• Masters of Corruption

  • How the Federal Bureaucracy Sabotaged the Trump Presidency
  • By: Mark Moyar
  • Narrated by: John Pruden
  • Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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Masters of Corruption

By: Mark Moyar
Narrated by: John Pruden
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This book tells a remarkable true story of bureaucratic assassination during the Trump presidency, revealing in vivid detail how career federal employees thwarted President Trumps efforts to drain the swamp.

Mark Moyar, a senior political appointee at the US Agency for International Development, discovered evidence of corruption involving five career bureaucrats and reported it to agency officials in 2018. Senior bureaucrats orchestrated a sophisticated retaliatory plot, which began when a Special Operations general fraudulently accused Moyar of divulging classified information, and ended with the termination of Moyar's employment.

The bureau that Moyar had been on track to lead, with an annual budget exceeding $300 million, fell into the hands of one of his bureaucratic assassins. The leading perpetrator of the corruption exposed by Moyar subsequently escaped punishment by transferring to another federal agency.

A multi-agency cover-up followed. Moyar sought help from three Offices of the Inspector General—the government's main bulwarks against whistleblower retaliation—but all three conducted flimsy investigations that absolved the bureaucracy. When Senator Charles Grassley demanded that agency officials fill the gaps in the governments story, he was met with lies and evasions.

This suspense-filled drama provides an insider's view of the federal bureaucracy's corruption, its weaponization of bureaucratic procedures, and its failures to protect employees from retaliation. In telling his story, Moyar reveals how future administrations can drain the swamp and draws a roadmap for the restoration of integrity to the United States government.

©2024 Mark Moyar (P)2024 Mark Moyar

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Truth based on truth…wonderful to see.

Explains in detail the things we don’t see and the cabal within our own government that fights for themselves and not for our country. Loved it and appreciated the wins, losses and the reflections on both.

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And there's the deep state...

Always when you hear overarching statements and sweeping condemnations, you want to see how it really happens. This book shows you how it really happens. It somehow makes bureaucratic machinations riveting, suspenseful and emotionally charged, making it difficult to put down. But, the biggest contribution is to disprove the mainstream media's take on the deep state (i.e. it's not real, but if it is, it's good), showing that actually, their subversion of democracy is pretty mundane - pretty simple to pull off really...not a far-fetched conspiracy theory at all. Where we go from here, I do not know, but this book shows where we are.

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Inside Look at Fighting Federal Corruption

Mark's book is an intriguing look into the federal bureaucracy during the Trump presidency. The book explores the administrative state, revealing how entrenched bureaucrats, often Democrats, wield significant influence.

While civil servants appear to be selfless public servants, Mark's story uncovers a different reality. He details how career federal employees thwarted Trump’s efforts to "drain the swamp." Mark turns potentially dry content—like clearance processes and legal proceedings—into an engaging narrative.

I highly recommend this book for individuals wanting to understand the inner workings of the federal bureaucracy, the challenges of combating entrenched corruption, and the complexities of whistleblower retaliation.

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