Rachel Maddow's New Book on the Justice Department Examines Democracy
Rachel Maddow is working on a new book about the Justice Department
NEW YORK (AP) — After writing bestsellers about the military, the oil and gas industry and the state of democracy, Rachel Maddow is now working on a history of the Justice Department.
Crown, a division of Penguin Random House, announced Monday that “Department of Fate” will be published Nov. 10, one week after this year's midterm elections, and offer “both a diagnosis and a prescription for the American institution.”
“As goes DOJ, so goes the republic,” the liberal author, podcaster and MS Now host said in a statement issued through Crown. “What DOJ chooses to pursue — and what it lets go — can determine the boundaries of our political rights, our economy, and the fundamental question of whether the protections written into our Constitution are just words, or real life.”
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According to Crown, Maddow will trace “triumphs and misdeeds” over the department's 150-year history, from “the riotous chaos of the Red Scare” after World War I to “cabinet scandals that make Watergate look like Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” and the upending of a wide range of norms during the second administration of President Donald Trump.
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