What amazing timing…Kerry Picket of the Washington Times shows the affect we are having in Washington: In the same week that the New York City Police Department moved in on Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters along with the city’s sanitation department, Hoover Institution fellow Peter Schweizer rocked Capitol Hill with his new book “Throw Them […]
The Australian files this report today, penned by Nico Hines, the Washington correspondent. It starts: WHILE the financial crisis rages around them, leading US politicians are accused of making millions of dollars through loopholes in insider-trading laws and lucrative land deals assisted by government funding. Members of congress, who are worth more than $US2 billion […]
A profile of the book, me, and the findings, by Peter Boyer. It starts: In the Spring of 2010, a bespectacled, middle-aged policy wonk named Peter Schweizer fired up his laptop and began a months-long odyssey into a forbidding maze of public databases, hunting for the financial secrets ofWashington’s most powerful politicians. Schweizer had been […]
Be sure to read the great follow-up reporting from Newsweek on how Congresswoman Pelosi and her husband got those IPO shares. It was all part of an effort by Newsweek to court Pelosi. Clearly this was all about who she was as a politician. They got special treatment. This is wrong. The story is here. A teaser: […]
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While you can look for the book on your bookseller’s shelves on Tuesday the 15th, or purchase in advance online via the “Book Buying” tab at throwthemalloutbook.com, you can tune to CBS on Sunday for 60 Minutes for a feature on Peter, the book and its subject matter. Additionally, check news stands on Monday the […]
We are pleased to announce the upcoming release of Peter Schweizer’s newest book, Throw Them All Out: How politicians and their friends get rich off insider stock tips, land deals, and cronyism that would send the rest of us to jail. You can read more about it and see more of what Peter has to […]