October Surprise
How the FBI Tried to Save Itself and Crashed an Election
$63.64
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
8 December 2020
Summary
The 2016 Election, which altered American political history, was not decided by the Russians or in Ukraine or by Steve Bannon. The event that broke Hillary’s blue wall in the Midwest and swung Florida and North Carolina was an October Surprise, and it was wholly a product of the leadership of the FBI. This is the inside story by the reporter closest to its center.
In September 2016, Hillary Clinton was the presumptive next president of the US. She had a blue wall of s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781541761971 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1541761979 |
| Author: | Devlin Barrett |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs,U.S. |
| Imprint: | PublicAffairs,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 8 December 2020 |
| Weight: | 560g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 158mm x 34mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“In his important and engrossing book, Barrett has laid out a damning portrait of the FBI in the run-up to the election…[Barrett] delivers an exquisitely sourced indictment of Comey and the bureau he once led.”
–Washington Post
About The Author
Devlin Barrett
Devlin Barrett is a reporter with the Washington Post, where he writes about the FBI and the Justice Department. He was part of a team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 for National Reporting, for coverage of Russian interference in the US election. In 2017, he was a co-finalist for both the Pulitzer for Feature Writing and the Pulitzer for International Reporting. He has covered federal law enforcement for more than 20 years, and has worked at the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, and the New York Post.
He lives in Virginia.
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