Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour.

I'm a lot of nervous tonight too.

I have to say, this is a big night.

Let me just start right in.

This is who is going to be our guest tonight.

And this is from page 184 of the book.

On the evening of December 18th,

Mark Meadows, my boss, chief of staff,

returned from a meeting in the Oval Office

and abruptly asked if I could tell his detail

he wanted to go home as if there was an emergency there.

His detail quickly prepared his limo

and he left campus without further explanation.

Shortly after Mark's departure,

I walked down to visit with Molly

and get a sense of the president's evening plans.

Usually if Mark went home

before the president went to the residence,

I would stay at my desk

in case the president needed anything from Mark or me.

But since Mark had left early with such confidence,

I thought perhaps the president was wrapping up

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