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An absorbing, novelistic, and powerfully affecting work of history and investigative journalism that tracks the unraveling of American democracy. In American Oligarchs, award-winning investigative journalist Andrea Bernstein tells the story of the Trump and Kushner families like never before. Building on her landmark reporting for the acclaimed podcast Trump, Inc. and The New Yorker, Bernstein brings to light new information about the families’ arrival as immigrants to America, their paths to success, and the business and personal lives of the president and his closest family members. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and more than one hundred thousand pages of documents, American Oligarchs details how the Trump and Kushner dynasties encouraged and profited from a system of corruption, dark money, and influence trading, and reveals the historical turning points and decisions?on taxation, regulation, white-collar crime, and campaign finance laws?that have brought us to where we are today. A new afterword examines how the two families’ transactional politics left America particularly vulnerable to the crises of 2020.

This multigenerational saga follows two families, tracing their rise from immigrant origins to immense wealth and influence while highlighting the unraveling of American democracy. Award-winning journalist Andrea Bernstein explores the intertwined histories of the Trump and Kushner families, revealing a narrative filled with survival, loss, crime, and betrayal. Their journey spans from the Klondike Gold Rush and Nazi-occupied Poland to modern America, illustrating the growing nationalism and inequality that threaten the nation's democratic foundations. Building on her investigative work for the podcast Trump, Inc. and The New Yorker, Bernstein uncovers new insights into the families' immigrant roots, their ascent to power, and the complexities of their personal and business lives. She details how they exploited New York and New Jersey politics for tax benefits and profited from federal programs meant for the middle class. Bernstein also highlights the Trump Organization's reliance on dubious international financing and reveals shocking details about Charles Kushner's manipulative tactics. Through over two hundred interviews and extensive documentation, she illustrates how the Trumps and Kushners navigated legal boundaries, leveraging secrecy and power to evade accountability, ultimately contributing to a system rife with corruption and influence trading that has shaped contemporary America.