Bob Woodward and I will be on CNN tonight with Anderson Cooper. Tomorrow morning, we'll be on "Morning Joe" and "The View."
To prepare, I'm going through my old notebooks tonight from the "Peril" project, the January 2021 box of notebooks. Here are some notes...
To prepare, I'm going through my old notebooks tonight from the "Peril" project, the January 2021 box of notebooks. Here are some notes...
"1/5 city empty, freezing cold, trash uncollected. rats everywhere. Willard a hot spot. MAGA clashing with police there. Rowdy. Back of Willard- black cars? Folo."
Later, we went back and forth on whether to include the detail on rats in book and decided against it. Extraneous.
Later, we went back and forth on whether to include the detail on rats in book and decided against it. Extraneous.
We later learned that Giuliani, Trump's lawyers/allies, and Bannon crew were arriving in those cars... and it took months to fully understand, but eventually we understood and confirmed the scope of the Willard war rooms and Trump's connection to them.
Looking through these notes, worth remembering the true volatility in U.S. one year ago, Jan. 5-8. A VP was on the brink, being urged to be tip of spear for a delay/block of certification. Giuliani even wanted to go over to VP's home and give him a talking to, late on 1/5.
Pence eventually has dinner that night at residence with several supporters/donors. Giuliani doesn't go over. But strikingly, and not to be forgotten, Trump campaign issues a late statement saying Pence *agrees* w/ Trump position on election. Stuns Pence and his advisers.
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