Investigative journalist
Lee Smith uses his unprecedented access to Congressman Devin Nunes,
former head of the House Intelligence Committee, to expose the deep
state operation against the president -- and the American people.
Investigative journalist Lee Smith's The Plot Against the Presidenttells
the story of how Congressman Devin Nunes uncovered the operation to
bring down the commander-in-chief. While popular opinion holds that
Russia subverted democratic processes during the 2016 elections, the
real damage was done not by Moscow or any other foreign actor. Rather,
this was a slow-moving coup engineered by a coterie of the American
elite, the "deep state," targeting not only the president, but also the
rest of the country.
The plot
officially began July 31, 2016 with the counterintelligence
investigation that the FBI opened to probe Russian infiltration of
Donald Trump's presidential campaign. But the bureau never followed any
Russians. In fact, it was an operation to sabotage Trump, the candidate,
then president-elect, and finally the presidency. The conspirators
included political operatives, law enforcement and intelligence
officials, and the press.
The plot was
uncovered by Nunes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, and
his investigative team. They understood that the target of the operation
wasn't just Trump, but rather the institutions that sustain our
republic. A country where operatives use the intelligence and security
services to protect their privileges by spying on Americans,
coordinating with the press, and using extra-constitutional means to
undermine an election then undo a presidency is more like the third
world than the republic envisioned by the founding fathers.
Without
Nunes and his team, the plot against the president -- and against the
country -- never would have been revealed. Told from the perspective of
Nunes and his crack investigators -- men and women who banded together
to do the right thing at a crucial moment for our democracy -- the story
of the biggest political scandal in a generation reads like a great
detective novel, feels like a classic cowboy movie. The congressman from
the cattle capital of California really did fight corruption in
Washington. Devin Nunes took on the "deep state."
