and military base renaming proposals, 182
post-insurrection period check-ins, 487
post-insurrection resignation possibility, 489–90
and presidential pardons, 489, 500, 501
and rigged election claims, 369, 370, 409, 410, 426, 427
and Trump administration internal conflicts, 49
Trump’s abuse of, 205
and Trump’s demands for force at protests, 203, 205
and Wray firing possibility, 137
Clapper, James R., 135, 139, 261
Clark, Justin
and Biden’s lead, 263–64
and campaign budget, 224, 225
and election legal challenges, 377–78, 379, 390
and rigged election claims, 357–58
Clayton, Jay, 192–93, 194, 196
climate crisis, 2
Clinesmith, Kevin, 311
Clinton, Hillary, 151, 338
closures/reopenings
Atlas on, 259
and Birx national tour, 259–60
“doctors’ group” on, 94–95
early closures, 83
Trump on, 382
Vought on, 230
and White House coronavirus response, 85, 93–95
Cohen-Watnick, Ezra, 364–65, 433
Cohn, Roy, 357
Collins, Francis
and convalescent plasma treatments, 244–45, 246
and coronavirus precautions, 141
on coronavirus Wuhan lab-leak theory, 21
and fetal tissue ban, 70
and hydroxychloroquine treatment, 180, 181
and Trump’s coronavirus responses, 31
and undermining of Fauci, 219–20
White House muzzling of, 127
Colvin, Jill, 126
Comey, James, 103, 132, 133, 139, 324, 405, 409
Confederacy symbols
military base renaming proposals, 182–84, 342
Trump public statements on, 201
Congressional vote certification
completion of, 3, 480, 481, 482–84
McConnell acceptance of, 421, 463
Pence’s commitment to, 3, 7, 461–62, 480, 481, 482–83, 484
Republicans opposing, 421, 433, 453, 454, 456, 463, 466, 478, 483–84
and Trump’s orderly transition of power statement, 484–85
Trump’s pressure on Pence, 438–41, 447, 447, 450–52, 455–57, 459–60, 483, 508–9
Conley, Sean
and campaign rallies, 196–97
concern president’s health could deteriorate, 301
criticism of, 305
and Hicks coronavirus diagnosis, 296
and Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis, 299, 300–301, 302, 303–5, 309, 315
and Trump’s refusal to follow coronavirus precautions, 125
conservative base. See Trump followers
constitutional crisis, and Trump’s peaceful transfer of power commitment refusal, 278–80
Contee, Robert, III, 463, 468–69
Conway, Kellyanne
and Azar, 33
and Capitol insurrection, 476
and China travel ban, 46
and Christie on White House coronavirus response, 89
on closures/reopenings, 94
coronavirus diagnosis, 311
on Democratic voter participation, 319
Election Day, 345, 349
and election legal challenges, 382
and first presidential debate, 288, 292, 293
and Pence office coronavirus outbreak, 328
and rigged election claims, 349, 371
on Trump reelection campaign, 207
on Trump’s coronavirus public statements, 113–14
on Trump’s election loss, 353
and Trump’s refusal to follow coronavirus precautions, 288
and White House staff briefings on coronavirus, 34
Cooper, Roy, 249
coronavirus pandemic
and administration chaos, 32–33
American repatriations from China, 39, 41–43, 47
asymptomatic transmission, 36–38, 47, 73
and Barrett appointment event, 310–11
bleach treatment suggestion, 112–13
briefings for Trump, 19, 27–29, 37–38
CDC public updates, 61–62
China travel ban, 38–42, 44–47, 48, 53
closures/reopenings, 83, 85, 93–95, 230, 259–60, 382
convalescent plasma treatments, 244–49
coronavirus czar proposals, 34–35
coronavirus task-force press briefings, 71
and cruise ban, 74–76, 285–87
data modeling, 97–99
death toll, 151
dexamethasone treatment, 302
“doctors’ group,” 94–95
early information, 12–13
economic impact of, 61–62, 92
Europe travel ban, 78–83, 84–85
Fauci on magnitude of, 219
Fauci pandemic announcement, 68–69
FDA treatment approval requests, 87–88
first U.S. cases, 33–34
genome data on, 20
herd immunity strategy, 229–30, 231–32
hydroxychloroquine treatment, 87–88, 109–11, 180–82
impact on Trump reelection campaign, 206–7
intelligence briefings on, 19–20
international spread, 21, 23
and mail-in balloting, 216
monoclonal antibody treatment, 298, 301, 302, 306
National Governors Association briefing, 54
Pence appointment, 63–64
PPE/medical supplies, 85, 90–92, 95–98, 119–20
red state cases, 206–7
remdesivir treatment, 87–88, 302, 306
and second presidential debate, 327
stimulus bills, 435
sunlight treatment suggestion, 111–12
White House news conferences, 63
White House outbreaks, 310–11, 327–28, 331
WHO pandemic declaration, 64–66
world health emergency declaration, 44
Wuhan lab-leak theory, 21, 105–9
See also Chinese stonewalling on coronavirus; coronavirus precautions; coronavirus task force; public health officials; Trump’s coronavirus responses; White House coronavirus response
coronavirus precautions
Birx national tour on, 257–60
and campaign rallies, 177–79, 196, 199–200, 201
CDC guidance (April 2020), 123, 124
and cruise ban, 287
early downplaying of masking, 73
efficacy evidence, 229
and Gold Star parents reception, 288–89
and Trump reelection campaign, 215, 226–27
and Trump’s approval ratings, 226
and Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis, 310
Trump’s ignorance of, 376, 396
Trump’s public messages on, 258, 259
Trump’s refusal to follow, 5, 76, 123, 125, 226–27, 288–89, 376
See also White House coronavirus precautions; White House resistance to coronavirus precautions
coronavirus task force
and Atlas, 228–29, 231–32
on China travel ban, 38–39, 40
on closures/reopenings, 93
and cruise ban, 285–86
and “doctors’ group,” 94
and documentary on White House coronavirus response, 518
internal tensions, 72–73
Kushner role, 80
and Pence czar appointment, 64
post-election period briefing, 395
Trump attendance, 73–74
and vaccine distribution funding, 272
Verma on, 71–72
and WHO pandemic declaration, 64–65
coronavirus testing
and campaign rallies, 199–200, 202
early limits on, 83–84
and genome data, 20
House Oversight Committee testimony on, 83–84
Trump’s rage over, 86–87
White House requirements for, 130, 296
and White House staff coronavirus diagnoses, 296
Costello, Robert, 322
COVID-19. See coronavirus pandemic
Crenwhaw, Dan, 519
Crossfire Hurricane. See FBI Russia investigation
cruise ban, 74–76, 285–87
Cruz, Ted, 453
Cuban, Mark, 97
Cuccinelli, Ken, and cruise ban, 74–75
Cullen, Richard, 440, 450–51
Cuomo, Andrew, 140–41
Dannehy, Nora, 312
Dart, Bruce, 197–98
Dawsey, Josh, 217, 308
de Blasio, Bill, 191–92
deep state accusations, 4, 49–50, 58, 59
Deere, Judd, 297
Defense Production Act, 91, 142
DeJoy, Louis, 215–16, 240, 241–42
DeMarco, Adam, 166, 170
democracy, threats to
and Capitol insurrection, 3, 478, 483, 491, 492
and rigged election claims, 369, 394
survival, 3, 6, 484, 504
and Trump’s peaceful transfer of power commitment refusal, 278–80
See also constitutional crisis; rigged election claims
Democratic National Convention, 243–44
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), 119–20
See also Azar, Alex
Derkach, Andriy, 237
DeSantis, Ron, 178, 249, 259
DeVos, Betsy, 490–91
Diamond, Dan, 128
Diamond Princess, 74
diGenova, Joseph, 134, 385, 390
Dokoupil, Tony, 198
Domenick, Julia, 169
Dominion software accusation, 382–83, 391–93, 419, 424–25, 426, 431
Donald J. Trump for President v. Boockvar, 388–90
Donoghue, Rich, 422, 423
Dooley, Sean, 310
Dreiband, Eric, 191
drug pricing policy announcement, 394–95, 396
Ducey, Doug, 344, 345, 513
Duda, Jeremy, 319
Duffey, Michael, 96
Durham, John, 102–3, 138–39, 311–14, 405–6, 409
Durkan, Jenny, 203, 206
Eastman, John, 447–48, 450–51, 458, 459
Ebola virus, 34–35
economy
and China travel ban, 47
and closures/reopenings, 93
coronavirus impact on, 61–62
and Europe travel ban, 78, 79, 80
and Trump reelection campaign, 51–52, 93, 226
and Trump’s coronavirus responses, 82
Election Day, 335–49
Arizona vote, 343–45, 348, 381, 513
Georgia vote, 320
and mail-in balloting, 335–36
rigged election claims, 346–49
Trump campaign optimism, 335, 339
Trump’s victory claims, 345–47
unrest concerns, 333–34
White House results viewing, 336–37, 338–41
election fraud claims. See rigged election claims
elections. See elections (2000); elections (2016); 2020 elections
elections (1801), 448, 508–9
elections (1961), 448
elections (2000), 343, 348, 354, 382, 399, 437–38, 449
elections (2016)
and Comey, 103
and incoming president reception, 502
and Pelosi, 338
Pelosi on, 338
red states in, 206–7
Republican National Convention, 249
Trump campaign strategy, 117–18, 207–8
Trump’s lies about, 280
voter participation, 318
and vote timing, 336
See also FBI Russia investigation; Mueller investigation
Ellis, Jenna, 380–81, 385–87, 390, 391, 392
Ellison, Larry, 87
Epshteyn, Boris, 385, 390
Erdogan, Recep Tayyip, 191
Esper, Mark
and ascertainment, 361
and Capitol insurrection, 481–82
Election Day, 341–43
and Election Day unrest concerns, 333–34, 336
and federal law enforcement deployments, 161–62
firing of, 361–64
firing possibility, 343, 359, 360
and Lafayette Square incident, 164, 165, 167, 168–69, 171, 172–73, 186
and military base renaming proposals, 182, 342
and National Guard protest deployments, 158, 161–62, 163, 174
on politicization of military, 172–73, 174, 211–12
public response to Lafayette Square incident, 173–77
as stabilizing force, 7
Trump’s attack on, 175–77
and Trump’s demands for force at protests, 156, 157, 158, 160, 173–74, 175, 239
and vaccine development, 282–83
and Walton kidnapping, 329–30
Esposito, Meade, 514
Europe travel ban, 78–83, 84–85
Evanina, Bill, 135–36, 137, 235–39, 260
Fabrizio, Tony
on Biden’s lead, 234, 263–64
on coronavirus precautions, 226, 227
and Democratic voter participation, 319–20
and election briefings for Trump, 264–65
on health care, 24
and Netanyahu, 65–66
and Trump’s approval ratings, 51–52
Facebook suspension of Trump’s account, 484
Farah, Alyssa
as acting press secretary, 316
and Capitol insurrection, 476
Election Day, 341
and election legal challenges, 355
and election optimism, 332
hiring of, 127
and muzzling of public health officials, 128–29
and political appointees, 368
resignation of, 400–401
and second presidential debate, 326
Farrar, Jeremy, 59–60
far-right groups
and coup concerns, 366
and Dominion software accusation, 392
and Million MAGA March, 384
and “Stop the Steal” rallies, 417–18
Trump’s refusal to denounce, 316–17
Trump’s “stand by” statement, 294–95, 384
Fauci, Anthony
and asymptomatic transmission reports, 47, 73
and Atlas, 231, 232
briefings for Trump on vaccine development, 69–70
and Caputo, 101
and Caputo’s illness, 277
and China travel ban, 39, 41
Chinese genome data, 20
and Chinese stonewalling, 14–15, 16, 20
on closures/reopenings, 259
and convalescent plasma treatments, 245
and coronavirus czar proposals, 35
and coronavirus precautions, 73, 142–43
death threats, 251–52
and “doctors’ group,” 94
and documentary
on White House coronavirus response, 518
and early limits on coronavirus testing, 83–84
and Europe travel ban, 78, 79, 81
on herd immunity strategy, 231
and hydroxychloroquine treatment, 109, 111
on magnitude of pandemic, 219
National Governors Association briefing, 54
Navarro’s antagonism toward, 39
pandemic announcement, 68–69
popularity of, 5, 218, 332, 517
Trump’s anger at, 517
Trump’s campaign attacks on, 332–33
and Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis, 301
White House exclusion of, 228
White House muzzling of, 5, 127, 128, 257, 333
White House undermining of, 217–21, 230
FBI Russia investigation
Durham investigation of, 102–4, 138–39, 311–14, 405–6, 409
Graham hearing on, 176–77
and Patel, 133
and Wray, 134–35, 138
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FEMA), 96, 98, 120
Fenton, Bryan, 364, 469
Ferro, Philip, 107
fetal tissue ban, 70
Floyd, George, killing of, 2, 147–50, 173, 182
Floyd, Philonise, 150
Flynn, Charles, 468
Flynn, Michael
and Cohen-Watnick, 364
and Congressional vote certification, 438
and FBI Russia investigation, 126, 134, 138
and Georgia Senate runoff elections, 431–32
and rigged election claims, 419, 424–25, 426–27, 441
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
and convalescent plasma treatments, 245, 246, 247–49
and hydroxychloroquine treatment, 87–88, 109, 110, 111, 180–82
and Trump’s coronavirus treatment, 298
and vaccine development timetable, 283
Ford, Christine Blasey, 411
foreign policy
Abraham Accords, 269–71
Afghanistan war, 366–67
Middle East treaties, 6, 269–71, 495
North Korea, 11
Trump’s alliance withdrawal plans, 342–43
and Walton kidnapping, 329–30
See also Iran
Fox News Channel
Atlas appearances, 227
and Durham investigation of FBI, 313–14
Election Day, 339, 343–45, 348, 381, 513
and hydroxychloroquine treatment, 87, 109
McEnany on, 126–27
and MyPillow, 179–80
and racial injustice protests, 206
and Tata, 365
and Trump campaign legal challenges, 413
and Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis, 298
and Trump’s demands for force at protests, 203–4, 205
and vaccine development timetable, 275
and White House coronavirus response, 518
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