"Fool's Gold" Blows Lid on Cali Corruption

The Drill Down with Peter Schweizer

Government Accountability Institute

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🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

If you think you know how bad things are in California, you don’t. If you think you know how corrupt the state’s leading politicians are, it’s worse than that. Sticky-fingered pols pushing woke policies have turned the Golden State into fool’s gold. That’s the title of a new book out March 11 by two investigative reporters—Susan Crabtree of RealClearPolitics, and the Government Accountability Institute’s own Jedd McFatter. Fool’s Gold: The Radicals, Con Artists, and Traitors Who Killed the California Dream and Now Threaten Us All exposes the shocking truth behind California’s fall from grace, and how progressives want to do it to the rest of the nation. The book exposes the corruption of California’s leading Democratic lights—Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Adam Schiff, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and former House speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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0:00.0	Research that resonates.
0:05.0	He's the president of the Government Accountability Institute, Peter Switzer.
0:09.0	Peter Schweitzer. Peter Schweitzer. Peter Schweitzer has spent many years.
0:15.0	In fact, probably done a more comprehensive job than anyone's ever done, chronicling the corruption by the powerful in Washington. Be very prescient Eric Eggers.
0:22.6	Join me right now is Government Accountability Institute Research Director, Eric Eggers.
0:27.6	We're going to take information that we've learned that people like Peter Schweitzer have uncovered,
0:31.6	and we're going to try to go further.
0:34.6	Great investigative reporting, Peter. You're the only one doing it.
0:37.6	Thank God.
0:38.5	Eric Eggers from the Government Accountability Institute and co-hosts of that great podcast,
0:43.4	The Drill Down with Peter Schweitzer.
0:45.7	This is The Drill Down with Peter Schweitzer.
0:49.2	Hi, this is Peter Schweitzer and welcome to The Drill Down.
0:52.6	Well, with Donald Trump dominating Washington, D.C.,
0:55.5	progressives are looking elsewhere for inspiration, and they're turning to the Golden State,
1:00.5	the state of California. But the problems with California are not just the progressive
1:05.9	failure of their policies. It's corruption. When we think of corruption, we usually think of places like
1:12.0	Louisiana and Chicago. We better start thinking about the Bay Area and Los Angeles. That's our subject
1:18.3	today, corruption in California. Eric Edgar, you're the co-host of this program. Thanks for being here.
1:24.2	And when was the last time you were in Cali? I was in California a little bit ago,
1:28.6	maybe a year ago, two years ago, and I wouldn't call my time there corrupt. I also feel like
1:33.6	a need to stand up for the reputation of Louisiana, who for some reason caught astray in your
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