5 Points On The Conservative Author Dishing Clinton Dirt To NYT and Fox News [View all]

[DonViejo]

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Here are some details, some lesser known, about the author of “Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich.”

1. He's A Self-Styled Conservative Corruption-Buster

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2. He Had To Retract An Allegation Against A U.S. Senator

His 2011 book wasn't an entirely clean shot. In fact, Schweizer later had to acknowledge and retract a substantial allegation against Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).

Schweizer had suggested that Whitehouse gained inside trading info from top executive branch officials during a private session amid the 2007 financial crisis before going on to sell a mass of stock just before its value plummeted.

But an article in the The Providence Journal, flagged by Media Matters on Monday, fisked Schweizer's account and revealed that Whitehouse been absent from the committee that met with the officials. What's more, Schweizer failed to report on publicly available information that could have informed Whitehouse on when to sell is stock.

Schweizer later said he had misfired and would not have taken a swipe at Whitehouse if he had had the facts right.

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3. He Once Warned That Disney Is Turning America Gay

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In passages of the book reviewed by TPM, Schweizer argued that Disney World had become ground-zero for gay infiltration. Among the betrayals of Mickey Mouse, and traditional America, were rampant "gay activism," cases of gay employees receiving health benefits, and park performers dressing in drag. He also included an appendix titled, "Disney's Pedophile Problem."

An excerpt, describing one "cross dressing Minnie Mouse":

“Minnie Mouse is one of the most popular characters at Disney World. But inside that costume is one of the Magic Kingdom’s most bizarre secrets. At the new Disney, Minnie Mouse is often a man. ‘Because the costume is so small, the Mickey Mouse character is played by a girl since it usually only fits on a girl,’ says Spencer Craig, who worked at Disney World for almost twenty-five years.

Schweizer wrote with some urgency about the "gay subculture that is today blossoming at Disney."

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4. He Also Co-Wrote A Book About Iranian Terror And Nukes

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5. His Institute Is Funded By The Kochs And Company

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From Crooks and Liars:

Of the total $2.2 million received in 2012, $2 million came from the Franklin Center, the Koch-funded "watchdog" organization. Perhaps coincidentally, the Franklin Center also received a $2 million contribution in 2012 from Donors' Capital, the sister organization to Donors' Trust.

Next is the Mercer Family Foundation, headed up by the eponymous hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer. As Crooks and Liars noted, Mercer's main targets are usually congressmen trying to roll back the power of Wall Street. Mother Jones reported that Mercer is currently the top bankroller for Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) presidential campaign.

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