ties with Walter Mondale, 217–218, 225
U.S. Senate, 220–221, 224–231
voting record, 224, 228
Klobuchar, Jim, 216–217, 223
KPC Global, 44
Krein, Howard, 68, 69–71
Krein, Steven, 68, 69–70, 71
Kuwata, Kam, 28–29
LaCasce, Steward, 191
Langford, Carol, 21–22
Lautenberg, Frank, 115
Legge, Charles, 18
legislative corruption, 12
Leopold family, 194
Leung, Samuel, 242–243
Li, Jonathan, 55
Li, Ming, 58
liberals vs. progressives, 6
Long, Huey P., 5
Los Angeles politics
Chinese-controlled real estate companies, 243–245
description, 233–234, 236, 237, 247
Executive Vice Mayor, 238
Los Angeles Fire Department, 245–246
See also Garcetti, Eric
Los Angeles Times newspaper
Daughters of Charity sale, 42
Herbalife and Kamala Harris, 39
Majidi, Majid, 144, 146
Majority Trust events, 203, 204
Mann, Bruce
bankruptcy law professor, 136
foreclosed property flipping, 129–130
husband of Elizabeth Warren, 127
net worth, 137–138
Sushil Tyagi legal document, 144, 147
Martin, Dan, 159
Martinez, Glenn, 245–246
Mavericks in Education Florida LLC, 84–89
Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles nonprofit, 238, 239–242, 244, 245
Mazzocchi, Nicholas, 106–107
mbloom partnership, 63–64
McCain, John, 200
McLean, Nancy, 221
media
coverage of Cory Booker, 93, 94, 97, 102, 104, 106, 111–112
Daughters of Charity sale, 42
Herbalife and Kamala Harris, 39
Mavericks charter schools, 86–87
news as sporting event, 8
political contributions giving access, 72
priest child abuse, 25, 30
public works fraud by Ricardo Ramirez, 35
Trump Vortex, 8–9
Willie Brown and Kamala Harris, 19, 20, 35
See also New York Times
Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, 184
Mercury Public Affairs lobbying firm, 118, 119–121
Miller, Jody Greenstone, 141
Miller, Michael, 161
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (film), 123, 125
Mondale, Bill, 220
Mondale, Ted, 220
Mondale, Walter, 217–218, 220, 225
Moore, Michael, 124
Morrisseau, Dennis, 178
Muller, Philip, 19–20
Muñiz, Margarita, 106
New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC), 100
New York Times newspaper
best-selling author Bernie Sanders, 200
charter schools for investment cash flows, 100
corporate bankruptcy to avoid liability, 131
Cory Booker living in tent, 97
on film The Song of the Sparrows, 145
Patrick Ho calling Hunter Biden, 59
public vs. private Elizabeth Warren, 143
search warrant on Jose Huizar, 244
staff revolt at Sanders nonprofit, 213
Trump focus, 9
Newark Charter School Fund nonprofit, 101, 117–118
Newark Now nonprofit, 95–96, 97, 100–101, 104, 105–106, 109, 113
Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corporation, 107–108
news. See media
Newsom, Gavin, 22, 23, 240
nonprofits
Accelerator for America, 238–239
American People’s Historical Society, 211
behested payments to Garcetti nonprofits, 239–242
Biden Cancer Initiative, 76
Burlington College as, 193
Citizens for Health, 165–166
Consumers for Dental Choice, 166–167
Daughters of Charity Health System, 40–45
Foundation for Newark’s Future, 113–114
Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, 238, 239–242, 244, 245
Medical Center Hospital of Vermont, 184
Newark Charter School Fund, 101, 117–118
Newark Now, 95–96, 97, 100–101, 104, 105–106, 109, 113
Our Revolution, 212–213
PENewark, 113
Sanders Institute, 211–212
set up by Bernie Sanders, 211–213
set up by Charlie Brown, 165–167
set up by Cory Booker, 95–96, 97, 100–101, 104, 105–106, 109, 113–114, 117–118
set up by Eric Garcetti, 238–242, 244, 245
Vermont Patent and Trademark Depository Library, 211
Novatus Holdings, 63
Nuru, Mohammed, 22–23
Obama, Barack
appointing advisor Elizabeth Warren, 142, 149
Asia Pivot strategic shift, 60
charter school stimulus, 84
dietary supplement investigations, 38–39
federal grants to Mavericks schools, 88, 89
Health Datapalooza, 71
Henniges purchase by BHR, 57
Kamala Harris shared history, 13–14
Latin American policy via Joe Biden, 80–81, 82–83
OPIC loans, 75–76, 82, 83
Ukraine aid, 62
vice president Joe Biden, 47, 49, 50, 54–72, 75, 79–83, 84
White House meeting for StartUp Health, 68–69
White House meeting with Eric Garcetti, 236
White House meeting with Frank Biden, 82, 88
Occupy Wall Street movement, 124–125
Old Towne Media LLC, 210–211
Oldaker, Biden & Belair firm, 52–53
Oldaker, William, 52
OPIC. See Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Oprah Winfrey Foundation, 96–97
organized labor support of Sherrod Brown, 157, 159, 170–176
Orwell, George, 250
Our Revolution (B. Sanders), 201
Our Revolution nonprofit, 212–213
Outsider in the White House (B. Sanders), 201
Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Costa Rica loan, 82
Hynansky loan, 75–76
Jamaica loan, 83
Paquette, Eric, 233
PartyGaming company, 53
Patterson, Thomas E., 8
PENewark nonprofit, 113
pension funds
Butch Lewis Act (introduced 2017), 174–175
defrauded by Burnham, 66–68
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 174
union pension fund crises, 173–175
Petters, Tom, 220–224
Petters Group Worldwide, 220–224
Phildelphia Inquirer newspaper on political contributions, 72
Piscitelli, Joey, 28
Podesta, John, 1
Pohlad family, 226
Pomerleau, Tony
Bernie Sanders alliance with, 185, 196
Bernie Sanders attacking, 182, 184–185, 186
Burlington College venture, 185, 195–196
power inequality
bending the law as corruption, 11
good stewardship of power, 7
progressive policies increasing, 6
Washington’s different set of rules, 4–5
See also corruption
Price, Curren, 244
Prime Healthcare Services, 41–45
progressives as focus on corruption, 5–7
Promise Me, Dad (Joe Biden), 80–81
Prozan, Rebecca, 19, 23
publicity as corruption, 12
Raab, Scott, 112
Rakishev, Kenges, 63, 64
Ramirez, Ricardo, 34–35<
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RDJ Strategic Advisors, 237, 238, 239
Reid, Harry, 139–140, 149
Renne, Louise, 27
Resurrection (Tolstoy), 156
Rice, Ronald, Sr., 101
Rich, Marc, 1
Richter, David, 73
Rockefeller, Nelson, 181
Rodberg, Mark, 84
Rosemont Real Estate GP, 58
Rosemont Realty, 57–59
Rosemont Seneca Partners, 54, 55–56
Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners, 65
Russian oligarch and Devon Archer, 63
Russoniello, Joseph, 26–27
Ryan, Fred, 9
Ryan, John, 171
Ryu, David, 244
St. Ignatius College Preparatory, 26
Salahuddin, Ronald, 106–107
San Francisco
Back on Track drug offender program, 35–37
district attorney’s office, 18–24, 27–30
Ethics Commission, 21
mayor Willie Brown, 17–18, 19, 33, 37
priest child abuse scandal, 24–30
See also Harris, Kamala
San Francisco Chronicle newspaper
Daughters of Charity sale, 42
public works fraud by Ricardo Ramirez, 35
Willie Brown and Kamala Harris, 19, 20, 35
San Francisco League of Urban Gardeners (SLUG), 22–23
Sandberg, Sheryl, 117
Sanders, Bernie
books, 200–202
Burlington mayor, 177, 182–187
Burlington real estate development, 183, 184–186
campaign big-dollar donors, 203–206, 208, 209
campaign donation irregularities, 208–211
campaign staff tax avoidance, 188
Cuba ties, 192
defense contractors, 186–187, 206–208
description, 177–179
Elizabeth Warren’s rise versus, 125
“I Don’t Believe in Charity,” 184
income, 187, 188–191, 194–195, 198, 200–203
life history, 179–181
media buys, 189–190, 210–211, 213
nonprofits launched by, 211–213
political aspirations, 181–182
Senate Budget Committee, 194
U.S. Senate, 187–190, 200–208
Sanders, Eli and Dorothy (Glassberg), 179
Sanders, Jane (Driscoll)
Burlington College president, 185, 191–200
Cuba ties, 191–193
income, 179, 187, 188–190, 193, 194–195, 197, 198, 201, 210–211
Mayor’s Youth Office director, 183, 185
Sanders Institute, 211
wife of Bernie Sanders, 182, 203
Sanders & Driscoll LLC, 188–189
Sanders Institute nonprofit, 211–212
Schmidt, Eric, 114
Schultz, Connie, 156, 158
Schumer, Chuck, 149, 224
Schwartz, Matthew, 67–68
Schweizer, Peter, 55, 61
scrutiny of political figures lacking scrutiny, 7–8
Secret Empires (Schweizer), 55, 61
Seglem, Brett, 198–200
Sempra Energy, 40
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), 42–45
sexual abuse of children, 14, 24–30
Shaughnessy, Colleen, 160–161
Simons, Rick, 28
Simpson Thacher law firm, 1–2
Sino-Ocean Group (previously Sino-Ocean Land), 58–59
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom law firm, 95
Smith, Michele, 72
The Social Network (film), 113
Soliman, Michael, 118, 121
The Song of Sparrows (film), 144–145, 146
The Speech (B. Sanders), 201
Spohn, Richard B., 45
Stark, Willie (character, All the King’s Men), 2–3, 5
Star-Ledger (Newark) newspaper
Booker as James, The Sequel, 104
Jerramiah Healy’s administration, 116
Newark Now donors, 106
StartUp Health firm, 68–71
Stoakes, Unity, 68–70
Street Fight (film), 99
Stretch, Colin, 117
Summers, Larry, 123–124
Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP), 28, 30
Svitavsky, Jon, 184
Swankin & Turner law firm, 164–165, 166, 167
sweetheart deals as corruption, 10
Taurani, Kumar and Ramesh, 144
Terrazas, Ralph, 246
Terrell, Louisa, 117
Thornton Group, 56
Tolstoy, Leo, 156
Trenk law firm. See Booker, Rabinowitz, Trenk, Lubetkin, et al.
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), 140–141, 152
Trumka, Richard, 152, 170
Trump, Donald, 8–9
Turner, James S., 165, 169
Turton, Jason, 77
Tusk, Bradley, 113–114
Tyagi, Amelia Warren
books coauthored with Elizabeth Warren, 137, 139, 144
Business Talent Group, 140–141, 143, 150–151
daughter of Elizabeth Warren, 126
Demos organization, 149, 152
wife of Sushil Tyagi, 143
Tyagi, Sushil, 143–148
Ukraine and Bidens, 60–62, 75–76
union pension fund crises, 173–175
union support of Sherrod Brown, 157, 159, 170–176
United (Booker), 94
United Healthcare Workers West (UHW), 40
Unites States Sugar Corporation, 90
Venable LLP law firm, 38, 39, 40
Vennes, Frank, 222
Vermont Patent and Trademark Depository Library nonprofit, 211
Vermont Woodworking School, 193–194
Veron, Jane, 45
Victor Valley Community Hospital (VVCH), 43–44
Vidovich, John, 246
Vilaseca, Armando, 192, 196
Villaraigosa, Antonio, 235
Vinson, Ron, 23
Wade, David, 65
Wakeland, Amy, 235
Walker, Charlie, 34
Warren, Elizabeth
2008 financial crisis, 138–140, 142, 152
“beer lover,” 147–148
books, 125, 129, 137, 139, 144
Cleary Gottlieb law firm, 128–129, 148, 154
consumer protection bureau, 142–143, 148, 149
corporate bankruptcy law consultant, 130–137
daughter’s husband, 143–148
daughter’s parallel path, 137, 139–141, 149–152
description, 123–124, 125–126
foreclosed property flipping, 129–130
life history, 126–129
Mashpee Wampanoag casino, 152–154
Native American ancestry, 127–128, 154
net worth, 137–138
U.S. Senate, 149–154
Wall Street reform, 124–126, 151–152
Warren, Robert Penn, 2–4, 5
Washington, DC, power inequality, 4–5, 6
Washington, George, 249
Washington Post newspaper Trump focus, 9
Watkins-Brashear, Linda, 107–108
Waywire social media company, 114–115, 116
Weaver, Jeff, 190, 213
Webster, Elnardo, 108
Weiner, Jeff, 114
West, Tony, 13
Where We Go from Here (B. Sanders), 201
Whitewater as pattern of corruption, 1
Williams, Montel, 18
Williamson, Craig S., 81
Winfrey, Oprah, 96–97, 112–113, 114
Woodward, Bob, 9
Wyatt, Lennie, 172
Yanukovych, Viktor, 61
Ye, Jianming, 59
Young, William G., 153
Zinner Consultants, 244–245
Zlochevsky, Mykola, 60–62
Zogby, James, 211–212
Zuckerberg, Mark, 112–114, 117
About the Author
PETER SCHWEIZER is the president of the Government Accountability Institute and the former William J. Casey Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is a number one New York Times bestselling author whose books have been translated into eleven languages.
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Also by Peter Schweizer
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Landmark Speeches of the American Conservative Movement (with Wynton Hall)
The Reagan Presidency: Assessing the Man and His Legacy (with Paul Kengor)
Do as I Say (Not as I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy
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