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 I'm tempted to read Cassidy Hutchinson, but I have a policy of not buying or reading such "tell alls" when I think the person could have come out sooner and done more. And most of it will come out anyways. It's not like she is a writer with something to say. Making a book in her situation is just the obvious thing to do. 

Has anyone read it? 
 @134318c2 I’ve heard her interview with Maddow. A must listen on the podcast. Here’s the deal with Hutchinson.

1. Republican then and now.
2. 25 years old at the time
3. No money or family resources; Relied on corrupt Trump lawyer until she figured out it was not in her best interest to do so and somehow found good pro bono representation.
4. Was THE FIRST high level Trump official to break omertà under oath.
5. Received death threats for doing this, basically in hiding since then 
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when I was in my teens and twenties I'd look for such books in the library. Eventually, I concluded it was pointless; they don't usually reveal anything genuinely new or surprising; they just try to spin already-revealed events to suit their particular agenda.