From page one 84 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 march departure, i walk down to visit with molly and get a sense of the presidency plans. Usually, if mark went home before the president went to the residents, i would stay at my desk in case the president needed anything from art or me. But since mark had left early with such confidence, i thought perhaps the president was wrapping up for the evening and i would get to go home early to. When i walked into the outer oval, i saw that the president was meeting with general mike flynn, the former National Security adviser, who had pled guilty to lying to the fbi about his involvement with russian officials, getting a Cooperation Deal with special