Peter Franz Schweizer was born on November 24,1964 and is an American political consultant and writer.
11 Facts About Peter Schweizer
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Peter Schweizer is the president of the Government Accountability Institute, senior editor-at-large of far-right media organization Breitbart News, and a former fellow at the conservative Hoover Institution.
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Peter Schweizer graduated from Kentridge High School in Kent, Washington in 1983.
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Peter Schweizer then attended George Washington University and, subsequently, graduate school at St Cross College of Oxford University on YAF scholarships.
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Peter Schweizer was on YAF staff starting 1993 and edited its magazine.
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Peter Schweizer co-authored a National Review article with Denton's son, James, "Murdering SDI", about the suspicious deaths of several European officials who supported the Strategic Defense Initiative.
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Peter Schweizer co-authored two novels, published in 1997 and 2005, with former Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger.
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Peter Schweizer is a member of the Research Advisory Council of the James Madison Institute, a free-market think tank headquartered in Tallahassee, Florida.
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Peter Schweizer has been criticized for reporting inaccuracies and for making conclusions not supported by facts.
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Two Sunday Times reporters following up on his reporting in his second book, Friendly Spies, discovered that meetings described by Peter Schweizer did not check out, that named sources did not exist or could not be found, and that there was no Paris Sheraton Hotel during the time period when the meetings allegedly took place.
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Peter Schweizer admitted he overreached in attacking Hillary Clinton's purported role in approving a Russian uranium deal and falsely claimed that then-Secretary of State Clinton "had veto power" to stop the Russian State Atomic Nuclear Agency from purchasing Uranium One.