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Jonathan Karl's Memoir Shows That Everyone Is 'Front Row At The Trump Show'

The ABC White House correspondent avoids bravado and knows better than to let insiders use his book to sound off about their enemies. But the obviousness of his account reveals an alarming truth.
<em>Front Row at the Trump Show</em>, by Jonathan Karl

White House memoirs generally fall into two categories: Me, I was there! and Hey, it wasn't my fault!

ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl's new book, Front Row at the Trump Show, is in the former.

Karl's book tells of how he first met Trump when he was working as a reporter: "I was a cub reporter for a New York tabloid. He was a flamboyant real estate developer with a scandalous personal life." (To quote Avril?")

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