LEE SMITH is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plot Against the President: The True Story of How Congressman Devin Nunes Uncovered the Biggest Political Scandal in U.S. History. His other books are The Permanent Coup: How Enemies Foreign and Domestic Targeted the American President, and The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations. A veteran journalist and regular contributor to Tablet Magazine, Smith lives with his wife and son in Charleston, S.C.