Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jessie Jackson

FROM OUR EDITORS

The conservative publisher Regnery has produced yet another scathing biography of a major figure at the opposite end of the political spectrum: the Reverend Jesse Jackson. Biographer Ken Timmerman takes a critical look at the revered civil rights leader, questioning whether Jackson has been completely straightforward in his political and business dealings.

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In the first critical biography of Jesse Jackson, a reporter with more than two decades of experience claims Jackson has defrauded the federal government, details his shocking private life, and claims Jackson has lied about his relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

SYNOPSIS

Jesse Jackson is a modern day highway robber who uses cries of racism to steal from individuals, corporations, and government, to give to himself, says veteran investigative reporter Kenneth R. Timmerman.
Until now, however, no one has been brave enough to say it and diligent enough to prove it. But Ken Timmerman has cracked Jackson's machine, found Jackson cronies willing to break ranks, and uncovered a sordid tale of greed, ambition, and corruption from a self-proclaimed minister who has no qualms about poisoning American race relations for personal gain.

Shakedown reveals:
Jackson's massive defrauding of the federal government - and how both Republican and Democratic administrations have chosen to ignore it. Jackson's financial ties to Third World dictators - including Mohammar Qaddafi of Libya. Jackson's shocking private life - and his even more shocking public lies, including about his relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King

Other details must remain embargoed until publication, but one thing is for certain, Shakedown finally bursts the carefully constructed myths around Jesse Jackson and subject him to the critical scrutiny he's long deserved.

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