Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), xi, xiii, 23–42
Beale and, 24–33
Bertram and sexual harassment at, 36–37
budget for, 23
Clean Air Act, 26
congressional testimony of McCarthy, 37–39
DOJ refusal to prosecute Moure-Eraso, 156
employees watching porn, 19, 39–40, 42
Jutro and sexual harassment at, 33–36
mismanagement and incompetence at, 23, 24–36
number of employees, 23
Office of Policy Analysis and Review, 26
refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena, 53
Trump budget reduction, 23–24
wasteful programs at, 24
Espinoza, Pedro, 175
executive privilege, 53, 54, 70–71, 131
Fall, Albert, 71, 72, 73
Fallon, Jimmy, 45
Fast and Furious scandal. See Operation Fast and Furious
Federal Budget, xii
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 50, 52, 55
Benghazi embassy attack and, 102
Chaffetz’s grandfather as agent for, 183
Clinton email investigation, 102, 137, 143, 153, 208, 212
Clinton getting preferential treatment, 160, 208
firing of Comey, 165
gravity of lying to, 189
IG report on bias and animus toward Trump at, 161–63
leaking by Comey and others to hurt Trump, 157, 163
misconduct in, 208
Pagliano deal with, 135–36, 137
Strzok-Page texts, 161–62
Trump “dossier” and, 157, 158
Trump-Russia collusion narrative, 157–58, 160
Federalist 51, 209
Federal Records Act, 161
Federal Reserve
bypassing Congress with, 11
CFPB funded by, 5
devaluing the dollar, 5
revenue generation by, 5
transparency lacking for, 5–7
Federal Vacancies Reform Act, 10
federal workforce, 185, 192–206
addressing rewards and incentives, 192–93
better model for, 201
Chaffetz’s bills on federal employee tax delinquency, 195–99
compensation of federal workers, 192
empowering of the IG and accountability, 206–8
example, union influence and VA bill, 203–4
getting rid of bad apples, ability to fire workers, 193–95, 204–5
limiting government size and, 208–9
Merit Systems Protection Board, 192, 194, 195, 200, 204–5
Office of Personnel Management, 200
reducing union influence, 203–6
restructuring benefits, 201–2
rewarding merit, 200–201
slowing the revolving door, 202–3
step increases and cash bonuses, 200–201
Trump executive orders to making firing easier, 193–94
union representation of, 192
Figueroa, Jesse, 61
Fishman, Alex, 159
Flynn, Michael
interviewed by Strzok, 162
Iran nuclear deal secrets and, 158
leaking to damage, 158
Founding Fathers, 43
Fox Business Network, 153
Fox News, 107, 137, 167
Clinton’s embassy redesign reported, 168
coverage of Fast and Furious, 75
Fox News Sunday, 186
O’Reilly’s interview with Obama, 85, 165
Wallace interview with Gowdy, 186–87
Wallace interview with Obama, 166
France, 112
Frank, Barney, 3
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), ix, 19–20, 101, 106, 132
combating the Deep State with, 210–12
legal basis for requests from, 133–34
need for digital record keeping, 214–15
OGR investigation and report, 211–12
redactions in documents, 133, 212–13
reforms of 2016, 210, 212
stonewalling requests, 211
Freeman, Jeremy, 101–5, 111, 115, 118–20, 126
Full Measure (TV program), 144
Geist, Mark “Oz,” 125
George, Russell, J., 82, 83
Giffords, Gabrielle, 67
GMMB advertising agency, 9
Gonzales, Alberto, 190
Goodlatte, Bob, 156, 161
Goolsbee, Austan, 77
Gorsuch, Anne, 53
Gorsuch, Neil, 53
Gosar, Paul, 90
Government Accountability Office (GAO), 127, 173, 198, 200, 208
Gowadia, Huban, 146–47
Gowdy, Trey, 75, 132, 135, 144, 148, 186–87, 208
call for second special counsel from, 161
Grant, Ulysses S., 91
Grassley, Charles E., 76, 144
investigation of Brian Terry murder, 60–61
Grendell, Richard, 167
Grindler, Gary, 61
Ham, Carter, ix, 100–102, 113, 121
Harding, Warren G., 73
Harris, Kamala, 165
Haspel, Gina, 167
Hensarling, Jeb, 7
Heritage Foundation, 91, 193, 200
Herridge, Catherine, 107
HIB visa program, 179–81
biggest employers of foreign workers, 180, 181
called indentured servitude, 180
hospitality industry and, 181
median wages as below American workers, 180
New York City Department of Education and, 180–81
Northeast Utilities layoffs and, 180
poorly paid restaurant workers and, 181–82
top fifty occupations for, 181
Hice, Jody, 90
Hicks, Gregory, 114–15
Hoggan, Kelly, 14
Holden, Mark, 78
Holder, Eric, 53, 124
in Clinton White House, 70–71
contempt for Congress, 74, 76
executive privilege and, 70–71
Fast and Furious scandal and, 60–61, 67, 69–71, 133
held in Contempt of Congress, 71, 74
Obama’s relationship with, 164
Holmstead, Jeff, 28
Horowitz, Michael, 161, 165
House Committee on Appropriations, 4
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (OGR), 161
Beale hearing, 24–25, 32–33
Benghazi investigation and hearings, 111–26, 135
Chaffetz and, 4, 18, 25, 32–33, 37–39, 48–50, 96, 118, 122, 131, 222
Clinton email server investigation, 135–37, 153
Cummings and, 33, 41–42, 50, 135, 136, 163–64, 189, 198–99, 205
Deep State stonewalling and, 210, 211
EPA hearings, 33, 37–42
“Examining Sexual Harassment and Gender Discrimination at the U.S. Department of Agriculture,” 147–49
Fast and Furious investigation and hearings, 66–67, 75, 153, 156
hearings on criminal aliens, 175
Hoggan hearing, 14
Holder held in Contempt by, 71
IGs concerns about lack of access to materials, 207
impact of Trump election on, 153
IRS investigation and hearings, 83–84, 85, 86, 165
Issa letter to ATF, 63
Judd testimony on border security, 170
Koskinen impeachment and, 92–93
Koskinen testimony, 86, 87
Lerner testimony, 83–84
Meiburg hearing, 41–42
Moure-Eraso testimony and lying to Congress, 156, 188–89
Mulvaney sitting on, 10
number of staff, 160
report on FOIA, 211–12
scripted calls to, asking for Trump investigation, 159–60
Secret Service misconduct investigation and hearings, 48–50
size of staff for, 143–44
s
ubpoena for Pagliano and, 135–37
“Transparency at TSA” hearing, 145–47
TSA investigation, 16–21, 134
votes Holder in Contempt, 71
Warren hearing, 4
whistleblower hotline, 143–44
Zapata murder investigation, 138–42
House Committee on Ways and Means, 83, 93
House Intelligence Committee, 161
House Judiciary Committee, 92, 93, 156, 161
hearing on sanctuary cities, 177
House Ways and Means Committee, 85, 87, 93, 165
Houston, Samuel, 219–22
Huffington Post, report on TSA scanners and cronyism, 15
Huizenga, Bill, 7
IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices), 16–17
immigration, 56–59, 63, 64–65, 169–84
asylum claims, 65, 176–77, 183
border states, burdens of, 174
catch-and release program, 171–72
corporate interests and illegal immigration, 179–82
criminals among illegal aliens, 174–75
Deep State and Obama holdovers, 169, 170, 172, 174, 178–79
drug smuggling, Southern border, 56–59, 63, 174, 177–78
H1B visa program, 179–81
human trafficking and, 66, 174
impact of misaligned rewards and penalties, 182–84
increase in arrests of, 177
increase in illegal entry March 2017 to March 2018, 171
legal, famous immigrants, 183
manpower on the border, 172–78
Mexican drug cartels and, 178
murders by criminal aliens, 175–76
National Guard sent to the border, 172, 173, 178
Obama’s policies, 169, 170, 172
percentage of inmates that are illegal aliens, 174
refusal to implement Trump’s policies, 169–70
sanctuary cities and states, 177–78
Trump executive order expanding focus of ICE, 176
zero-tolerance policy, 172
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 57
increase in illegal border crossings and, 171
murder of agent Jaime Zapata, 66, 138
release of criminal aliens, 175, 176
sanctuary cities and, 177–78
statistics, criminal illegals, 174–75
successful heroin trafficking arrests, Tulsa, Okla., 178
Trump executive order expanding focus of, 176
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), xi, xiii
bonuses for discredited employees, 84, 200
convictions for federal tax prosecutions, 78–79
cover-up and, 80
destruction of evidence at, 86–88
Federal Employee/Retiree Delinquency Initiative (FERDI) report, 197
groups arguing against taxation and, 79–80
identity theft from, 94
investigation by Congress, 165–66
investigations of, 85
Koskinen as commissioner, 84–87, 90, 93–94, 190
power of, 94
public opinion of, 78
scandal of weaponizing against conservatives, 76, 78–88, 165–66
TIGTA report, 82–84, 87
Iran nuclear deal, 158
Israel: classified secrets leaked to the NYT, 158–59
Issa, Darrell, 63, 71, 96, 97, 99
Jackson, Andrew, 219, 220, 222
Jarrett, Valerie, 163–64
Jefferson, Thomas, 89
Jobs, Steve, 183
Johnson, Jeh, 50
Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), 16
Jordan, Jim, 90
Judd, Brandon, 170, 171, 172–73
Judicial Watch, 134, 187
Jutro, Peter, 33–36
Kadzik, Peter, 88
Kane, Thomas, 86
Kennedy, Patrick, 115, 124
Kent, Muhtar, 183
Key, Francis Scott, 219–22
Khattala, Ahmed Abu, 107
Koch, Charles and David, 77, 222
Koch Industries, 77–78
Koskinen, John, 85, 86–87, 90, 93–94, 190
L3 Systems, 15
labor unions
Citizens United case and, 81
government employee unions, 20, 192–93, 194, 200, 203–6
influence in the VA bill, 203–4
NTEU, Chaffetz and, 205–6
Lago, Lenise, 148
Lamb, Charlene, 115, 124
leaking
of classified/sensitive information, 157–59, 163
disclosure of Chaffetz’s job application, 48–49
by FBI employees Strzok and Page, 162
number of anti-leaking investigations, 159
targeting Flynn, 158
of Trump “dossier” to CNN by Comey and Clapper, 157–58
whistleblowing vs., 159
Leopold, Jason, 211
Lerner, Carolyn, 146
Lerner, Lois, 83–89, 93–94, 200
Lew, Jack, 82, 83
Libya
Obama and allies, displacement of Qaddafi, 113
Odyssey Dawn offensive, 113
Reagan bombing of, 112
See also Benghazi, Libya; Tripoli, Libya
Louderbck, A. J., 177
Lowery, Ed, 49
Lynch, Loretta, 164
Lynch, Steve, 198
Machen, Ronald, 88
MacLean, Robert, 144–45
Madison, James, 209
Mak, Tim, 50
Manning, Thomas, 39–401
Margolis, Jim, 9
McCabe, Andrew, 162
McCarthy, Gina, 24, 29, 31, 33
Beale and, 24–33, 168
congressional testimony, 37–39
McCarthy, Kevin, 156
McGahn, Don, 155
McGinnis, John, 91
McMahon, William G., 62
McSally. Martha, 173–74
Meadows, Mark, 90
media
anti-Trump bias, 156, 158, 163, 164–65
fake news, 177
scrutiny of cabinet members, 168
See also leaking; specific newspapers and television stations
Meiburg, Stanley, 42
Meyer, Bob, 29
Migration Policy Institute, 174
Miller, Steven, 82, 84
Mills, Cheryl, x, 120, 126
Monaco, Lisa, 61
Moynihan, Patrick, 212–13
MSNBC, 145
Mueller, Robert
as special counsel, 161
Strzok as part of team, 162
Mulvaney, Mick, 10–12
Napolitano, Janet, 67
National Border Patrol Council, 170, 172
National ICE Council, 174
National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), 205–6
Newell, William, 55, 62
New York City, biggest employers of H1B foreign workers, 181
New York Times
“botched gun trafficking” characterization of ATF programs, 69
call for impeaching Gonzales, 190
classified secrets leaked to, 158–59
Koskinen statement, 94
report on using H1B visa holders to replace American workers, 180
selective coverage by, 75
Nieland, David, 46
Nordstrom, Eric, 99, 122–25
Northeast Utilities, 180
Nunberg, Sam, 137
Nunes, Devin, 78
Obama, Barack, 15, 45
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 81
banning of tip pooling, 181–82
Benghazi and, 96, 104
Chaffetz letter to, unanswered, 90
Deep State and, 64, 104
denial of any Clinton wrongdoing, 166
denial of IRS corruption, 165
DOJ’s relationship with, 164
Economic Recovery Board, 77
Fast and Furious scandal and, 54
faux outrage of, 83
FOIA reforms of 2016 and, 210
Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly interview, 85, 165
GMMB advertising agency and, 9
immigration policies, 169, 170, 171, 172
Iran nuclear deal, 158
Libya military offensive by, 113
relationship with IRS head Shulman, 85
as Senator, bill on federal employee tax delinquencies, 195–96, 197
weaponizing of federal agencies and, 80
Obama administration
Benghazi and, x, 95–96, 104–5, 126
concealing information, 69
Cummings talking to Jarrett and, 163–64
Deep State and, xiv, 210
EPA and, 23
Fast and Furious scandal and, 63, 69, 70
Flynn seen as threat to, 158
illegal immigration and, 65–66
misconduct in the Forest Service and, 148–49
misuse of IRS and, 81
Open Government Directive, 216
rewriting of 1961 Interstate Wire Act, 191
Trump’s vs., 156–68
See also Holder, Eric; Lerner, Lois
Office of Inspector General, 159
Clinton email investigation report, 206
criminal referrals by, 207–8
empowering the IG, 206–8
Fast and Furious report, 165
number of staff, 208
OLC opinion restriction access to information, 207
reporting on bias and animus toward Trump, 161–63
Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), 191–92
limiting IGs’ authority, 207
rewriting of 1961 Interstate Wire Act, 191
Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 10, 137–38
uniform classification needed at, 215–17
Ogilvie, George, 47
O’Hara, Floyd, 42
Operation Fast and Furious, 54–62, 69, 144
cover-up and, 59–62
Deep State tactics for avoiding document requests, 132–33, 156, 187
inspector general’s report on, 69–70
murder of Brian Terry, 59–62, 66
murder of Jaime Zapata, 66, 138
OGR investigation of, 66–67, 75, 153, 156
OIG report shown to Obama’s White House, 165
Turk’s testimony and, 138–42
opioid crisis, 177–78
O’Reilly, Bill, 85, 165
Page, Lisa, 161–62
Pagliano, Bryan, 135–37, 154, 155, 156
Palmer, Gary, 90
Panetta, Leon, 102
Papua New Guinea
Chaffetz trip to, 126–29
Port Moresby, 127–28
U.S. Embassy in Port Moresby, 126, 127–28
Paramore, Faron, 49
Paronto, Kris “Tonto,” 125
Paul, Ron
attempt to stop Rapiscan purchases, 15
“Audit the Fed” bill, 5–7
PBS NewsHour, 149