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October Surprises -- Loyalty and Honest Loyalty -- Lifting the Cloud -- "I faced great pressure ..." -- "This is the worst thing that ever happened to me." -- Patriots Plaza -- "Do you think Putin will ... become my new best friend?" -- " ... this dumb meeting which your father insisted on" -- "I would love to speak, I would love to ..." -- The $15,000 Ostrich Jacket -- "Being Patriotic" -- Doing a Frank Pentangeli -- Flipping Rick Gates -- "Cut the bullshit, Bob" -- "Michael Avenatti's Presidential Campaign -- "A TOTAL WITCH HUNT!!!" -- "Truth Isn't Truth" -- "There's tears in your eyes" -- Friends in High Places -- There's nothing ambiguous about crosshairs -- " ... the immense burden the process imposed on the President and his Office" -- "Thank you to my new friend Rudy Giuliani for your ..." -- Fraud Guaranteed -- "Ultimate Conclusions" -- "Talk to Rudy, Talk to Rudy" -- "I would like you to do us a favor though" -- "The Times Have Found Us" -- "It reads like a classic organized crime shakedown . . ." -- "the deep disappointment and dismay I have felt as these events have unfolded" -- Two Kinds of Pizza -- "I refuse to be part of an effort to legitimize an alternate narrative . . ." -- " ... in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America . . ." -- "Speaker Pelosi wanted leverage . . ." -- "Moral courage is a rarer commodity than bravery . . ." -- "A lot of people forget Abe Lincoln."