Includes bibliographical references (pages [743]-756) and index.

Prologue. The forgotten phone -- October surprises -- Loyalty and honest loyalty -- Lifting the cloud -- "I faced great pressure" -- "This is the worst thing that ever happened to me" -- Patriots Plaza -- "Do you think Putin will ... become my new best friend?" -- "This dumb meeting which your father insisted on" -- "I would love to speak, I would love to" -- The $15,000 ostrich jacket -- "Being patriotic" -- Doing a Frank Pentangeli -- Flipping Rick Gates -- "Cut the bullshit, Bob" -- "Michael Avenatti's campaign for president -- "A TOTAL WITCH HUNT!!!" -- "Truth isn't truth" -- "There's tears in your eyes" -- Friends in high places -- "There's nothing ambiguous about crosshairs" -- "The immense burden the process imposed on the President and his Office" -- "Thank you to my new friend Rudy Giuliani for your ..." -- Fraud guaranteed -- "Ultimate conclusions" -- "Talk to Rudy, talk to Rudy" -- "I would like you to do us a favor though" -- "The times have found us" -- "It reads like a classic organized crime shakedown" -- "The deep disappointment and dismay I have felt as these events have unfolded" -- Two kinds of pizza -- "I refuse to be part of an effort to legitimize an alternate narrative" -- "In the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America" -- "Speaker Pelosi wanted leverage" -- "Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery" -- "A lot of people forget Abe Lincoln" -- Epilogue. Semper fidelis.