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Enough Hardcover – September 26, 2023
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Cassidy Hutchinson’s desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington.
Ever since a childhood visit to Washington, DC, Cassidy Hutchinson aspired to serve her country in government. Raised in a working-class family with a military background, she was the first in her immediate family to graduate from college. Despite having no ties to Washington, Hutchinson landed a vital position at the center of the Trump White House.
Her life took a dramatic turn on January 6th, 2021, when, at twenty-four, she found herself in one of the most extraordinary and unprecedented calamities in modern political history.
Hutchinson was faced with a choice between loyalty to the Trump administration or loyalty to the country by revealing what she saw and heard in the attempt to overthrow a democratic election. She bravely came forward to become the pivotal witness in the House January 6 investigations, as her testimony transfixed and stunned the nation. In her memoir, Hutchinson reveals the struggle between the pressures she confronted to toe the party line and the demands of the oath she swore to defend American democracy.
Enough reaches far beyond the typical insider political account. It’s the saga of a woman whose fierce determination helped her overcome childhood challenges to get her dream job, only to face a crisis of conscience—one that more senior White House aides tried to evade—and, in the process, find her voice and herself. This is a portrait of how the courage of one person can change the course of history.
- Print length384 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSimon & Schuster
- Publication dateSeptember 26, 2023
- Dimensions6 x 1.8 x 9 inches
- ISBN-10166802828X
- ISBN-13978-1668028285
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“A subdued yet arresting presence emerging from a moment of national crisis.”
—The New York Times
"Hutchinson found her voice. Without it, we might not have known the extent of the criming in the White House as Trump attempted to desperately hold on to power."
—MSNBC
"A compelling and well-shaped narrative, more of a page-turner than any other Trump administration memoir I’ve read."
—Slate
“A gift to our country. . . it was almost angelic to see her with the confidence and the clarity of message, the clear patriotism . . . We thank her. We’re grateful to her.”
—NANCY PELOSI, US representative
“[Cassidy Hutchinson’s] superiors—men many years older—a number of them are hiding behind executive privilege, anonymity, and intimidation. But her bravery and patriotism . . . were awesome to behold. Little girls all across this great nation are seeing what it really means to love this country and what it really means to be a patriot.”
—LIZ CHENEY, former US representative
“Here [Cassidy Hutchinson] was, all by herself, twenty-five years old, in front of the whole country. In the scheme of things, she’s nobody. And yet such people can upend empires. She showed a lot more guts than the men of that White House.”
—PEGGY NOONAN, The Wall Street Journal
“Hutchinson was the perfect witness to testify to the dereliction of duty she observed in the final days of the Trump White House, a Trump believer turned reluctant informant. She was John Dean in a white blazer and diamond necklace, reciting a similarly damning cavalcade of facts. . . . An American heroine.”
—RUTH MARCUS, The Washington Post
“In this age of political cowardice and self-dealing, it can be easy to forget that public service is supposed to be a noble calling. . . . Cassidy Hutchinson reminded us what that looks like."
—MICHELLE COTTLE, The New York Times
“Few outside of Trump world had ever heard of Cassidy Hutchinson. But few who witnessed the young woman’s extraordinary two hours before the House select committee on January 6th will ever forget her.”
—DANA MILBANK, The Washington Post
“Courage can be inspirational, even across generations. Hutchinson realized that, like [Alexander] Butterfield, she had to tell the whole truth.”
—Salon
“Despite pressure, intimidation, and right-wing media attacks, Hutchinson stepped forward to do her duty and testify under oath. . . . She was the perfect witness—not prone to exaggeration or self-congratulation. Her vivid recollections, punctuated by memorable details such as her catatonic boss staring at his phone on his couch, provided a gripping account of the coup that Donald Trump and his senior officials attempted.”
—JENNIFER RUBIN, The Washington Post
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At her nationally televised hearing, she spoke with confidence, eloquence and exactitude as she revealed what she both saw, and did, as the Chief of Staff to the Trump Administration’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Meadows plucked her out of another administration job because she was so good at interacting with Members of Congress. Her new job with Meadows started in April of 2020; the presidential election was in November of 2020. You can see that she jumped into a boiling cauldron, which only got hotter, more intense, and more stressful—it boiled over on January 6. She was there watching from the very inside, from the most advantageous seat, because Meadows was at the very center of everything.
In her recently published book, “Enough,” she gives us the most vivid and well-scripted view of exactly what she saw and heard, and in many instances, what she did in those chaotic months leading up to the election, the January 6 riot, the Impeachment trial, and thereafter. We learn that she took many actions on her own initiative under and in accordance with the extensive authority Meadows gave her based on his total trust of her, and on the excellent results she regularly achieved for him, and for the President.
It is rare to get this level of a deep, microscopic view inside a presidential administration from someone placed so “inside.” The book is very well written, which we would assume based on her eloquent testimony at the Committee hearing. Her book is a good example of how good she was at her job. And there’s a terrific story she tells in the book as the events which surrounded and defined her unfold at speed and with serious impact on all concerned, especially her.
She gives us some background on her early life, mainly her deficient, uncaring father and his painful impact. Her mother was her rock of support. This private part of her life is her history, and it effectively highlights the courage and persistence she developed and exuded to get where she got… deep inside the White House at one of the very top positions, one which had her working there until midnight most nights.
Her relationship with Meadows is one of the most interesting components in the story. Trump depended on him a lot, and consequently, Meadows needed to depend on her a lot. He wanted her with him at all times, to be his “eyes and ears.” She filled that job requirement exceptionally well.
Meadows shared almost everything with her… until around October and November, when devious individuals were telling the President what he wanted to hear about the election, and planning, sometimes executing, plots and actions which now appear to be illegal. Some of this latter stuff Meadows kept from her—for what reason: protection, embarrassment, legal defense proactivity… ? Only Meadows can say why he kept the potentially illegal stuff away from her. But we will most likely not find out whatever those reasons were, and are, because Meadows refused, and continues to refuse, to speak to her as of their last day on the job, i.e., January 20, 2021, at 11:45 AM. For example, why was Meadows burning classified documents in his office fireplace?
She gives us another dimension of just who she is and how she got to this high-level government position. If you only saw and heard her during her January 6 Committee testimony, you would think that she is shy and demure and maybe lacks confidence. That is not so. Many incidents in the story reveal that when she was challenged exercising her authority under Meadows—it was mostly men who tried to challenge her—she pushed back, and hard. She easily verbalized her strength and authority and her position, and if that did not work, she used the levers of power available to her—she had an office next to Meadows, and was mere feet from the Oval Office. But right up to the last minute, she was dedicated to helping the President, and mainly helping Meadows do his job better and more effectively.
She finishes up with the legal circus she has been through. Her first attorney, funded by a Trump affiliate, was unsatisfactory in several respects (she could not afford to hire independent counsel). Through an inside referral, she interviewed attorneys with a law firm headquartered in Atlanta but with the D.C. outpost; they clicked immediately, and she had the team she needed to get through the January 6 Committee hearing, as well as whatever else followed. Their first action was to fire the original attorney, who seemed relieved to get off the case due to legal/ethical considerations.
This is a terrific, well-written book giving us a true insider view into our government in one of the most debilitating and disturbing episodes in the entire history of the United States. It also showcases a young woman, finding the courage and strength to withstand challenges which are off the Richter scale. One comes away from the book feeling glad to have read it, and happy for the author for getting through successfully.
Named for Jacqueline Kennedy (& her brother’s name is Jack) by her mother in recognition of a beautiful strong woman on the political stage, Hutchison has 9/11 & the patriotic flag-waving that followed as early memories. She’s deemed “likeable” & “approachable” & she gets pretty far with those traits. She enjoys history, is inspired by a visit to DC, and decides she wants to work in politics. She studies political science at a regional college in Virginia and successfully gets Capitol Hill summer internships every summer through sheer tenacity & long hours. She lands a job at the White House after graduation & loses her BF due to her long hours devoted to its occupant.
Her duties on Capitol Hill & eventually the WH make use of her networking & organizational skills - she has spreadsheets on legislators, their birthdays, families, gives tours, & hands out gifts in a job that seems more suited to an event planner; guys who are her peers get the substantive jobs.
At the WH, she is diligent at accomplishing whatever it takes to please her boss & his boss without thinking about what exactly they're doing. She puts on her pressed clothes every morning (the 45th hates badly dressed women) & smiles her way through the day & very late into the evening staying as her boss's stand in should the president need anything. The president's tantrums are just background noise as she photocopies, makes calls, books flights, & liaises with other branches.
What's important to readers and gives her credibility is the almost 24/7 access she had to the administration. As her boss's "eyes & ears," she had full access to the administration & traveled everywhere w/him (& usually the president) on Air Force One, Marine One for every kind of trip & witnessed speeches, rallies, natural disasters, fund-raisers firsthand. She knew the press and Secret Service agents. She prepared her boss for every meeting & wrote her private notes afterward. She followed her boss's lead on COVID (both to please the president & probably because she'd be raised to be skeptical of doctors/medicine) & contracted it herself which kept her at home for 2 weeks. She worried that "they" should be doing more when the president became seriously ill w/COVID & supported staff efforts to finally hospitalize him. She was genuinely sad at the death of the brilliant RBG, but dutiful tracked, tallied, & called on behalf of her successor's appointment. Through her eyes, we see how loosely documents were handled, meetings were held outside of protocol, and often, she - a 23 yr old "girl" was often the only gatekeeper.
It's not until the latter part of the 2020 presidential campaign that she starts to question whether she's working for "We, the People" or a man. She's loyal, but until then, she thought the office & the man had the same goals. After the election, she recognized the change from administration to a Stop The Steal agenda. Some of her colleagues resigned immediately after the election. She'd signed a contract to stay w/the administration to its conclusion so she did. She recounts January 6 in semi-horror as she keeps making phone calls to people she thinks can influence the president. She ultimately realizes there's a TrumpWorld and a real world.
This is written in clear language. Even if one doesn't follow politics (& I don't), it's easy to read. If this were fiction, the heroine would wake up to what's going on sooner, but it's not. Her epiphany comes when she's offered jobs in exchange for a TrumpWorld lawyer & "I can't recall" after Jan. 21. I didn't find her journey of equivocation interesting, but I kept reminding myself she's isolated, young, & hyper-aware that she's up against a war room of powerful men who could blackball her from ever working again or worse, send her to jail. What turns out to be her guiding star is Bob Woodward's book about Alexander Butterfield - the Nixon aide who confirmed the existence of the WH taping system to the Congressional investigating Committee for Watergate. She saw parallels, gathered her courage, & testified her full knowledge. She also testified to the Grand Jury in Georgia.
Highly recommend for an insider view of the 45th administration by someone idealistic enough to do as she was told until she couldn't.
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It is difficult to foretell her future. She has taken a colossal risk. The dangers of the Trump World vengeance have surfaced in so many cases where the man has been challenged, criticized, or accused of misconduct. With his volatile, devoted following, it’s difficult to predict the wide-reaching harm he might do if he, once again, occupies the Oval Office. Cassidy Hutchinson’s personal warning is just one of many.
This young lady journey from an ideals-driven work-ethics life-pattern to a growing concern over not only what she was seeing unfold but, much more acutely, her role in it and her realisation of the disparity between behaviours of people she admired and loved to those ideals she wanted to be able to look at "in the mirror" and confirm she still felt a loyalty to made for a page-turner I couldn't put down.
There were other heroes in the book: Alyssa and Sam, and of course, the man who became her guidepost, her anchor: Alexander Butterfield. But, in her quiet, understated way, Cassidy is my hero.
I thoroughly admire Ms. Hutchinson's candor and willingness to show us all - regardless of nationality - that regardless of what direction your professional life may take, if you allow your moral code to inform decisions and, if necessary, course-correct, the mirror will never be your enemy.