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Where Law Ends

Where Law Ends

By Andrew Weissmann

Inside the Mueller Investigation. Random House, 2020.

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A brief summary of Where Law Ends

From Donald Trump’s obstruction of justice to his campaign manager’s conviction, Mueller report prosecutor Andrew Weissman objectively recounts the successes and failures of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. Election.

Key insights in Where Law Ends

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What do you get from this book? An honest account of the Mueller Investigation, and Donald Trump’s meddling with it
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With successful prosecutions of mob bosses and corporate fraudsters behind him, Weissman was the perfect person for the Mueller Investigation
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Mueller brought in the best people he knew to head the investigations into Manafort, obstruction of justice, and Russia
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Paul Manafort would campaign for anyone, from dictators to corrupt, Russian-backed Ukrainian politicians, to maintain his lavish lifestyle
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Manafort didn’t just commit fraud—he passed on secret polling data to a Russian agent from Ukraine
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Facebook’s Russian revelations and Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower alarmed the investigation
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The Russian group dedicated to online election interference—and paid for by an oligarch—attacked DNC servers to incriminate Hillary
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Trump’s threats to fire the whole Special Counsel’s office were damaging to the investigation, and reminiscent of Nixon post-Watergate
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Manafort conspired with Hannity to propagate lies against Mueller and Weissman, while pressuring his old henchman Gates not to cooperate
10
Attorney General Barr’s “summary” of the Mueller Report wrongly exonerated Trump and was riddled with lies
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The indictment of a sitting president is impossible, and the alternative of impeachment has become increasingly ineffective due to partisanship
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Selected critiques in brief
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Final word

Who should read Where Law Ends

Politics enthusiasts • conspiracy theorists • readers of political thrillers • lawyers • legal and political theorists

About the author of Where Law Ends

New York University School of Law Professor Andrew Weissman has spent his life prosecuting in some of the most sensitive and high-profile criminal cases of the last twenty years in the U.S. These successes, along with time as FBI General Counsel, qualified him for the Russia investigation. He is a graduate of Colombia Law School and Princeton University.

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