Mexican Government Denies “Reconquista” Intentions -- Schweizer Responds

The Drill Down with Peter Schweizer

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🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In the week since The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon. debuted atop the bestseller lists, Mexico’s president and ambassador to the US have tried to dismiss the book’s findings about Mexican consulates interfering in US domestic politics, waving off multiple quotes from numerous Mexican politicians and consular officials themselves. In a statement released by her office, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said, “I categorically deny any involvement or attempt by Mexico to interfere in the internal affairs of the United States.” Schweizer has already been asked to testify at a Senate hearing in March on several of The Invisible Coup’s most eye-popping revelations. On the most recent episode of The Drill Down, Schweizer responds to the Mexican government’s denials.

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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, in fact, probably
0:16.0	done a more comprehensive job than anyone's ever done, chronicling the corruption by the powerful in Washington. The 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. Thank God.
0:38.6	Eric Eggers from the Government Accountability Institute and co-hosts of that great podcast, The Drilled Down with Peter Schweitzer.
0:45.7	This is The Drill Down with Peter Schweitzer.
0:50.1	Hi, this is Peter Schweitzer and welcome to The Drilldown with co-host Eric Eggers.
1:02.8	So got a new book out and it's nice when one president talks about it, but we actually have two that are now talking about the invisible coup.
1:05.3	What are they talking about and what are the issues at hand?
1:09.2	We're going to talk about that today with Eric Eggers, the co-host of this program.
1:10.1	Eric, how are you?
1:16.9	Peter, I'm well. It was an honor to be with you down in South Florida, where we celebrated the launch of your book, number one on the New York Times bestseller list. And as you noted,
1:22.8	not just President Trump is tweeting about it, but you've got the president of Mexico asking and
1:28.9	answering questions about it. And then you, as you typically do, because you're so humble and
1:34.2	understated, you've been invited just kind of casually, no big deal, to go and kind of brief the
1:39.4	United States Senate about the findings in your book as well. Yeah, there's a lot going on. But if people
1:43.9	want to know the pecking order of how things work well. Yeah, there's a lot going on, but if people want to know
1:44.3	the pecking order of how things work at GAI, we had a wonderful book party down in Palm Beach.
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