“Ha, King James Version. We’ll see about that,” muttered the former disc jockey as he flipped to a random page.

“Ah jeez, he’s doing that thing again,” sighed Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar as McConnell extended his arms in her direction, opening and closing his hands while staring unblinkingly.

"I’d forget everything I hold dear if it meant being freed of the image of my father squeezing the white-sand beach between his yellow-nailed grippers," said Stiegel's visibly shaken daughter.