{"product_id":"book-eczw","title":"American Kompromat","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kompromat\u003c\/i\u003e n.—Russian for \"compromising information\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is a story about the dirty secrets of the most powerful people in the     world—including Donald Trump.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is based on exclusive interviews with dozens of high-level     sources—intelligence officers in the CIA, FBI, and the KGB, thousands of     pages of FBI investigations, police investigations, and news articles in     English, Russian, and Ukrainian. \u003ci\u003eAmerican Kompromat\u003c\/i\u003e shows     that from Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, kompromat was used in operations far     more sinister than the public could ever imagine.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Among them, the book addresses what may be the single most     important unanswered question of the entire Trump era: Is Donald Trump     a Russian asset?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The answer, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Kompromat\u003c\/i\u003e says, is yes, and it supports that     conclusion backs with the first richly detailed narrative on how the KGB     allegedly first “spotted” Trump as a potential asset, how they cultivated     him as an asset, arranged his first trip to Moscow, and pumped him full of     KGB talking points that were published in three of America’s most     prestigious newspapers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmong its many revelations, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Kompromat\u003c\/i\u003e reports for the first     time that:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• \u003cb\u003eAccording to Yuri Shvets, a          former major in the KGB\u003c\/b\u003e, Trump first did business          over forty years ago with a Manhattan electronics store co-owned by a          Soviet émigré who Shvets believes was working with the KGB. Trump’s          decision to do business there triggered protocols through which the          Soviet spy agency began efforts to cultivate Trump as an asset, thus          launching a decades-long “relationship” of mutual benefit to Russia          and Trump, from real estate to real power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Trump’s invitation to          Moscow in 1987 was billed as a preliminary scouting trip for a hotel,          but according to Shvets, was actually initiated by a high-level KGB          official, General Ivan Gromakov. These sorts of trips were usually          arranged for ‘deep development,’ recruitment, or for a meeting with          the KGB handlers, even if the potential asset was unaware of it. .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Before Trump’s first trip          to Moscow, he met with Natalia Dubinina, who worked at the United          Nations library in a vital position usually reserved as a cover for KGB          operatives.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnd many more...","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49326728675632,"sku":"BDeczw","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/410895-eczw-Square.jpg?v=1733656415","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-eczw","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}