New Form of Massive D.C. Corruption Exposed
Over a decade of uncovering corruption in Washington – including politicians’ insider trading and their use of Mafia-like tactics to enrich themselves – Peter Schweizer’s investigative reporting has prompted reforms on Capitol Hill.
But after exposing a new form of corruption in which lawmakers have figured out how to squirm between legal lines, he’s now favoring a simple solution.
“I used to not like term limits, but I’ve come around to it, precisely because of the corruption component,” Schweizer told WND in an interview.
His bipartisan probe details, as examples, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s and his wife Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao’s close relationship with China, which, as WND reported, has coincided with a doubling of their net worth. Among many others, he spotlights the secretive multi-billion-dollar deals with state-connected Chinese firms that “American princelings” – the son of Vice President Joe Biden and stepson of Secretary of State John Kerry – were making while the Obama administration was negotiating sensitive issues with the Chinese government . . .
“I think the longer you are in Washington, it’s very hard to resist these temptations,” he said. “There are some that do, but I think the longer you are there, the odds increase pretty dramatically that you will succumb to some sort of ethical temptation, because that’s the nature of power. (Read more from “New Form of Massive D.C. Corruption Exposed” HERE)
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