A Washington Post Notable Work of 2018

From two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning Washington Post national security reporter Greg Miller, the truth about Vladimir Putin’s covert attempt to destroy Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump win the presidency, its possible connections to the Trump campaign, Robert Mueller’s ensuing investigation of the president and those close to him, and the mystery of Trump’s steadfast allegiance to Putin.

“The clearest account yet of Russian meddling in the White House race.”—The Times

Now updated with new information on the Russiagate investigations.

It has been called the political crime of the century: a foreign government, led by a brutal authoritarian leader, secretly interfering with the American presidential election to help elect the candidate of its choice. Now Greg Miller investigates the truth about the Kremlin’s covert attempt to destroy Hillary Clinton and help Donald Trump win the presidency, subsequent attempts to cover up evidence, Robert Mueller’s investigation, and Trump’s mystifying deference to Vladimir Putin.

Based on hundreds of interviews and confidential documents, The Apprentice offers striking information about what happened in the shadows—and why while Trump may have ended up in the Oval Office, the real victor was Russia.