Proof of Corruption

In the third volume of his Proof series, New York Times bestselling author Seth Abramson takes readers on a deep dive into the Ukraine scandal, revealing it to be more sinister, complex, and transnational than previously thought. Abramson's research on Trump administration corruption positions the Ukraine scandal as the foreseeable culmination of years of clandestine machinations involving scores of players, from Beijing to Budapest, Ankara to Caracas, Warsaw to Jerusalem, Kyiv to Riyadh, and Moscow to D.C. While many know about the July 2019 telephone call that ignited the Ukraine scandal, most don't know about the concurrent attempts by members of Trump's inner circle to take over Ukraine's national gas company and bolster dangerous pro-Kremlin Ukrainian oligarchs-moves that would have benefited Putin and destabilized Ukraine's government and economy.In Beijing, Trump's dealings with the Chinese government not only enriched him and his family, but also culminated in him successfully seeking 2020 election interference from Xi Jinping in the form of closely held information about Joe Biden. In Venezuela, many of the actors involved in the Ukraine scandal engaged in similarly secretive, Kremlin-friendly negotiations that undermined U.S. policy. In Syria and Iraq, Trump's personal indebtedness to autocrats in Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE cost untold lives. And Abramson brings the story back to an increasingly fractured and depleted United States, where the COVID-19 pandemic exposes the staggering domestic consequences of the Trump administration's foreign machinations.In Proof of Corruption, Seth Abramson lays bare Trump's decades-long pattern of corruption. This globe-spanning narrative is an urgent warning about the unprecedented threat posed by a corrupt president and his administration.

Introduction: The Rule of LawChapter 1: ManafortChapter 2: Euromaidan and CrimeaChapter 3: Parnas and FrumanChapter 4: ShokinChapter 5: KilimnikChapter 6: The Black Ledger and the JavelinsChapter 7: DiGenova and ToensingChapter 8: StoneChapter 9: GiulianiChapter 10: NaftogazChapter 11: FirtashChapter 12: Trump-VenezuelaChapter 13: Vogel and SternChapter 14: Orban and SorosChapter 15: LeshchenkoChapter 16: CrowdStrike, Onyshchenko, and KolomoiskyChapter 17: Nunes and the BLT Prime TeamChapter 18: SolomonChapter 19: Poroshenko and ArtemenkoChapter 20: YovanovitchChapter 21: ParnasChapter 22: HydeChapter 23: The First Trump-Zelensky CallChapter 24: Zelensky and LutsenkoChapter 25: Taylor Chapter 26: ABC News and the HoldChapter 27: Sondland and PompeoChapter 28: The Second Trump-Zelensky CallChapter 29: Sondland and GiulianiChapter 30: Trump-ChinaChapter 31: VindmanChapter 32: The WhistleblowerChapter 33: PenceChapter 34: SeptemberChapter 35: Barr, Durham, and HorowitzChapter 36: Trump-TurkeyChapter 37: Trump and ZelenskyChapter 38: Trump-IranChapter 39: The ImpeachmentChapter 40: The Trial Chapter 41: The AftermathChapter 42: COVID-19Epilogue: The Election