Why read Disloyal?

Book cover of Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump

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A #1 New York Times Bestseller!

"I read it cover-to-cover. I did not intend to, but I started at the beginning and didn't put it down until it was over."-Rachel Maddow, MSNBC

This book almost didn't see the light of day as government officials tried to bar its publication.
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2 authors picked Disloyal as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Lawrence Grobel

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I didn’t think I’d read Michael Cohen’s book when it came out because I watched his Congressional testimony and believed what he had to say. But I picked it up on a trip and couldn’t put it down. I didn’t know about Cohen’s teenage connection to mobsters and how he got to understand the mind of the gangster, and how he was able to understand how Donald Trump thought and behaved like a Mob boss. It made perfect sense. “My insatiable desire to please Trump…that led to my ruination, was a Faustian bargain,” Cohen writes about his becoming Trump’s Roy…

From Lawrence's 3 favorite reads in 2025.

Gregg Barak

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Who better to tell the inside story about the racketeer-in-chief than Trump’s “fixer” Michael Cohen, who for 10 years would have taken a bullet for Donald? Attorney Cohen’s betrayal and insider account of his former Boss is the most informative for understanding Trump’s modus operandi of lawlessness, corruption, and greed.

It also explains how the fraudster-in-chief mafioso style grifted and colluded his way to the White House in 2017.

From Gregg's list on The best books to understand President Trump: fraudster, outlaw, racketeer-in-chief, and demagogic communicator.