Jonathan Swan
Australian journalist
31 stories
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Singed by his experience with staff he saw as ‘traitors’ in his first term, Trump harbored a suspicion and paranoia that could be set off by the flimsiest of accusations,
- Haberman and Swan write in Regime Change, which, like American Scoundrel, is brilliantly reportedForeign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/08…
To Trump, this was unforgivable,
- Haberman and Swan writeForeign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/08…
Trump would soon fill the senior ranks of the Justice Department with his most devoted loyalists—shattering the department’s post-Watergate history of independence and effectively turning the DoJ leadership into his personal law firm,
- Haberman and Swan writeForeign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/08…
The President’s true goal was to drag into court the New York attorney general who had won a nearly half-billion-dollar civil fraud judgment against him,
- Haberman and Swan writeForeign Policyforeignpolicy.com/2026/08…
Harp has carved out this role of being incredibly devoted to the president,
- Haberman, whose book with Jonathan Swan revealed details of Harp and Trump’s bond, said on CNN’s “The Source” ThursdayHuffPosthuffpost.com/entry/maggie…
She’s just totally devoted to him. In Oval Office meetings she sits on the chair at the side of the room with her laptop open,
- Swan saidForbes UKforbes.com/sites/saradorn…
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