CONGRESS ON RED ALERT FOR 60 MINUTES

EXPOSÉ OF D.C. CORRUPTION

Members of Congress and their staffs are on red alert tonight for a CBS 60 Minutes investigation by veteran CBS reporter Steve Kroft and Government Accountability Institute (GAI) President and Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer exposing how lawmakers convert campaign donations into lavish lifestyle upgrades for themselves and their family members.

Sources say top CBS executives thought the report was so explosive that they made it the show’s lead story and delayed airing it for another week in order to capture tonight’s much larger NFL-viewing audience. The report features selected revelations from Schweizer’s forthcoming book, Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets.

“I’m under a publisher embargo right now and can’t say much,” Schweizer told Breitbart News. “But suffice it to say, President Obama and some members of Washington’s Permanent Political Class are not going to like what we uncovered and the kinds of personal enrichment and self-dealing exposed in Extortion.”

If you read Schweizer's Throw Them All Out, you will know that he exposes corrupt politicians of all stripes. Speaker John Boehner included. (If the episode is available on video or other feed, we'll post an updated link for any who miss it on Sunday evening.)

UPDATE Oct-21: Go here for access to video.

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