Overview

Over the course of his presidency, Donald Trump intimidated, silenced, and bent to his will Justice Department and FBI officials. He sowed public doubt in both agencies so successfully that when he tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election, he paid little political cost and, despite an unprecedented array of criminal indictments, easily won the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election. In Where Tyranny Begins, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Rohde investigates the strategies Trump systematically used to turn the country's two most powerful law-enforcement agencies into his personal political weapons. Rohde also reveals how, during the Biden years, Justice Department non-partisan 1970s norms that Attorney General Merrick Garland reinforced inadvertently helped Trump, and could fail to deliver a trial and legal accountability by Election Day 2024. Where Tyranny Begins exposes how ill-suited both the DOJ and FBI are to serve as checks on abuses of presidential power. A round of historic reforms equivalent to the post-Watergate reforms that stabilized American democracy in the 1970s are immediately needed. A five-word warning coined by the English philosopher John Locke in 1689 captures the stakes in 2024: ""Where-ever law ends, tyranny begins.""

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""A compelling narrative that sheds light, at last, on the Justice Department's struggles to reckon with Donald Trump."" -- ""Andrea Bernstein, author of American Oligarchs"" ""A hard-hitting book characterized by careful research and documentation...A cautionary, relevant study of systematic executive bullying that has cast deep skepticism on law enforcement in America."" -- ""Kirku Reviews"" ""This sobering account by a veteran national security reporter of recent efforts to politicize the Justice Department offers implicit caution, bringing into stark relief the actions of Donald Trump, who as president sought to use the department to punish foes and promote his interests."" -- ""New York Times Book Review""

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David Rohde is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of In Deep and other books. He is the national security editor at NBC News and a former executive editor of the New Yorker website, where he wrote about the Justice Department, democracy, and disinformation. He is also a former reporter for the New York Times, Reuters, and Christian Science Monitor. Eric Jason Martin is an Earphones Award-winning narrator. He has narrated many dozens of audiobooks in fiction and nonfiction. He is also the host and producer of the award-winning This American Wife, a popular podcast, and now web series, that features original comedy and stories, as well as interviews with authors such as Robert Greene and Amy Tan. Eric Jason Martin is an Earphones Award-winning narrator. He has narrated many dozens of audiobooks in fiction and nonfiction. He is also the host and producer of the award-winning This American Wife, a popular podcast, and now web series, that features original comedy and stories, as well as interviews with authors such as Robert Greene and Amy Tan.

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