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Author:
Liz Cheney
Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
Date:
December 5, 2023
In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to the Constitution: they ignored the rulings of dozens of courts, plotted to overturn a lawful election, and provoked a violent attack on our Capitol. Liz Cheney, one of the few Republican officials to take a stand against these efforts, witnessed the attack first-hand, and then helped lead the Congressional Select Committee investigation into how it happened. In Oath and Honor, she tells the story of this perilous moment in our history, those who helped Trump spread the stolen election lie, those whose actions preserved our constitutional framework, and the risks we still face.
What The Reviewers Say
A mostly straightforward, occasionally repetitive, literarily undistinguished account of that investigation as well as its antecedents and aftermath. It oozes contempt toward Cheney’s former colleagues.
Cheney offers scathing portraits of colleagues she holds in utter contempt.
Not without its evasions. What makes Trump memoirs so fascinating (and I’ve read a lot) is the many varieties of self-deception they exhibit.
A frightening narrative.
