honestly ive looked at all the theories and none of them properly explain to me why he would write a book he knew perfectly well he would go broke because of and yet somehow refuse to testify during the impeachment trial.


like he could have hit the lecture circuit after either one of those and ended up with a haliburton no-show board seat and been worth low 9 figures by now, so its not a financial thing.


and the legal costs of fighting for its release is absolutely going to be ruinous in the short term so wtf.