That September, St. Martin's Press announced they had acquired the rights to publish a book written by McCabe.

[8] In the book, McCabe accuses President Donald Trump of acting like a mob boss and for the "strain of insanity" he has created in the United States government.

[9] After the firing, McCabe became acting director of the FBI, and describes in the book steps he took to ensure the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 elections could continue even if he was fired, eventually leading to the Special Counsel investigation.

[8] McCabe said that Trump and White House Counsel Don McGahn offered him protection in return for his personal loyalty.

[10] The memoir states that Trump said of Venezuela that "That’s the country we should be going to war with, they have all that oil and they’re right on our back door.”[11]