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."
