Summary of Peter Schweizer's Profiles in Corruption

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The Clintons’ corruptions began to snowball as they gained power in Washington. They used their public office for personal gain, and ignored conflict of interest guidelines. Their donations to the Clinton Foundation plummeted following Hillary Clinton’s loss in the 2016 election.
#2 All the King’s Men is a study in how politicians can wrap their public acts in the glory of the public good, while actually leveraging power for themselves. The Boss is the perfect example of the crusading politician who says he wants to change the system, but ultimately crusades for his own advancement and that of those close to him.
#3 The larger divide in America today is not between those with and without wealth, but between those with and without political power. And it is this power inequality that is the most dangerous.
#4 Progressives have positioned themselves as more concerned with pursuing their goals than exploring the problems that come with misuse of that power. They have rarely been concerned about the abuse of power by others, and have instead focused on creating new opportunities for leverage and corruption.

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 26 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669365754
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Peter Schweizer's Profiles in Corruption
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Clintons’ corruptions began to snowball as they gained power in Washington. They used their public office for personal gain, and ignored conflict of interest guidelines. Their donations to the Clinton Foundation plummeted following Hillary Clinton’s loss in the 2016 election.

#2

All the King’s Men is a study in how politicians can wrap their public acts in the glory of the public good, while actually leveraging power for themselves. The Boss is the perfect example of the crusading politician who says he wants to change the system, but ultimately crusades for his own advancement and that of those close to him.

#3

The larger divide in America today is not between those with and without wealth, but between those with and without political power. And it is this power inequality that is the most dangerous.

#4

Progressives have positioned themselves as more concerned with pursuing their goals than exploring the problems that come with misuse of that power. They have rarely been concerned about the abuse of power by others, and have instead focused on creating new opportunities for leverage and corruption.

#5

The media’s obsession with Trump creates the false impression that no other prominent politicians have done anything remotely unethical. Meanwhile, the media has largely ignored how some of America’s most prominent politicians have leveraged their connections for personal benefit.

#6

There are four groups of people who benefit from political corruption: family, friends, donors, and machine patrons. The methods used to corrupt politicians fall into specific categories: sweetheart deals involving family members and friends, income generation via political power, and bending the law.

#7

There are many ways for a politician to abuse their power, and the most common is by using their position to shake down donors with the threat of punitive laws, or by passing new rules or laws that benefit those closest to them.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

California attorney general Kamala Harris is widely admired in progressive circles as the female Obama. She has worked hard to cultivate a celebrity mystique while fiercely guarding her privacy.

#2

Kamala Devi Harris, the future president, was born to Donald Harris, a Marxist economist who taught at Stanford University, and Dr. Shyamala Gopalan, a Brahmin research scientist who worked in the field of breast cancer. Her parents were divorced when she was five, and her mother’s family had a defining influence on her childhood.

#3

Kamala Harris’s entrée into the corridors of political power largely began with a date in 1994. She met Willie Brown, who at the time was the second-most-powerful man in California politics. He would later become mayor of San Francisco.

#4

After the election, Brown and Harris split up. Harris began dating television talk show host Montel Williams, and Brown began helping her rise in politics.

#5

In 2003, Kamala Harris announced her intention to challenge Tom Hallinan for the position of San Francisco district attorney. She was dramatically outraising him, and her funding came largely from the elite of San Francisco who were close to Willie Brown.

#6

Harris, the city attorney, was fined $34,000 after she blew past the financial cap in her campaign. She also received donations from individuals with matters before her office, which raised ethical questions.

#7

As San Francisco district attorney, Kamala Harris had immense discretion in handling legal cases. She would often decide which cases to prosecute and which not to. This was particularly true in highly public and politically sensitive cases.

#8

Harris’s handling of the priest abuse scandal in San Francisco raises many questions. While she was district attorney there, she failed to prosecute a single case of priest abuse, and her office hid vital records on abuses that had occurred.