TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barrett,Devlin
TI  - October surprise: how the FBI tried to save itself and crashed an election 
SN  - 9781541761971
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - PublicAffairs
KW  - Clinton, Hillary Rodham.
KW  - Trump, Donald,
KW  - Comey, James B.,
KW  - United States
KW  - Federal Bureau of Investigation
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Election
KW  - 2016
KW  - Political campaigns
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 2009-2017
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-308) and index
N2  - "In October 2016, every poll gave Hillary Clinton a commanding lead in the upcoming presidential election. Then, a single, unprecedented intervention changed the course of American political history, dooming Clinton's chances and ushering in the era of Donald Trump. This is the up-close, inside story of how that happened, who was responsible, and why America may never recover from it. The decisive act came from James Comey, director of the FBI, when he publically reopened an investigation into Hillary Clinton's handling of emails only eleven days before the election. The FBI had always guarded its reputation for political neutrality but, in October, Comey steered the Bureau into the center of a political maelstrom. The FBI's actions in 2016 would have far-reaching consequences, leading directly to the Mueller investigation and the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, but more importantly they set the state for a ceaseless battle for political control of the Justice Department. October Surprise reveals how long-building tensions sent two of the most important parts of the government, the FBI and the Justice Department, into a self-destructive spiral that continues to this day" -- from publisher
ER  -