Editor’s note: This is the second of a three-part series based on a WND interview with investigative reporter Peter Schweizer about his new book “Secret Empires: How Our Politicians Hide Corruption and Enrich Their Families and Friends,” which shows how lawmakers, on a massive scale, are avoiding scrutiny through “corruption by proxy,” using family and friends as “middlemen.” In part one, he explains why he now believes term limits for federal lawmakers are justified. In part two, he explains how the corruption of American politicians has helped prop up North Korea’s rogue regime. In part three, he talks about President Obama’s astonishing “smash and grab” scheme and warns of pitfalls President Trump faces through his family members in the White House and through his global real estate empire, which now is managed by his sons.
‘Secret empire’ exposed as Trump confronts nuclear threat
By Art Moore, WND
As President Trump angles for a meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un to confront the rogue communist regime’s nuclear threat, the role of neighboring China looms large.
It’s China, according to many political analysts, that has kept Pyongyang’s communist government on life support and, therefore, holds a key to forcing Kim to shut down his nuclear weapons program.
One deal that has particularly benefited Pyongyang is a joint venture with the state-owned Chinese conglomerate Wanxiang to mine copper in the Paektu Mountains, near the China border.
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