to the reporting and to the information contained in the book. and that s ultimately how i think it should rise or fall. you don t think when you work with republican politicians that that in any way, undercuts your claim to independence as a journalist? well i work with republican politicians in the past as a speechwriter primarily. but, no i don t think it undermines it. i think i ve been transparent about that and in book i explain my sense about what s going on here. to be fair you ve been digging into jeb bush s finances. that s not going to result in a book i understand but what motivated you to do that? you did work with his brother when he was president. the motivation here again, is looking at wealth accumulation by elected officials. in the case of jeb bush you don t have the global reach that you have with the clintons don t have the same timeline. it does not appear that it s going to constitute a book. but we re looking at land deals and an airport deal and looking
i think it s hard for any author to nail it. and i think one of the strategies that the clinton camp has deployed is to set this bar for me as an author which is impossible for any author to meet. look it s about follow the money. one of the oldest stories in politics. and when you re talking about this story, you re talking about a unique situation flows of lots of money, and timing. the really troubling things about bill s speeches the apparent correlation between his fees and hillary s decisions went she was secretary of state. let me ask you this in your last two books, you went after both political parties and got a lot of favorable press. this book about the author doesn t mention that you have worked with george w. bush s white house that you have worked with sarah palin, does says you worked for the conservative think tank the hoover institution, you have also written for breitbart.com. so the question emerges, what are you? are you a journalist? i m a conservative and i
and when i say conservative i don t think i am a republican. in my books, i have gone after republicans. i have become increasingly skeptical over the years of politicians who become wealthy while in public office. the clintons i think represent a unique example of that. the fact they ve taken in some $130 million in bill s post-presidential years. this arrangement you had with her as secretary of state and him taking in large sums of money from foreign interest. we ve never been there before. my fear with this is that this could become a model for other politicians. and i think you raise important questions, but you do describe yourself as a conservative journalist who has worked for conservative politicians, so can you how there would be skepticism among liberals and those in the media that you are pursuing an agenda? no. i think what people should do is look at the facts. my skepticism and conservatism springs from a skepticism about centralized political power. i m a libertaria
information contained in the book. and that s ultimately how i think it should rise or fall. you don t think when you work with republican politicians that that in any way, undercuts your claim to independence as a journalist? well i work with republican politicians in the past as a speechwriter primarily. but, no i don t think it undermines it. i think i ve been transparent about that and in book i explain my sense about what s going on here. to be fair you ve been digging into jeb bush s finances. that s not going to result in a book i understand but whahat motivated you to do that? you did work with his brother when he was president. the motivation here again, is looking at wealth accumulation by elected officials. in the case of jeb bush you don t have the global reach that you have with the clintons don t have the same timeline. it does not appear that it s going to constitute a book. but we re looking at land deals and an airport deal and looking at other issues. the bott
to the reporting and to the information contained in the book. and that s ultimately how i think it should rise or fall. you don t think when you work with republican politicians that that in any way, undercuts your claim to independence as a journalist? well i work with republican politicians in the past as a speechwriter primarily. but, no i don t think it undermines it. i think i ve been transparent about that and in book i explain my sense about what s going on here. to be fair you ve been digging into jeb bush s finances. that s not going to result in a book i understand but what motivated you to do that? you did work with his brother when he was president. the motivation here again, is looking at wealth accumulation by elected officials. in the case of jeb bush you don t have the global reach that you have with the clintons don t have the same timeline. it does not appear that it s going to constitute a book. but we re looking at land deals and an airport deal and looking