Glenn Simpson

Peter Fritsch

Crime in Progress is the best procedural yet written about the discovery of Trump's Russia ties.

Crime in Progress is a masterclass in how Washington works.

I've read all the books on this subject - this is the one you want to read ... I feel fairly steeped in this matter and I learned something on every page.

Rachel Maddow, Host of  the Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC

Crimes In Progress is the most convincing case you are likely to read that the US president is an asset of the Russian government [and] sheds important light on the least likely president in American history.

You don't need to read John le Carré or Tom Clancy to find espionage thrills in Washington these days, turn over any stone in the Beltway's secret world and you'll observe the seething mass of conspiracy and subterfuge beneath ... Take Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch, hard-bitten old newspaper hacks, muck-raking types, who have become central characters in a quite terrifying international spy thriller.

An entertaining and readable account, with eye-popping anecdotes, of alleged collusion and the failure of the US media to expose it.

Crime in Progress untangles one of the great mysteries of the Trump era - the full story of the Steele dossier - and provides a fascinating insight into the investigatory mind at work. It's an indispensable guide to the Russia scandals - and a reminder of the redemptive power of facts over lies.

The Secret History of the Trump-Russia Investigation

** THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** 
 
Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch were the first to uncover Trump's disturbing ties to the Kremlin and the crimes that have since plagued his presidency. Working with British former MI6 agent and Russia expert Christopher Steele, they produced the notorious dossier which disclosed that the Trump team was deeply compromised by a hostile foreign power bent on disrupting the West and influencing the US presidential election. 
 
In Crime in Progress, the authors chronicle their high-stakes investigation and desperate efforts to warn both the American and British governments, the FBI and the media - no matter the cost. When the dossier finally exploded onto the world stage after a leak, it led to the Mueller report and disrupted Trump's secret planned rapprochement with Putin's Russia. After years on his trail, the authors' inescapable conclusion is that Trump is an asset of the Russian government, whether he knows it or not. A real-life political thriller with the makings of a modern classic, Crime in Progress is the definitive story of the pursuit of the truth about Trump and one of the greatest betrayals in American history.

Glenn Simpson

Praise for Crime in Progress

Crime in Progress is the best procedural yet written about the discovery of Trump's Russia ties.

Crime in Progress is a masterclass in how Washington works.

I've read all the books on this subject - this is the one you want to read ... I feel fairly steeped in this matter and I learned something on every page.

Crime in Progress is the best procedural yet written about the discovery of Trump's Russia ties.

Crime in Progress is a masterclass in how Washington works.

I've read all the books on this subject - this is the one you want to read ... I feel fairly steeped in this matter and I learned something on every page.

Crime in Progress is the best procedural yet written about the discovery of Trump's Russia ties.

Crime in Progress is a masterclass in how Washington works.

I've read all the books on this subject - this is the one you want to read ... I feel fairly steeped in this matter and I learned something on every page.

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