"Rachael Bade is co-author of POLITICO Playbook, one of the most renowned newsletters tracking power and influence in Washington D.C. Before taking the helm of Playbook, she spent two years covering Congress for The Washington Post, where she regularly broke news on House Democrats' oversight of the Trump administration and the party's historic impeachment effort. Bade is also a CNN political analyst and a frequent guest on the Sunday Show circuit with appearances on ""Face the Nation"" and ""This Week with George Stephanopoulos."" Karoun Demirjian is on the National Security team at The Washington Post, covering intelligence, defense and foreign policy on Capitol Hill. Her award-winning career has spanned three continents, including postings in The Post's Moscow bureau, and a stint in the Middle East working for The Associated Press from Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. She has reported on Congress for over ten years in total, winning or coming in as runner up in the David Lynch Memorial Reporting Award for regional congressional coverage for three years running. Karoun has been a CNN political analyst for the last three years, and is a frequent guest on PBS's ""Washington Week"" and NPR."
Revealing and engrossing history. - John Bolton, Wall Street Journal A timely reflection . . . a searing blow-by-blow critique . . . with lots of insider scoops along the way. - Washington Post A scorching expose of the inner workings of the two impeachments of Donald Trump . . . A must-read for students of the Trump years and their dreary denouement. - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Bade and Demirjian deliver a granular examination of both Trump impeachments and the work of the January 6 committee. Their joint effort is a stinging indictment of what they see as Republican cravenness and Democratic ineptitude. - Guardian (UK) Journalists Bade and Demirjian deliver a searing analysis of the 'political calculations' made by Democrats and Republicans that led to Donald Trump's acquittal in two separate impeachment trials....a thorough and often riveting account. - Publishers Weekly