Peter Schweizer: Washington Corrupt Practices Act Needed to Drain the Swamp

Legislation mandating disclosure of financial ties between immediate family members of elected government officials and foreign governments — provisionally titled the Washington Corrupt Practices Act — would help combat foreign-procured political influence and corruption within America, determined Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute, senior contributor at Breitbart News, and author of Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends. Schweizer elaborated on his Wednesday-published New York Times opinion editorial in a same-day interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight with host Rebecca Mansour and special guest host and Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen.-- More...