Proof of Coup: How the Pentagon Shaped An Insurrection
This fourth book in the NYT-bestselling Proof series is a 250-page exposé on the January 6 coup plot at the Pentagon, with hundreds of citations, photos and videos.
1. Introduction
In early 2018, as part of his unsuccessful efforts to goose congressional Republicans’ chances in the upcoming midterm elections, then-president Donald Trump signed into law an act designed to bring Hillary Clinton and her name out of retirement and back into mainstream political discussion. As Politico summarizes it, the law Trump signed “stiffened the penalty for the unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents from one year to five years, turning it into a felony offense.”