Summary of Dana Milbank's The Destructionists

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Sample Book Insights:

#1 The first shot in the Republican Party’s war on truth was fired at Fort Marcy, near Washington, D. C. , in 1993. It was the suicide of Deputy White House Counsel Vince Foster, who had been battered in the press for his role in various penny-ante scandals of the Clinton presidency.

#2 The evidence against Foster was so overwhelming that even his death could not save him. Republicans continued to investigate, and concluded that Foster had committed suicide.

#3 For years, there have been conspiracy theories surrounding Foster’s death. But with the rise of right-wing media, these theories were promoted by wealthy interests within the Republican Party and accepted by high-ranking officials.

#4 Right-wing media critic Reed Irvine and a British writer had claimed that the Oklahoma City bombing was a botched FBI plot, and that Foster was murdered because of the Clintons’ financial dealings.