Adam Schiff is the United States Representative for California's 28th Congressional District. In his role as Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Schiff led the first impeachment of Donald J. Trump. Before he served in Congress, he worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles and as a California State Senator. He and his wife, Eve, have two children, Alexa and Elijah.
“Midnight in Washington is more than just Schiff’s damning
recitation of Trumpian offenses against American institutions. It
is, overwhelmingly, a rebuke of Republican lawmakers and
administration officials for letting it all happen, for failing to
stand up to Trump . . . [A]n engaging and informative read . . .
Midnight in Washington is a manual for how to probe and question
power, how to hold leaders accountable in a time of diminishing
responsibility.”—The Washington Post
“[Schiff’s] new book, Midnight in Washington, is a stunning look at
what the Trump years have done to us as human beings. And
Congressman Schiff’s argument about where we go from here is that
it is only human agency—the willingness of individual people to be
brave and speak truth to power, and bear the consequences of
it—that is the only thing that will get us out of what remains an
existential danger to us as a democracy. This was a fascinating
read, and an exception to the politicians don’t write good books
rule.”—Rachel Maddow
“When American democracy faced a near-death experience, Adam Schiff
served as an able guardian, protecting our nation from enemies
foreign and domestic. Schiff not only provides riveting details in
this compelling account, he delivers a much-needed warning about
the threats facing America from within and an urgent how-to guide
for preserving our nation.”—Stacey Abrams, founder of Fair Fight
Action
“Schiff used his confinement to write a memoir which offers a
beguiling mix of the personal and political. Midnight in Washington
is full of new details about investigations of the president's
treason and how the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, and the rest of
the Democratic caucus decided impeachment was necessary and should
convince a few million more that everything he said about Trump was
true--and that the country was exceptionally lucky to have him
ready and willing to defend the tattered concept of ‘truth.’”—The
Guardian
“Schiff is one of the first to try to account for the last five,
tumultuous years in American politics. As the chairman of the House
Intelligence Committee and a top lieutenant to House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi, Schiff is well positioned to deliver insights on the time
of Trump, at least from the perspective of a Democratic insider.
Midnight in Washington delivers on that promise. . . . A blistering
indictment of Trump and his Republican enablers set alongside a
what-I-saw-at-the-revolution account of Schiff’s role investigating
Trump’s misdeeds.”—The New York Times
“History and truth demand that we not allow Republicans to
whitewash the Trump presidency. Having Schiff's well written record
will prove indispensible as they try to. One of the achievements of
Schiff's book is the way it weaves together the many disparate
threads of a complicated tale that unfolded over several years
midway through Trumps term.”—Los Angeles Times
“I’ve had the privilege of reading Adam Schiff's magnificent book
in the past few days. Nothing else out there captures as vividly
and brilliantly how close we came to losing our way of life and the
peril we still face, but why we need not despair and have every
reason for hope.”—Laurence Tribe
“If there is still an American democracy fifty years from now,
historians will be very grateful for this highly personal and
deeply informed guide to one of its greatest crises. We should be
grateful that we can read it now.”—Timothy Snyder, #1 New York
Times bestselling author of On Tyranny
“Although he failed to secure the conviction of Donald Trump in the
first impeachment trial, Adam Schiff has now vanquished him forever
in these pages. This book will stand as the touchstone of truth
against any attempts to distort or rewrite this crucial piece of
history. Congressman Schiff has restored our faith in the nobility
of public service and has shown what one dedicated
patriot—courageous, intelligent, and fearless—can still accomplish
even in a divided country.”—Ron Chernow, Pulitzer Prize–winning
author of Washington: A Life and Alexander Hamilton
“Adam Schiff has performed a great public service with
this engrossing and illuminating new book. By taking us inside
the impeachments of the forty-fifth president, Schiff has
written an important first draft of history—history that is not
remote or retrospective but all too immediate, for the threats to
the republic he so deftly describes remain with
us. If you care about American democracy, the rule of law, and
the future of our imperiled nation, this is essential reading.”—Jon
Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American
Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House
“In this thoughtful, absorbing, and revelatory memoir, an important
champion and defender of American democracy shows us how he became
a national leader and, from his experiences on the inside, how
close the Trump regime brought us to losing our system. Please read
Adam Schiff’s book carefully and pay close heed to his warnings
about the dangers that remain.”—Michael Beschloss, New York Times
bestselling author of Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807
to Modern Times
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