In the Trump era, these books may bring some scandalous or even, titillating, perspectives, but nothing as damning as what we hear right out of the "horses mouth"--- so to say.  Conspiracy, collusion, obstruction/abuse of power, self-dealing---all out in the open, no books required.  

Michelle Goldberg, in today's NYTimes, provides a review of the book in discussion, and, at its core, the author brings no new, real information.  To the surprise of no one, Ivanka and Jared are spoiled rich kids who reached an adulthood made for each other and the Trump Administration's cast of characters. I avoid cliches like the plague, but "the apples do not fall far from the tree", could be a subtitle.

The Ivanka/Jared team seems to be charged with responsibilities vastly over their pay grade (even though they work for "free"), and the Kushner family bought a white elephant at 666 Park Ave and Jared has been scrambling to get a bail out. And, what are friends and networks for if not to help. Qatar, Bone Saw Prince, are just such new friends who may provide benefits.

The Democratic Party did not have strong options during the first two years, blocked in the House and Senate (cf. Devin Nunes et al). However, the resistance and the 2018 elections were not unimportant.

It was a victory of sorts to get a Special Prosecutor appointed and, then, not fired.  What will  come of the felonious and other wrongful conduct of the Trump inner orbit remains to be seen.

ScottW714: "The most famous book, 'Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House"', has had a lot of the claims discredited."

I'm not aware that much, if any, of its claims has since been debunked and / or discredited. I'll grant you that there were a lot of White House officials who were unhappy with or embarrassed by it. But the bottom line is that the book's still mostly gossip -- and gossip is, well, gossip. I tend to not have too much faith in gossip, regardless of how salacious and juicy it is.

Christopher Steele's dossier, on the other hand, is not gossip but actual raw intelligence gathered by a former MI6 operative who's a well-respected Russian affairs specialist. And it has since proven to have some serious legs, despite the efforts by the GOP right to discredit its author since it was first leaked in January 2017. About one-third of its contentions have been verified by investigators, and none of it has been debunked.

Between "Fire and Fury" and the Steele dossier, the latter has much more credence that the former, and its allegations are far more serious from the perspective of national security.

It's a days long sustained attack that, yes, is clearly intended to distract from the looming media hell about to descend on Trump.

Seriously

No peace offering needed because this is just me being me.  That is not to say that I don't find the McCain non-sense funny, I do.  But dang, I just don't remember TL being so damn agreeable.  I like arguing about things that I really don't care about.