1 on the USA TODAY Best-Selling Books list, spending a total of 13 weeks on the list. In the Morning Edition interview, Wolff says those who have spent the most time with President Trump describe him as "vile and ludicrous." Wolff says over the course of writing two books he has come to believe Trump is governing on impulse and whim, that there is no method to the madness and that someone who is "functionally a madman" is president of the United States.Wolff’s first book on Trump, published in January 2018, was an immediate sensation and went on to sell more than 2 million copies, debuting at No. The claim about Mueller's investigation is but one of many eyebrow-raising moments in "Siege." In the growing and prosperous cottage industry of insider accounts of the Trump White House, Wolff has found greater success than most, in part with his colorful descriptions of Trump and those around him. And then I like to hear it a couple of times and in the situation of people I trust of hearing things more than once and then it gets into the book."
So I'm pretty familiar with, if not extremely familiar with, everybody I'm talking to here. I've written one book that has been, I think, largely confirmed by all subsequent accounts. And remember, I'm not beginning at ground zero here.
"And that's a process of 'Do I trust my source?' Number one.
"Everything in this book is something that I concluded is accurate and true," Wolff explained. It was one of many times during the interview when Inskeep pressed Wolff on his sourcing and Wolff defended his methods without getting into much detail about how he is able to capture the thoughts and utterances of close Trump advisers and even the president himself. In the NPR interview, Wolff says he pulled that wording directly from the document but wouldn't say whether it was given to him in paper or electronic form to protect his sources.Īnalysis Mueller Hands His Caseload To Congress, As Impeachment Calls Grow Louder TRUMP, Defendant," instead of the "v." (short for "versus") that is standard language used in criminal cases. In the book, Wolff does not quote directly from the document except for what he says was the title of the imagined indictment "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – against - DONALD J. Charging the president with a crime was therefore not an option we could consider." A special counsel's office is part of the Department of Justice, and by regulation, it was bound by that department policy. "Even if the charge is kept under seal and hidden from public view, that, too, is prohibited. "Under longstanding department policy, a president cannot be charged with a federal crime while he is in office. Politics Barr: Mueller Could Have Said Whether Trump Broke The Law, Just Not Charged Him
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