Trump on Trial

The book begins in Spring of 2019, when Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says she will not impeach Trump, and traces the breaking of the Ukraine story that summer, which triggers Pelosi's decision to impeach the president. Next come the secret impeachment hearings, the public hearings presided over by Congressman Adam Schiff, the highly partisan vote to impeach, the January 2020 trial in the Senate, which is marked by a narrow vote against bringing witnesses, and then the vote for acquittal along partisan lines.

An epilogue details Trump's vindictive revenge against those whom he feels betrayed him as the country tips into the pandemic crisis and nationwide protests, all presaging a bitter, dramatic 2020 presidential election.

About the Author

Kevin Sullivan is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for The Washington Post and a bestselling author. His book, Trump on Trial, coauthored with his wife and Washington Post colleague Mary Jordan, features reporting from dozens of Washington Post journalists, and traces the investigation, acquittal, and aftermath of the impeachment of Donald Trump. The last book Sullivan and Jordan wrote was the #1 New York Times bestseller, Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland, the story of Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, who were kidnapped in Cleveland and held for a decade. They previously wrote The Prison Angel: Mother Antonia’s Journey from Beverly Hills to a Life of Service in a Mexican Jail. They were the Washington Post’s co-bureau chiefs in Tokyo, Mexico City, and London for fourteen years.