Advocate

On History's Front Lines from Watergate to the Keating Five, Clinton Impeachment, and Benghazi

By: James Hamilton, David Ignatius - foreword

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall

For more than half a century, James Hamilton has been an active participant and an inside observer of some of the most consequential moments in modern US history. He has been involved in investigations concerning Watergate, the Kennedy assassination, "Debategate," the Keating Five, the Clinton impeachment, Vince Foster's suicide, the Valerie Plame affair, Benghazi, and the Major League Baseball steroids scandal.

Advocate discusses the travails of prominent politicians and other well-known individuals, focusing particularly on high-profile congressional and other investigations. Credited with developing the modern system for vetting Democratic vice-presidential candidates, Hamilton recounts his extensive vetting of vice-presidential, cabinet, and Supreme Court candidates-including Joe Biden, John Edwards, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Much more than a memoir from a seasoned lawyer, Advocate is a richly detailed history of some of the most sensational and controversial events in Washington politics over the past 50 years. By sharing information and insights known only to him, Hamilton fills in the gaps of historical events while advising the public on lessons that can be learned from the past. Anyone interested in the uniquely American intermingling of law and politics will find this an engaging book.

©2022 James Hamilton (P)2022 Tantor

Fascinating inside stories

The very definition of behind the scenes. One absorbing story after another. (And for what it’s worth, the reader sounds almost exactly like the author, whom I’ve heard speak — so it’s as if it’s being read by the author himself.)