re-started it!)

"Spygate" was much more conversational in tone and I could follow it like talk radio. I don't retain as much from an Audible book as when I read it. I read slowly, and retain about 90% of what I read. I got through this much faster but only retained about 30%. maybe.

I recommend "Spygate" especially if you are one of those people who thinks of The New York Times, The Washington Post and Rachel Maddow as "THEE TRUTH." You might be shocked!

Bill Keck
Feb 22, 2019
1 review
June 23, 2019
The TRUTH About the Allegations

The story behind the headline is more complex than the simple "Trump colluded with Russia" news media blurbs. When an impartial investigation is conducted of all the main characters, the facts will show that the Obama administration created a narrative to justify spying on the Trump campaign as efforts to reverse the outcome of the 2016 Presidential election.
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70 reviews8 followers
March 26, 2019
In the light of current events, this book is right on the money. Every point is backed up with meticulous footnotes and the premise has been proven correct. As our government persues the travesty that has been perpetrated by the hate-filled enemies of our president, reading this book will help it all make sense. Justice must be served, or we have no rule of law.
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143 reviews6 followers
December 11, 2018
Very informative and well documented. The book lays out the spying scandal. The Obama administrations was spying on opposition candidates. When they realized Trump was going to win the administration started a cover up. Mueller is the cleanup man.
28 reviews2 followers
January 25, 2019
All this information that is available and no arrests of the guilty parties is unbelievable. The investigation was illegal from the start and the only thing coming out is arrested unrelated to collusion or obstruction.
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33 reviews1 follower
February 10, 2019
This book is useful if you are out of toilet paper or need to start a fire. It is conspiracy theory garbage. I recommend it if you need to feel better about your own writing or you want to blame other people for your own miserable existence. Do not believe the 5 Star reviews.
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55 reviews2 followers
February 13, 2019
Wow what a book!

I never thought I would see the amount of bad actors in the country who were hell bent on getting Clinton elected ! This is a real wake up call to every person who thinks the elections are fair!
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47 reviews7 followers
January 31, 2019
First, in connection to this customer review of this remarkable publication by Dan Bongino, I really need to get this off my chest in that I need to remind the reader that Robert Mueller, the person is in charge of this “claimed Russian Collusion investigation”, is the same Robert Mueller who claimed on LIVE national television via the main stream media (MSM), the FBI had no forewarning about what would eventually happen on 9/11. However, there’s a report from Congress most Americans still have no clue about that tells you a different story.

"With all the distractions of terror and war, [few Americans realize] that in 2002, a Congressional Joint Inquiry was formed to investigate the 9/11 attack. The investigation was an unprecedented act by the U.S. congress. Never before had the two permanent intelligence oversight committees, one from the House and One from the Senate, collaborated on an investigation."(Philip Marshall).

That report is known as the Joint Inquire Into Intelligence Community Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 (Volume One), not to be confused with the 9/11 Commission report, published a couple of years later, in 2004.

Specifically, Congress told you something important yet MSM failed to inform you about the precise elements regarding the leadership of the FBI & Intel community where as these leadership elements from our government failed all of us. It’s the same thing about the OIG report into Clinton Email investigation or even the AARB report! Why is that?

For an additional document from Congress revealing the historical pattern from the leadership of the FBI, I can also recommend the publication from the Church Committee, The FBI, COINTELPRO and Martin Luther King, Jr: Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities.

To the point;

"It is so important to understand that one of the primary means of immobilizing the American people politically today is to hold them in a state of confusion in which anything can be believed but nothing can be known, nothing of significance, that is. And the American people are more than willing to be held in this state because to know the truth - as opposed to only believe the truth - is to face an awful terror and to be no longer able to evade responsibility. [Emphasis added] It is precisely in moving from belief to knowledge that the citizen moves from irresponsibility to responsibility,” (E. Martin Schotz)

If you don’t get it yet, for additional research in connection to this review I also recommend the publication, Into the Buzz Saw; Leading Journalists Expose The Myth Of A Free Press,.

It’s been pointed out by some historians/authors that it generally takes about 50 years for the citizen’s of that nation to discover the possible criminal conduct that might have been allowed to have happen, from our leaders in times past. I would agree as I am a example because it took me about 50 years to say I now understand what happened to JFK, Why He Died and Why It Matters. (James W. Douglass)

In my opinion, I think it’s important for the emotionally intelligent American to recognize what really happened in 1963 where as that tragic event has directly influenced on what we see in our government today( and how the MSM has failed to report the facts of the matter to you). I can point out that we’ve all been blessed in that we now have access to the technology/information to where even a everyday average person can turn off that television, sit down and do their own research in that I can now say that I’ve cut down that 50 year time span to discover [what are State Crimes Against Democracy] within just a few short months and that discovery wasn’t helped by the controlled main stream media, but rather by reading important publications like this one…that I happen to find on the internet.

With that observation, I think an additional quote from a different author I discovered on the internet is appropriate to share as it helps to present my justification on why I am most strongly recommending this book to aid you in the discovery of what are State Crimes against Democracy (SCAD).

"The tendency to consider suspicious political events individually and in isolation rather than collectively and comparatively is not limited to the conspiracy-theory literature; it is built into the conspiracy-theory label and has become a pervasive predisposition in U.S. civic culture. For Americans, each assassination, each election breakdown, each defense failure, each war justified by "mistaken" claims is perceived as a unique event arising from its own special circumstances. While Americans in the present generation have personally witnessed many political crimes and tragedies, we see them as if through a fly's eye, situating each event in a separate compartment of memories and context." (Lance de-Haven-Smith).

Specifically, there’s been an ongoing coup attempt in this nation and most regretfully, this criminal act has not been reported by the MSM. However, the factual details of this damn disturbing and scary event are available and the very best example is this remarkable publication from Mr. Bongino and his co-authors.

Additional information about this event can be found in the publications, Liars, Leakers, and Liberals: The case Against the Anti-Trump Conspiracy by Judge Jenine Pirro and the publication, The Russia Hoax; The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump by Gregg Jarrett.

There’s an overwhelming amount of stunning material in this work and it’s a difficult task to share with the reader everything I’ve found using this sort of communication platform however, just a few key aspects I walked away with has to do with on how the fake Fisa warrants were created, the historical back ground regarding Joseph Mifsud, the connection with Natalia Veselnitskaya and her working relationship with Glenn Simpson and the connection to Chrisopher Steele and his fake Russian Dossier created by the Russians and eventually sponsored by the DNC. This also includes the targeting of Papadopoulos and Carter Page.

A better apprehensive break down about the details of this remarkable work can be referenced in the contents list for this outstand work noted here:

Introduction
PART 1: Making of the Trump-Russia Collusion Narrative
PAUL MANAFORT
Alexandra Chalupa
Serhiy Leshchenko
Victor Pinchuk
GEORGE PAPADOPOULOS
Joseph Mifsud
Alexander Downer
TRUMP TOWER MEETING
The Backstory
Natalia Veselnitskaya
Glenn Simpson
Rinat Akhmetshin
THE STEELE DOSSIER
DNC Servers and CrowdStrike
Perkins Coie
Christopher Steele
The “Dossier”
First Contact
State Department and the FBI
John Brennan and GCHQ
Robby
Mook and the Media
PART 2: The Investigations
COUNTERINTELLIGENCE
Stages of the Investigation
No Warnings, No Prevention
No Facts on “Collusion”
CIA Contributions
Stefan Halper
Carter Page
“Least Intrusive Methods”
Halper’s History
Crossfire Hurricane
Michael Flynn
NSA Surveillance
Expands SPECIAL COUNSEL PROBE
Where’s the Crime?
A Flood of Leaks What Hath the Investigation Wrought?
PART 3: The Real Story
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE
HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA
Clinton’s Private Server
Russia and Iran
BRITISH INTELLIGENCE
UKRAINE AND MANAFORT
A FAILED SCHEME KEEPS GOING
Appendix I: Timeline
Appendix II: Media Leaks
Appendix III: Charts of Connections
Endnotes About the Authors

Bottom line, Peter Strzok and many others in the FBI and other leaders in the Intel agencies including elements in the Obama administration, including Obama himself helped to cover up Clinton's state crimes and conspired to destroy the Trump campaign/administration and it was all covered up by the MSM in order to help in the coup attempt on this nation.

Final thought. Warning, your gas mileage might differ from my final comment but for me personally, I suspect Mueller/Obama & Brennen and others conspired to made up this plan because Obama is third generation CIA and the failure to get Clinton into the While House required desperate measures as the shadow government hold was broken with the unexpected popularly of the change agent, Donald Trump who by the way happen to call out the BS about Obama’s document historical past and Trump also questioned about how those buildings were destroyed on 9/11. If that wasn’t enough to pop your head, eventually, I suspect all of these crimes and the effort to cover them up go back to JFK all using the MSM as the tool to cover this all up. Additional authors not noted previously that might help to the reader to validate my final comment can be observed by the authors, J. Springmann,Russ Baker, Jim Marrs, ROBERT David STEELE Vivas, Wayne Madsen, Douglas P. Horne, H. P. Albarelli Jr, Peter Janney, Colin A. Ross M.D, Alfred W. McCoy, John Newman, Servando Gonzalez, David Ray Griffin, Sylvia Meagher., Ronald J. Pestritto, Charles A. Crenshaw, Sibel D Edmonds, Judy Wood and several others not specifically noted here.
8 reviews1 follower
June 5, 2023
The investigation started innocently enough. Alexandra Chalupa and others were concerned about Manafort's influence on behalf of Russia-backed politicos in Ukraine. Obama's people and the Clinton campaign saw in it a way to smear Trump. The book chronicles those efforts and names a lot of the players involved. Details abound but the author's speeches on youtube give a good overall picture.

It's possible to do some checking back and forth against the timeline appendix but more dates within the text would have made the narratives easier to follow. There's no index in the printed edition so I have one below (people names only).

The 13-page appendix "MEDIA LEAKS" and the 5-page "CHARTS OF CONNECTIONS" aren't covered. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are on so many pages that it's nearly pointless to list them all. Organizations such as the Clinton Foundation, the Atlantic Council, intelligence agencies, and the NY Times are omitted. Consecutive page runs are porous; e.g. 9-13 might skip 12.

________ start of index ________
Huma Abedin 178, 180, 202
Karla Adam 28
Aras Agalarov 44-49, 55, 71, 197
Emin Agalarov 44, 50, 71, 199
Zainab Ahmad 149
Rinat Akhmetshin 48, 57, 59-60
Emin Alalarova 46
Saul Alinsky 171
Dmitri Alperovitch 19, 64, 66-67
Greg Andres 149, 150
Lawrence Rush Askinson 149
Julian Assange 67, 201
Nabil Ayad 28, 30
James Baker 127
Scott Balber 49
Tony Baldry 30
Steve Bannon 142, 151, 204
Thomas Barrack Jr 7
Maria Bartiromo 92, 109, 110
Bob Bauer 74
Edward Baumgartner 56
Cozy Bear 65-66
Fancy Bear 65-66
Gill Bennett 185
Amy Berman 158
Carl Bernstein 161
Leonid Bershidsky 80
Joe Biden 143
Olga Bielkova 16, 18-22
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan 142, 151, 204
Chris Blackburn 29-32
Sidney Blumenthal 14, 85-86, 110, 202
Dana Boente 58
Donna Brazile 73
John Brennan 78, 87-92, 106-114, 122, 126, 131-133, 187
William Browder 47-48, 52, 54, 58-59, 210
Andrew Brown 64
George H.W. Bush 4, 127, 155, 189
George W. Bush 8
David Cameron 39, 186
William Douglas Campbell 182-183
Michael Caputo 71
Tucker Carlson 116, 150
Sara Carter 0, 131, 135, 144
Jimmy Carter 127-128, 137
William Casey 127
Steven Chabinsky 65
Yuri Chaika 45-46, 49, 55
Alexandra Chalupa 8-16, 20, 58, 62, 191, 193, 198-201, 210
Valeriy Chaly 12
James Clapper 19, 108-109, 121, 161, 202, 204
Ray Cline 127
Bill Clinton 21, 22, 25, 42, 57, 171, 191, 200
Sam Clovis 116
Dan Coats 164-165, 210
Michael Cohen 25, 165
Randy Coleman 179
James Comey 68, 71, 94, 99, 105-109, 114, 131-132,
143-148, 156, 162, 164, 180-181, 198-208, 213
Judith Corley 74
David Corn 73, 84
Amy Dacey 64
Rick Davis 4
Sean Davis 72-74
Richard Dearlove 42, 76, 116-117, 129
Oleg Deripaska 4, 62, 63, 77-79
Betsy Devos 151
Elizabeth Dibble 40
Ryan Dickey 149
Joseph Digenova 133
Bob Dole 4
Alexander Downer 38-44, 110-111, 124, 199, 210
Michael Dreeben 149-150
Carol Dumaine 31
Shot Egiazaryan 58
Marc Elias 62, 73-75, 93, 199
Rahm Emanuel 86
Dianne Feinstein 94, 212
Tom Fitton 5
Michael Flynn 14, 71, 107, 129-138, 142, 146, 151,
156-157, 162, 203-206
Jane Fonda 137
Gerald Ford 4, 119
Franco Frattini 32
Kyle Freeny 149
Sheera Freknel 66
Mike Frost 91
Muammar Gaddafi 85
Michael Gaeta 84, 118
Matt Gaetz 153
Rick Gates 211
Josh Gerstein 158
John Giacalone 179
Hogan Gidley 153
Kirsten Gillibrand 150
Andrew Goldstein 149
Rob Goldstone 44-49, 199
Trey Gowdy 142, 177, 198
Brandon Van Grack 150
Lindsey Graham 86, 206, 212
Chuck Grassley 13-14, 58-59, 77-78, 86, 118, 207, 212
Paul Roderick Gregory 81
William Hague 30
Steven Hall 37
Stefan Halper 115-130, 213
Robert Hannigan 89-90, 114, 206
Sean Hannity 67
Paul Hauser 77
Catherine Herridge 59-60
Fred Hiatt 17
Joe Hockey 40
Lester Holt 208
J. Edgar Hoover 133
Michael Horowitz 212
David Ignatius 17, 31, 137, 205
Julia Ioffe 9
Michael Isikoff 9, 10, 69, 73, 84, 93, 199-203, 213
Sergei Ivanov 81
Adam Jed 149
Adam Jentleson 132
Joe Jockey 110
Jeh Johnson 68
Robert Johnston 67
Marcy Kaptur 13
Adrian Karatnycky 16, 191-193
Denis Katsyv 48
Akezhan Kazhegeldin 58
John Kerry 85
Konstantin Kilimnik 63
Jim Killock 190
Neil King 74
Stephen King 195
Sergey Kislyak 71, 134-137, 204-206
Henry Kissinger 42
Larry Klayman 156
Aaron Klein 94
Aleksei Klishin 27
David Kramer 8, 17-18, 59-60, 71, 203
Leonid Kuchma 22
Jared Kushner 7, 142, 151, 162-163, 200, 204
Natalia Kutepova-Jamom 28
Sergey Lavrov 26-27, 33, 81
Richard Ledgett 164
Don Lemon 195
Jason Leopold 65
Serhiy Leshchenko 15-18, 192-193
Corey Lewandoski 8, 200
Edward Lieberman 57-58
Evelyn S. Lieberman 57
Ted Lieu 195
Eric Lipton 19
George Logan 137
Svetlana Lokhova 129-130
Loretta Lynch 107, 109, 138, 144, 179, 198, 200, 204
Jacquelin Magnay 39
Sergei Magnitsky 47
Paul Manafort 3-15, 20-21, 25, 50-51, 54-55, 62-63, 71,
78, 104-105, 124, 158-160, 191-193, 198-204, 210-212
Simona Mangiante 34, 115-116
Jane Mayer 76
Andrew McCabe 102, 107, 109, 153, 183, 208-209, 212
John McCain 4, 8, 54, 59, 63, 187, 203
Andrew McCarthy 69, 174
Denis McDonough 131-132
Michael McFaul 8
H.R. McMaster 163
Mark Meadows 0
Scott Meisler 149
Andrey Melnichekno 58
Joseph Mifsud 26-39, 44, 52, 124, 198
Anna (Mifsud's fiancee) 26
Judy Miller 17
Sergei Millian 46, 79, 115, 116
Cheryl Mills 177-178, 197
Andrea Mitchell 109
Robby Mook 64, 92
Michael Morell 76
Robert Mueller 5, 11, 32, 79, 147-167, 174, 183, 194, 209-214
Shailagh Murray 74
George Nader 151-152
Lberto Nardelli 26
Jay Newton-Small 34
Jack Nicas 64
Richard Nixon 119
Victoria Nuland 19, 84-86
Devin Nunes 92, 109-110, 141, 194, 207, 210, 213
Barrack Obama 5, 19, 47, 61-62, 65, 70, 73-74, 86, 94, 100,
102, 108-109, 134, 137-143, 150-155, 167, 172, 174-183,
194-199, 204-206, 210-211
Bruce Ohr 80, 202-203, 213
Tim Oliver 189
Carter Page 10, 71, 82, 94, 100, 104, 107, 116-120, 124-125,
129, 131, 135, 153, 162-163, 198-213
Lisa Page 102, 110, 131-134, 180, 201-202, 209, 212-213
Jennifer Palmieri 93, 178
George Papadopoulos 26-41, 44, 52, 89-90, 94, 105, 109-111,
115-116, 124, 162, 198-199, 207, 210-211
Mike Pence 205
Evan Perez 161
Tom Perez 86
Dmitry Peskov 80, 81
Joe Pientka 135
Victor Pinchuk 16-25, 64-65, 191
Gianni Pittella 30-34
John Podesta 5, 24, 64, 73, 177-178, 197
Tony Podesta 4
Olga Polonskaya 35-36
Petro Poroshenko 6, 12, 16-17, 193
Sidney Powell 152-153
Samantha Power 142, 211
Elizabeth Prelogar 149
Erik Prince 151
Vladimir Putin 4, 8-9, 15, 20, 25, 27, 33, 35, 37, 46, 54, 57,
62, 70, 78-81, 151, 161, 171-173, 191, 195, 198, 200, 205
James Quarles 149-150
Richard Quest 31
Martha Raddatz 163
Ronald Reagan 4, 76, 119, 127, 173
Harry Reid 114, 131-133
Mike Reynolds 42
Jeannie Rhee 150, 157
Ben Rhodes 150, 152
Susan Rice 69, 141-143, 151, 181, 204-207, 210
Brian Richardson 150
Pavlo Rizanenko 17-18
Jomes Robbins 194
Dennis Rodman 137
Mike Rogers 139-141, 165, 198, 203
Mitt Romney 61
Tom Rooney 142
Rod Rosenstein 13-14, 99, 144-149, 153, 156, 158,
173, 183, 208-209, 213-214
Chuck Ross 33, 52, 110, 115-116, 129
Marco Rubio 8, 60, 164
Kathryn Ruemmler 152
Sarah Huckabee Sanders 12
David Sanger 17
Felix Sater 61
Anthony Scaramucci 117
Adam Schiff 32, 94, 163
Keith Schiller 46
Eric Schmidt 64
Michael Schmidt 146
Douglas Schoen 21, 25
Debbie Wasserman Schultz 64, 68, 72-73
Jim Sciutto 161
Igor Sechin 81
Jeff Sessions 144-146, 206, 208
Alok Sharma 30
Cody Shearer 85, 86, 110
Oksana Shulyar 12
Glenn Simpson 48-57, 61-62, 73-75, 82-83, 92, 104-105,
118, 121, 200, 202, 207, 210, 212
Paul Singer 60
Claire Smith 28-30
Lee Smith 29, 54-56, 78, 90
Michael Smith 41-42
Edward Snowden 112
John Solomon 172, 181
George Soros 18-19
Joseph Stalin 129
Christopher Steele 8, 10, 15, 42, 46, 54-55, 59, 73-83,
86-87, 94-95, 100, 112, 118, 125-126, 129, 132-133,
161, 184, 197-203, 211-212
David Stern 12, 16
Lord Strasburger 190
Kimberley Strassel 40, 87
Peter Strzok 30, 33, 84, 86, 102, 105, 110, 131-135,
179, 200-202, 209-213
Jake Sullivan 93
Michael Sussmann 64
Matt Tait 189
Take Tapper 161
Mark Tapscott 41
Margaret Thatcher 91
Trevor Timm 187
Ivan Timofeev 27-28, 33-36
Chuck Todd 90
Patrick Toomey 138
Donald Trump Jr 45, 49-53, 56, 60, 71, 100, 111, 125,
157, 159, 162, 199, 210, 212
Ivanka Trump 7
Azra Turk 115
Natalia Veselnitskaya 45-58, 60, 200, 210
Kenneth Vogel 12, 16
Elizabeth Lea Vos 29
Adam Waldman 77
Mark Warner 77
Anthony Weiner 180, 202-203, 212
Andrew Weissmann 150, 152
Henry Williams 43
Jonathan Winer 85, 202
Andrew Wood 59, 204
Paul Wood 89
Christopher Wray 165, 210
Austin Wright 68
Viktor Yanukovych 4-9, 11, 15, 20, 22, 54, 191-192
Sally Yates 86, 143, 150, 205, 206
Byron York 162
Viktor Yushchenko 4
Mat Zapotosky 149
Aaron Zebley 150
Aaron Zelinsky 150
Grigory Zinoviev 184, 185
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141 reviews
October 4, 2024
Dan does a great job of setting up the background to the start of Spygate. At times, it can be hard to follow, and this is only because there are many actors with many common connections that all had the same goal of keep President Trump out of office. The third part of the book does an excellent job of recapping the book in an understandable format.

The best part is, the entire book is sourced from multiple sources across many different sites. At the end of the day, you can do your own research on it with the amount information provided in this book.
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431 reviews39 followers
October 6, 2019
Meticulous detail, complete with documented, factual research, an overall informative read. Well met, Dan Bongino, well met.
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1,559 reviews
March 25, 2019
This was written by a former Secret Service agent and NYPD police officer offering a detailed account of how political operatives and opportunists orchestrated a case against President Trump. There is an intricate breakdown of the story as well as detailed timeline. Significant bibliography as well as charts, tables and list of media leaks.
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23 reviews
December 4, 2018
Just the facts please.

This book is a long and detailed read. The whole thing is laid out like a report with facts that are backed up with tangible evidence. It is refreshing to have actual evidence presented and not just opinions and anonymous sources. This book names names, gives dates, shows you where you can find documents and old news reports (via the foot notes) so you can look this information up yourself. The authors did a great job of keeping their opinions to themselves and just presented the fact based evidence, leaving you to form your own opinion. It fits together most of the puzzle pieces to the Russian collusion saga to form a picture that actually makes sense. The research that went into this book in extensive. Even if you think you already have a good grasp on this story I would still suggest reading through this book. It is interesting to see some of the stories and documents the media has reported on but even more interesting to read what the media isn’t reporting on. I believe every American should get their hands on a copy. Even if you don’t read the whole thing, flip to the back and read the detailed timeline. If that peeks your interest and you wanna dig deeper the book will not disappoint.

It is laid out into three sections that could be books on their own. It basically goes in chronological order.
I would suggest reading it out of order though.

First read through the time line in the back of the book. Everything in that timeline is covered in greater detail throughout the book.

Then read part 3 because it gives the broadest overview and it is filled with the most current events that have taken place, then read part 1 and 2 to fill in the background. It will help to answer The who, what, where and whys.
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492 reviews36 followers
March 18, 2019
This is an account of people and documented dates who associate with foul play during the 2016 election of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America. Dan Bongino, author, narrates this record of events which includes text messages, phone calls, and orders by America's highest ranking officials to make sure Mr. Trump fails. Collusion with Russia is the scheme they plot and carry out after the results are known on November 8, 2016. In order to convince the American people of this narrative, the mainstream media agrees to present a series of events as Democrat Party leaders want.

Much of this book is not news to this reader but the compiling of dates and times with key players on both sides validates the veracity of what the author presents. The reading of the information is tedious at times because, as interesting as this is, it comes across dry. This book is not a fictional story told by a story-teller but a book of facts painstakingly garnered from those most reluctant to relinquish this information. The implications are that collusion did occur but it was between Democrats and the mainstream media and certain foreign officials. Cooperation from foreign agents representing themselves and governments also have a hand in this collusion since they supposedly do not trust Donald Trump to be who they really want him to be. This book is just the beginning of revealing the scandal of our lifetime. This reader is sure there is more to follow.
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311 reviews14 followers
December 16, 2019
We are living in a very weird time of American politics. While I have never trusted the government, what is happening right now seals the deal. The political divide is huge and getting bigger.
This book is incredibly well researched and meticulously put together to untangle the mess involving people who's names anyone who has been watching the news for the last four years have been constantly hearing. While Bongino is obviously biased in the way he tells his story, one cannot ignore the facts. The American public has been spoon fed bullshit every day by almost every media outlet in order to tell a story that is designed to cast a permanent pall on our current President.
While I personally am not a huge fan of Trump, the frenzied fervor of the "opposition" is both shocking and terrifying. As this impeachment moves forward, the divide will be further exposed as both parties vote along party lines and the distrust of the left for right (and vice versa) will become even greater. I'm not real sure what is going to happen in the years to come, but i don't think it's going to be good, and we will look back and see that it was fueled by the hatred of Trump and the willingness to be led by a biased media based on dislike alone. Its disgusting.
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239 reviews4 followers
December 2, 2018
Well documented account of an incredibly confusing and twisted attempt by government agencies in the Obama administration to undermine, discredit and hopefully delegitimize the Trump election and presidency. Dan Bongino lays out in a well organized manner, the incredible corruption and underhanded behavior by top management in the DOJ, FBI, CIA and so many others. With media going right along with the scheme, it is not surprising that this information has been hidden from so many Americans.
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