Peter Schweizer

Peter Schweizer is the President of Government Accountability Institute and a best-selling author. From 2008-2009 he was a consultant to the Office of Presidential Speechwriting in the White House. He has also served as a member of the Ultraterrorism Study Group at the U.S. governmentโ€™s Sandia National Laboratory and is a former consultant to NBC News. His books have been translated into eleven languages and include several New York Times or Washington Post bestsellers.

His newest book is Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win.

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Peterโ€™s book,ย Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friendsย was #1 on theย New York Timesย best-sellerโ€™s list.

His previous book Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How Foreign Governments and Businesses made Bill and Hillary Rich became a New York Times best-seller and spurred independent reporting by multiple mainstream media outlets.

Peter is the author of the book Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets. Both Extortion and his previous book, Throw Them All Out were New York Times best-sellers and were featured on CBSโ€™s 60 Minutes

His other nonfiction books include Reaganโ€™s War (Doubleday, 2002), which the Washington Post praised as โ€œA fascinating, well-written, useful and important look at one of the three or four most important American political leaders of the 20th century. No serious assessment of the 40th president of the United States can ignore the central importance of anti-communism in his career; after Schweizer none will.

โ€ The Los Angeles Times called it โ€œA rousing and compelling case that Reaganโ€™s personal and political odysseyโ€ฆwas central to bringing down the โ€˜evil empire.โ€ He is also the co-author of The Bushes: Portrait of a Dynasty (Doubleday, 2004), which the New York Times called โ€œFascinatingโ€ฆProvides illuminating insights into the internal dynamics of the Bush family dynasty.โ€ The New York Post declared โ€œIf you want to know as fully as can be told the story of how the Bushes rose from Midwestern obscurity to equal the records of families like the Roosevelts, the Kennedys, and the Adamsesโ€”this is the book.โ€

Other nonfiction works includeย Architects of Ruinย (Harper, 2009)ย Victoryย (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994) ,ย Do As I Say (Not As I Do)ย (Doubleday, 2005) andย Makers and Takersย (Doubleday, 2008).

His academic books include Landmark Speeches of the American Conservative Movement (Texas A&M University Press, 2006) The Reagan Presidency: Assessing the Man and His Legacy (Rowman and Littlefield, 2005), and The Fall Of The Wall: Reassessing the Causes and Consequences of the End of the Cold War (Hoover Institution Press, 2000). He was also a contributor to Living in the Eighties (Oxford University Press, 2008)

His articles have appeared in Foreign AffairsThe New York TimesWall Street JournalWashington PostLos Angeles TimesNational Review, and elsewhere. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs.

Peter received his M.Phil. from Oxford University and his B.A. from George Washington University. He lives in Florida with his wife, Rhonda, and his children.

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