Commerce Department

Department of Cronyism: Inside Deals, Conflicts of Interest, and Chinese Connections

The latest investigative report from the Government Accountability Institute is a deep dive into the Commerce Department — it is a confluence of streams of money that fill a swamp of corruption and cronyism for insiders. The US Department of Commerce seldom grabs headlines or is the subject of stern congressionalrebukes. It does not find

Schweizer: Sanctions aimed at wealthy Russians raise questions if any have ties to Biden family

Peter Schweizer warns that the White House announcement it will go after the wealth and assets of some of the most powerful people in Russia raises questions if any have ties to Biden family. “It’s widely known among Russian scholars that many of these oligarchs actually hold some of Vladimir Putin‘s own assets that he owns

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Each week, co-hosts Peter Schweizer and Eric Eggers relentlessly expose crony capitalism and corruption in Washington, DC. These audio podcasts, still very new for GAI, will feature occasional guests, including former Rep. Jason Chaffetz and journalist Lee Smith, who are both Distinguished Fellows at GAI, and authors Mollie Hemingway and Alex Marlow, to name a

Hat Trick: Peter Schweizer’s ‘Red-Handed’ Officially #1 on NYT Bestseller List

Just one week after its release, Peter Schweizer’s Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win is sitting at the top of the New York Times bestseller list —a hat trick for Schweizer, whose previous titles ‘Profiles in Corruption’ and ‘Secret Empires’ also achieved #1 status. Schweizer says this investigation was the “scariest” of his long,

Throw Them All Out

Schweizer Mentioned for His Book “Throw Them All Out” And Its Contribution to STOCK ACT

Fox Business reported on charges leveled against members of Congress over insider trading and mentioned Peter Schweizer’s 2012 book that led to passage of the STOCK Act, which was supposed to stop this kind of behavior.  “The STOCK Act, enacted in 2012 with broad bipartisan support and signed by President Obama, was high profile at