“NO ONE QUOTED IN THE BOOK HAS REFUTED ANYTHING, NO ONE THAT WAS QUOTED HAS CLAIMED DEFAMATION, I CAN’T SPEAK TO THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S INTENTIONS, MY OATH AND MY LOYALTY IS TO THE CONSTITUTION AND THE COUNTRY.”; “ I SPOKE WITH POMPEO, MEADOWS, AND PELOSI. ALL AGREED THAT WE NEEDED TO CALM THE CHINESE DUE TO THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT’S ERRATIC BEHAVIOR.”