1. David Norman Bossie was born on November 1,1965 and is an American political activist.
19 Facts About David Bossie
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Since 2000, he has been president and chairman of conservative advocacy group Citizens United and in 2016, Bossie was the deputy campaign manager to the Donald Trump presidential campaign.
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Subsequently, David Bossie had a falling-out with the Trump campaign and administration in May 2019 after Axios reported that David Bossie had been accused by the Internal Revenue Service of defrauding political donors by funneling their donations to himself through consultants and book sales.
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In 1992, David Bossie joined Citizens United as a researcher, during which time Citizens United produced many films promoting Republican perspectives and talking points.
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Later in the 1990s, David Bossie had a troubled turn as congressional investigator.
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David Bossie was hired by the chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform and new Oversight in 1997 as chief investigator to look into possible campaign finance abuses by US President Bill Clinton.
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David Bossie has written several books attacking Democratic rivals, including John Kerry, Bill Clinton, and Hillary Clinton, as well as a political memoir co-authored with Corey Lewandowski concerning Donald Trump's successful 2016 presidential campaign.
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In June 2018, David Bossie, a regular guest on Fox News programs, made a statement to a fellow guest which was an insult to African-Americans; he later apologized.
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David Bossie attended Towson State University and the University of Maryland, but dropped out before graduation.
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David Bossie was the youth director of Senator Bob Dole's 1988 presidential campaign.
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In September 2016, presidential candidate Donald Trump hired David Bossie to be his new deputy campaign manager.
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David Bossie had attended Trump's Election Night party, as had others who tested positive around the same time, such as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
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At this point, David Bossie dropped out of the recount effort.
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In February 2022, David Bossie "spearheaded" a Republican National Committee resolution to formally censure Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for their perceived disloyalty to Trump.
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David Bossie is the author of The Many Faces of John Kerry, a hostile look at the Democratic nominee in the 2004 United States presidential election, then-Senator John Kerry.
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David Bossie wrote Intelligence Failure, a book alleging that failings on the part of the national security apparatus during the Clinton administration led to the September 11,2001, terrorist attacks.
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David Bossie has been a volunteer firefighter there since 1998.
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David Bossie received the Ronald Reagan Award from the Conservative Political Action Conference in 1999.
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David Bossie was ranked number two in Politico's top 50 most influential people in American politics in 2015, tied with Charlie Spies.