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'''Jerome Robert Corsi''' (born August 31, 1946) is an American conspiracy theorist and author.<ref>] (2010). "The roots of Anti-Obama rhetoric", in Cunnigen, Donald; Marino A. Bruce (ed.) ''Race in the Age of Obama (Research in Race and Ethnic Relations, Volume 16)'', ], pp. 301–319 {{ISSN|0195-7449}} {{ISBN|978-0-85724-167-2}} {{doi|10.1108/S0195-7449(2010)0000016015}} "Then there were books by well-known conspiracy theorists such as Jerome R. Corsi, author of ''The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality (2008)''."</ref><ref>Redmond, Sean. . ''Celebrity Studies'' Volume 1, Issue 1 pp. 81–95. Routledge 2010. "...&nbsp;Jerome Corsi the legitimacy of Obama's birth certificate conspiracy theorist promoting the story."</ref> His two ], '']'' (2004) and '']'' (2008), attacked ] presidential candidates and have been criticized by opposition.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/08/16/democrats_say_corsi_book_full_of_lies/ |title=Democrats say Corsi book full of lies |work=] |date=August 16, 2008 |first=Alex |last=Brandon |access-date=April 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/corsis_dull_hatchet.html |title=Corsi's Dull Hatchet |first=Joe |last=Miller |date=September 15, 2008 |publisher=] |work=] |access-date=April 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511104251/http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/corsis_dull_hatchet.html |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/14/AR2008081403057.html |newspaper=] |title=Obama Faces The Smear Machine |first=Eugene |last=Robinson |author-link=Eugene Robinson (journalist) |date=August 15, 2008 |access-date=April 20, 2011}}</ref>


In other books and columns for ] to ] websites such as '']'' and '']'', Corsi has discussed ], such as the alleged plans for a ] government; the "]" claims that President ] is not a ];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2011/04/28/the-biggest-birther-loser-jerome-corsi/|title=The Biggest Birther Loser: Jerome Corsi|newspaper=The Baltimore Sun|date=April 28, 2011|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-date=May 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503063532/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-04-28/entertainment/bal-the-biggest-birther-loser-jerome-corsi-20110428_1_birther-biggest-loser-bumper-stickers|url-status=live}}</ref> criticism of the United States government for allegedly covering up information about the ];<ref>{{cite news | first = Sarah | last = Wheaton | url = http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/anti-obama-author-on-911-conspiracy/ | title = Anti-Obama Author on 9/11 Conspiracy | work = ] | date = August 14, 2008 | access-date = April 20, 2011}}</ref> and alleged United States support of ] in its attempts to develop ]s.<ref name=annoying>{{cite news |first=John |last=Hawkins |title=The 20 Most Annoying People on the Right |url=http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18751 |newspaper=] |date=January 3, 2007 |access-date=April 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107102621/https://humanevents.com/article.php?id=18751|archive-date=January 7, 2007}}</ref><ref name="The amero conspiracy">{{cite news |title=The amero conspiracy | url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2007/11/25/the_amero_conspiracy/ |work=] |date=November 25, 2007 |first=Drake |last=Bennett |access-date=April 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Salon.com">{{cite news |first=Alex |last=Koppelman |title=U.S. to merge with Mexico and Canada? |url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/16/jerome_corsi/ |work=] |date=November 25, 2007 |access-date=April 20, 2011}}</ref>
'''Jerome Robert Corsi''' (born August 31, 1946) is an American author, political commentator, and ].<ref>] (2010). "The roots of Anti-Obama rhetoric", in Cunnigen, Donald; Marino A. Bruce (ed.) ''Race in the Age of Obama (Research in Race and Ethnic Relations, Volume 16)'', ], pp.301–319 {{ISSN|0195-7449}} {{ISBN|978-0-85724-167-2}} {{doi|10.1108/S0195-7449(2010)0000016015}} "Then there were books by well-known conspiracy theorists such as Jerome R. Corsi, author of ''The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality (2008)''."</ref><ref>Redmond, Sean. . ''Celebrity Studies'' Volume 1, Issue 1 pp.81–95. Routledge 2010. "...&nbsp;Jerome Corsi the legitimacy of Obama's birth certificate conspiracy theorist promoting the story."</ref> His two ], '']'' (2004) and '']'' (2008), attacked ] presidential candidates and were criticized for including numerous inaccuracies.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/articles/2008/08/16/democrats_say_corsi_book_full_of_lies/ |title=Democrats say Corsi book full of lies |work=] |date=August 16, 2008 |first=Alex |last=Brandon |access-date=April 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/corsis_dull_hatchet.html |title=Corsi's Dull Hatchet |first=Joe |last=Miller |date=September 15, 2008 |publisher=] |work=] |access-date=April 20, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511104251/http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/corsis_dull_hatchet.html |archivedate=May 11, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/14/AR2008081403057.html |work=] |title=Obama Faces The Smear Machine |first=Eugene |last=Robinson |authorlink=Eugene Robinson (journalist) |date=August 15, 2008 |access-date=April 20, 2011}}</ref>


In 2017, he became the Washington, D.C., bureau chief for the conspiracy theory website '']'' but no longer works for the website.<ref name="gizmodo_1823439792">{{cite web |url=https://gizmodo.com/youtube-terminates-account-of-infowars-bureau-chief-1823439792 |title=YouTube Terminates Account of InfoWars Bureau Chief |first=Bryan |last=Menegus |date=March 2018 |access-date=November 12, 2018}}</ref><ref name="nbcnews.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/mueller-subpoenas-jerome-corsi-birther-ex-alex-jones-associate-n906756|title=Mueller subpoenas Jerome Corsi, birther and ex-Alex Jones associate|website=] |date=September 5, 2018 |access-date=November 12, 2018}}</ref>
In other books and columns for conservative sites such as '']'' and '']'', Corsi has discussed ], such as the alleged plans for a ], the theory that President ] ] a ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-04-28/entertainment/bal-the-biggest-birther-loser-jerome-corsi-20110428_1_birther-biggest-loser-bumper-stickers|title=The Biggest Birther Loser: Jerome Corsi|publisher=The Baltimore Sun|date=April 28, 2011}}</ref> criticism of the United States government for allegedly covering up information about the ],<ref>{{cite news | first = Sarah | last = Wheaton | url = http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/anti-obama-author-on-911-conspiracy/ | title = Anti-Obama Author on 9/11 Conspiracy | work = ] | date = August 14, 2008 | access-date = April 20, 2011}}</ref> and alleged United States support of ] in its attempts to develop ]s.<ref>{{cite news |first=John |last=Hawkins |title=The 20 Most Annoying People on the Right |url=http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18751 |publisher=] |date=January 3, 2007 |access-date=April 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name="The amero conspiracy">{{cite news |title=The amero conspiracy | url=http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2007/11/25/the_amero_conspiracy/ |work=] |date=November 25, 2007 |first=Drake |last=Bennett |access-date=April 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Salon.com">{{cite news |first=Alex |last=Koppelman |title=U.S. to merge with Mexico and Canada? |url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/16/jerome_corsi/ |publisher=] |date=November 25, 2007 |access-date=April 20, 2011}}</ref>


In 2018, Corsi was subpoenaed by the ] over his contacts with former ] adviser ] and foreknowledge of ] releases of stolen ]. Corsi claimed that he turned down a plea deal with ], and denied any such contacts or knowledge. Draft court documents released in November showed that he emailed Stone several times, updating him about impending WikiLeaks releases of stolen emails.
In 2017, he became the Washington, D.C. bureau chief for the conspiracy theory website '']'', but no longer works there.<ref name="nbcnews.com">https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/mueller-subpoenas-jerome-corsi-birther-ex-alex-jones-associate-n906756</ref>


In November 2019, Stone was convicted of lying to Congress and other charges. Stone had testified to Congress that ] was his WikiLeaks go-between, but prosecutors said this was a lie in order to protect Corsi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/470657-stone-verdict-guilty|title=Jury finds Stone guilty of lying to Congress|last=Mali|first=Meghashyam|date=2019-11-15|website=TheHill|language=en|access-date=2019-11-29}}</ref>
== Early life and education ==
Jerome Corsi was born in ] to Alice, ''née'' Hanlon, and Louis E. Corsi, a Democratic Party activist and a leader of the United Transportation Union.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2008/08/cleveland_native_jerome_corsi.html|title=Cleveland native Jerome Corsi whips up storm with 'Obama Nation'|publisher=Soylent Communications}}</ref> He graduated from ] in 1964. He graduated from ] in 1968. He received a PhD in ] from ] in 1972.<ref>{{cite news|last=Palermo|first=Joseph|title=Jerome Corsi's Shameless Hatchet Job on Barack Obama|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/jerome-corsis-shameless-h_b_116932.html|publisher=]|date=August 13, 2008}}</ref>


== Early life ==
Corsi has been married twice. His first marriage to Joy Dugan on May 8, 1970 ended in divorce. He married his second wife, Monica, in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nndb.com/people/244/000059067/ |title=Jerome Corsi |access-date=April 20, 2011 |work=] |publisher=Soylent Communications}}</ref> He currently lives in ].<ref>Garber, Phil. . Observer-Tribune, April 7, 2012.</ref><ref>Mulshine, Paul. , '']'', January 21, 2016. Accessed August 20, 2017. "The 69-year-old Corsi is a resident of Denville who has a Harvard Ph.D. - as well as a penchant for being pegged as a member of the lunatic fringe by the more sedate members of the political class."</ref>
Corsi was born in ], to Alice (Hanlon) Corsi and Louis E. Corsi, a Democratic Party activist and a leader of the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2008/08/cleveland_native_jerome_corsi.html|title=Cleveland native Jerome Corsi whips up storm with 'Obama Nation'|date=August 16, 2008|publisher=Soylent Communications}}</ref> He graduated from ] in 1964, and graduated from ] in 1968. He received a PhD in ] from ] in 1972.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2008/08/cleveland_native_jerome_corsi.html |title=Cleveland native Jerome Corsi whips up storm with 'Obama Nation' |date=August 16, 2008 |access-date=November 12, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Palermo|first=Joseph|title=Jerome Corsi's Shameless Hatchet Job on Barack Obama|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/jerome-corsis-shameless-h_b_116932.html|work=]|date=August 13, 2008}}</ref>

In 1972 Corsi published his doctoral dissertation, ''Prior Restraint, Prior Punishment, and Political Dissent: A Moral and Legal Evaluation'', which discussed the ] and ] protests in the context of government tolerance of "internal political activism."<ref>''Harvard Magazine'': August 28, 2008.</ref> His dissertation advisor was ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/18/roger-stones-and-jerome-corsis-time-in-the-barrel|title=Roger Stone's and Jerome Corsi's Time in the Barrel|last=Toobin|first=Jeffrey|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2019-02-11|access-date=2019-02-11|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}</ref>


== Career == == Career ==
Corsi began to work in banking and finance in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|title="Jerome R. Corsi" Biography|website=Amazon |access-date=May 31, 2011|url=https://www.amazon.com/Jerome-R.-Corsi/e/B001HOHAGU/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1306239640&sr=1-1}}</ref> In 1995 he helped launch a ] to invest in formerly communist ] after the ], which eventually lost $1.2 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=1200000|start_year=1995}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}), much of it from a group of about 20 ] investors.<ref name="Failed">{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/08/20/failed_venture_follows_anti_obama_author/ |title=Failed venture follows anti-Obama author |work=] |date=August 20, 2008 |first=Brian C. |last= Mooney | access-date=April 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2008/08/21/smear-mongering-author-jerome-corsi-ripped-minnesota-investors.html |title=Smear-mongering author Jerome Corsi ripped off Minnesota investors | work=] |publisher=] |date=August 21, 2008 |first=Andy |last=Birkey |access-date=April 21, 2011}}</ref> Some of the investors blamed the organizers, including Corsi, for their investment in the formerly Communist country. Two investors sued Corsi and his partners, claiming that the organizers had given their personal guarantee backing up the investment, and won judgments against them.<ref name="Failed" /> They did not collect from Corsi, because, as one investor claimed, the money "had been moved into his wife's name&nbsp;... There was nothing to get out of him".<ref name="Failed" /> The ] found no basis for bringing criminal charges.<ref name="Failed" /> Until his 2004 book, Corsi was a financial services marketing specialist.<ref name="LongTrip">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.thenation.com/article/obama-nation-author-jerome-corsis-racist-history-exposed |title=Obama Nation Author Jerome Corsi's Racist History Exposed |magazine=] |date=August 20, 2008 |first=Max |last=Blumenthal |author-link=Max Blumenthal |access-date=April 21, 2011}}</ref>
In 1972 Corsi published his doctoral dissertation, ''Prior Restraint, Prior Punishment, and Political Dissent: A Moral and Legal Evaluation'', which discussed the ] and ] protests in the context of government tolerance of "internal political activism."<ref>''Harvard Magazine'': August 28, 2008.</ref>

In January 2005, Corsi told the '']'' that he planned to run for ]'s ] seat in ] in 2008 as a ] or ] candidate.<ref>{{cite news|first=Noelle|last=Straub|title=Anti-Kerry author eyes Bay State Senate run|work=Boston Herald|date=January 25, 2005|page=2|url=http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=65100|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051107083923/http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=65100|archivedate=November 7, 2005|url-status=dead|access-date=July 3, 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

In January 2017, Corsi announced that he was leaving his position as a senior staff writer for ] fringe website '']'' to open and lead the Washington, D.C., bureau for ] website '']''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wcpo.com/news/national/infowars-taps-trump-friendly-birther-to-lead-washington-coverage|title=Infowars taps Trump-friendly birther to lead Washington coverage |date=January 31, 2017|work=]}}</ref> By mid-2018, he was no longer working there.<ref name="nbcnews.com"/> In 2019, Corsi unsuccessfully<ref>Corsi v. Infowars, No. 1:20-CV-298-LY, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 208688 (W.D. Tex. June 25, 2021)</ref> sued ''InfoWars'' and ] for defamation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.courthousenews.com/infowars-alex-jones-sued-by-conspiracy-theorist-corsi/|title=Infowars & Alex Jones Sued by Conspiracy Theorist Corsi|first=Britain|last=Eakin|date=March 8, 2019|work=]}}</ref>

== Special Counsel investigation ==
{{Main|Mueller special counsel investigation}}
In September 2018, Corsi was subpoenaed to testify in the ], reportedly for his contacts with ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/05/jerome-corsi-robert-mueller-investigation-subpoena |newspaper=] |date=September 5, 2018 |title=Rightwing author Jerome Corsi subpoenaed in Mueller investigation |first=Jon |last=Swaine}}</ref> Corsi also turned over computer, phone, and email records.<ref name="nbc">{{cite news |publisher=] |first1=Ken |last1=Dilanian |first2=Anna |last2=Schecter |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/mueller-has-evidence-suggesting-stone-associate-knew-clinton-emails-would-n924036 |title=Mueller has evidence suggesting Stone associate knew Clinton emails would be leaked |date=October 25, 2018}}</ref> The Office of the Special Counsel reportedly has information suggesting Corsi possessed advance knowledge that ] had obtained ] of ].<ref name="nbc"/> Corsi has denied that he had any advance knowledge of the hack, or that he has had any communication with anyone involved in the hack.<ref name="nbc"/> Corsi announced on November 12, 2018, that he expected to be indicted for ] within days.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/roger-stone-pal-jerome-corsi-says-mueller-will-indict-him-for-perjury/|title=Jerome Corsi Says Mueller Will Indict Him For Perjury: 'Prison For the Rest of My Life'|date=November 12, 2018|publisher=]|access-date=November 12, 2018}}</ref><ref name=negotiations/> Eleven days later he confirmed he had entered plea negotiations with Mueller prosecutors.<ref name=negotiations>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/stone-associate-jerome-corsi-is-in-plea-negotiations-with-special-counsel-according-to-a-person-with-knowledge-of-the-talks/2018/11/23/29765b3a-eaa5-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html|title=Stone associate Jerome Corsi is in plea negotiations with special counsel|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=November 23, 2018}}</ref> On November 26, 2018, Corsi stated that he rejected the plea deal brought by the Special Counsel to plead guilty to one count of perjury; he stated that he rejected it because he did not willfully mislead anyone.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/conservative-author-and-roger-stone-associate-jerome-corsi-says-he-is-rejecting-plea-deal-from-special-counsel/2018/11/26/53fb33a6-e6bf-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html|title=Conservative author and Roger Stone associate Jerome Corsi says he is rejecting plea deal from special counsel|last1=Helderman|first1=Rosalind|last2=Leonnig|first2=Carole|first3=Manuel|last3=Roig-Franzia|newspaper=] |language=en|access-date=2018-11-26|date=November 26, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/26/politics/jerome-corsi-plea-deal-robert-mueller/index.html |title= Roger Stone associate says he won't agree to plea deal |last1= Murray |first1= Sara |first2= Eli |last2= Watkins |publisher=] |access-date= 2018-11-26 |df= mdy-all }}</ref>

Draft court documents, released in November, showed that two months before WikiLeaks released ], Corsi sent emails to Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone informing him that WikiLeaks was going to publish the emails in two "dumps", giving dates of the planned releases and that the "impact planned" would be "very damaging." Stone also sent Corsi an email directing him to contact ] "and get the pending (WikiLeaks) emails." Corsi told Mueller's investigators he ignored the direction, but investigators found he had passed it to an associate in London, whom Corsi later identified as ], who had worked with the Trump campaign and been questioned by Mueller's investigators in April 2018.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/mueller-has-emails-stone-pal-corsi-about-wikileaks-dem-email-n940611 | title=Mueller has emails from Stone pal Corsi about WikiLeaks dem email dump| website=]| date=November 27, 2018}}</ref>


Corsi retained attorney ], who in December filed (on Corsi's behalf) a request for an investigation into the Special Counsel's tactics<ref>{{cite news|url=https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/top-9-highlights-from-jerome-corsis-bonkers-criminal-complaint-against-mueller/|title=Top 9 Highlights From Jerome Corsi's Bonkers 'Criminal Complaint' Against Mueller|first=Ronn|last=Blitzer|date=December 3, 2018|work=]}}</ref> and a lawsuit alleging Mueller and other government actors violated Corsi's constitutional rights and leaked ] secrets;<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/09/corsi-mueller-lawsuit-klayman-stone-wikileaks-1054204|title=Conspiracy theorist sues Mueller alleging illegal leaks and surveillance|first=Josh|last=Gerstein|date=December 9, 2018|work=]}}</ref>
Corsi went into banking and finance in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|title="Jerome R. Corsi" Biography|publisher=Amazon.com|access-date=May 31, 2011|url=https://www.amazon.com/Jerome-R.-Corsi/e/B001HOHAGU/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1306239640&sr=1-1}}</ref> In 1995 he helped launch a ] to invest in formerly Communist ] after the ], which eventually lost $1.2 million, much of it from a group of about 20 ] investors.<ref name="Failed">{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/08/20/failed_venture_follows_anti_obama_author/ |title=Failed venture follows anti-Obama author |work=] |date=August 20, 2008 |first=Brian C. |last= Mooney | access-date=April 21, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2008/08/21/smear-mongering-author-jerome-corsi-ripped-minnesota-investors.html |title=Smear-mongering author Jerome Corsi ripped off Minnesota investors | work=] |publisher=] |date=August 21, 2008 |first=Andy |last=Birkey |access-date=April 21, 2011}}</ref> Some of the investors blamed the organizers, including Corsi, for their investment in the former Communist country. Two investors sued Corsi and his partners, claiming that the organizers had given their personal guarantee backing up the investment, and won judgments against them.<ref name="Failed" /> They did not collect from Corsi, because, as one investor claimed, the money "had been moved into his wife's name&nbsp;... There was nothing to get out of him".<ref name="Failed" /> The ] found no basis for bringing criminal charges.<ref name="Failed" /> Until his 2004 book, Corsi was a financial services marketing specialist.<ref name="LongTrip">{{cite news |url=http://www.thenation.com/article/obama-nation-author-jerome-corsis-racist-history-exposed |title=Obama Nation Author Jerome Corsi's Racist History Exposed |publisher=] |date=August 20, 2008 |first=Max |last=Blumenthal |authorlink=Max Blumenthal |access-date=April 21, 2011}}</ref>


On January 25, 2019, Corsi confirmed that he is "Person 1" cited in the federal indictment of Roger Stone and predicted that he won't face charges. "Dr. Corsi has reviewed the indictment of Roger Stone which references him as Person 1. The Stone Indictment does not accuse Dr. Corsi of any wrongdoing and indeed this is the case. Dr. Corsi has fully cooperated with the Special Counsel and his prosecutors and testified truthfully to the grand jury, as well as during interviews with them", Corsi said through his legal counsel, Larry Klayman and David Gray.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jerome-corsi-confirms-he-is-‘person-1’-in-roger-stone-indictment-predicts-he-wont-be-charged/ar-BBSK0zR?li=BBnb7Kz |first=Kelly |last= Cohen |title=Jerome Corsi confirms he is 'Person 1' in Roger Stone indictment, predicts he won't be charged|date=January 25, 2019|work=]}}</ref> On February 7, Corsi sued Stone for defamation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jerome-corsi-claims-roger-stone-tried-to-give-him-heart-attacks-in-defamation-lawsuit|title=Jerome Corsi claims Roger Stone tried to give him heart attacks in defamation lawsuit|first=Daniel|last=Chaitin|date=February 7, 2019|work=]}}</ref>
In January 2005, Corsi told the '']'' that he planned to run for ]'s ] seat in ] in 2008 as a ] or ] candidate.<ref>Noelle Straub, ''Anti-Kerry author eyes Bay State Senate run'', Boston Herald, January 25, 2005 page 002.</ref> He later said his wife had "vetoed" this plan. Then Corsi stated: "] of the ] asked me to consider seriously running for ] in 2008 and I am doing so."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://conservativepresident2008.blogspot.com/2006/12/corsi-on-gop-and-possible-2008-run.html |title=Conservative President 2008: Corsi on the GOP and Possible 2008 Run |access-date=April 21, 2011 |last=Miller |first=Ben |date=December 6, 2006 |work=Conservative President 2008 |quote=5. Will you run for President in 2008? Howard Phillips of the Constitution Party asked me to consider seriously running for president in 2008 and I am doing so.}}{{Self-published inline|date=April 2011}}</ref> He then agreed to be nominated at the Constitution Party National Convention,<ref name=BoisePartOne>{{cite web|url=http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/04/21/cp-national-committee-meeting-in-boise-report-part-1 |publisher=Third Party Watch |title=Blog Archive : CP National Committee Meeting in Boise Report: Part 1 |access-date=August 1, 2008 |last=Quirk |first=Cody |date=April 21, 2007 |author2=] |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704003132/http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/04/21/cp-national-committee-meeting-in-boise-report-part-1 |archivedate=July 4, 2007 }}{{Self-published inline|date=April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |editor1-first=Richard |editor1-last=Winger |title=Potential Constitution Party Presidential Nominee Emerges |url=http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/060107.html#17 |access-date=April 21, 2011 |date=June 1, 2007 |work=Ballot Access News |volume=23 |issue=2}}{{Self-published inline|date=April 2011}}</ref> but he dropped out in July 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56676 | title=Corsi declines Constitution Party bid |access-date=April 21, 2011 | date=July 14, 2007 |work=]}}</ref>


In an April 21 article, '']'' reported Corsi's lawyer, David Gray, asserting investigators were "dumbfounded" by Corsi's inconsistent testimony, and Gray himself found some of it "concerning". Investigators ultimately decided, after extensive interviews of Corsi, that (according to Gray), they could not "use any of this". Gray attributed Corsi's shifting stories to a poor memory and his well-established habit of picking "truthful facts woven in a way that you don't have to worry about the things that are inconsistent". Corsi quotes himself as telling investigators: "Sometimes I can't tell if I remembered or invented".<ref>{{cite news |last=Helderman |first=Rosalind |title=Inside the special counsel's long hunt to uncover whether the Trump campaign conspired with Russia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/inside-the-special-counsels-long-hunt-to-uncover-whether-the-trump-campaign-conspired-with-russia/2019/04/21/57e67ac4-563c-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.html?noredirect=on |newspaper=] |access-date=April 23, 2019|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
In January 2017, Corsi announced that he was leaving his position as a senior staff writer for ] fringe website '']'' to open and lead the Washington, D.C. bureau for ] website '']''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wcpo.com/news/national/infowars-taps-trump-friendly-birther-to-lead-washington-coverage|title=Infowars taps Trump-friendly birther to lead Washington coverage|date=January 31, 2017|work=]}}</ref> As of mid 2018, he no longer works there.<ref name="nbcnews.com"/>


In May, 2020, Corsi was caught accidentally emailing a Mueller prosecutor, Aaron Zelinsky, about another case, showing Corsi personally had his contact information in his email, and suggesting he had been working with him directly. Corsi had been attempting to e-mail Vladimir Zelenko, who made exaggerated claims about ] and their alleged efficacy in treating COVID-19 that were not supported by peer-reviewed evidence.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lambe|first=Jerry|title=Jerome Corsi May Have Accidentally Emailed Former Mueller Prosecutor Evidence of Coronavirus-Related Fraud|url=https://lawandcrime.com/awkward/jerome-corsi-may-have-accidentally-emailed-former-mueller-prosecutor-evidence-of-coronavirus-related-fraud/|work=Law & Crime|date=May 1, 2020|access-date=December 4, 2020}}</ref>
In 2018, Corsi was subpoenaed to testify in the ], reportedly for his contacts with ].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/05/jerome-corsi-robert-mueller-investigation-subpoena |publisher='']'' |date=September 5, 2018 |title=Rightwing author Jerome Corsi subpoenaed in Mueller investigation |first=Jon |last=Swaine}}</ref> Corsi also turned over computer, phone and email records.<ref name="nbc">{{cite news |publisher=] |first=Ken |last=Dilanian |first2=Anna |last2=Schecter |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/mueller-has-evidence-suggesting-stone-associate-knew-clinton-emails-would-n924036 |title=Mueller has evidence suggesting Stone associate knew Clinton emails would be leaked |date=October 25, 2018}}</ref> The Office of the Special Counsel reportedly has information suggesting Corsi possessed advance knowledge that WikiLeaks had hacked the emails of John Podesta.<ref name="nbc"/> Corsi has denied that he had any advance knowledge of the hack, or that he has had any communication with anyone involved in the hack.<ref name="nbc"/>


== Writings and conspiracy theories == == Writings ==
Corsi has written about a variety of subjects, including Democratic politicians and conspiracy theories.<ref>{{cite news Corsi has written about many subjects, including Democratic politicians and conspiracy theories.<ref>{{cite news
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| title = American anti-Obama author arrested before Nairobi book launch | title = American anti-Obama author arrested before Nairobi book launch
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| date = October 8, 2008 | date = October 8, 2008
| url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/oct/08/uselections2008.kenya | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/oct/08/uselections2008.kenya
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</ref> According to the newspaper '']'', Corsi, ], has been accused by the American press "of being ], ], ] and ], and of exploiting ] in an attempt to 'scare white America'".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/oct/07/uselections2008.kenya |title=Author of anti-Barack Obama book detained in Kenya | access-date=August 2, 2008 | first=Lee |last=Glendinning |date=October 7, 2008 | work= | publisher=The Guardian | pages= |language= |doi= |quote= | location=London}}</ref> In 2004, Corsi wrote a critical biography of then Democratic Presidential candidate ] called '']''. In 2005 he published ''Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians'', which claimed Democratic politicians are corrupted by Iranian money and are helping the ]s, who seek ]s, in ].<ref name="New York Daily News">{{cite news | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/2005/02/24/2005-02-24_dems_going_nuclear_over_book.html | title=Dems GoingNuclear Over Book's Iran Claim |publisher=] | date=February 24, 2005 | first= | last= | access-date = November 14, 2008 }} {{Dead link|date=January 2012|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> That same year he co-authored ''Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil'' (2005) with Craig R. Smith. </ref> According to '']'' in 2008, Corsi has been accused by the American press "of being ], ], ] and ], and of exploiting ] in an attempt to 'scare white America'".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/oct/07/uselections2008.kenya |title=Author of anti-Barack Obama book detained in Kenya | access-date=August 2, 2008 | first=Lee |last=Glendinning |date=October 7, 2008 | work=] | location=London}}</ref> Corsi wrote a critical biography of then Democratic presidential candidate ] called '']'' (2004). In 2005 he published ''Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians'', which claimed Democratic politicians are corrupted by Iranian money and are helping the ]s, who seek ]s, in ].<ref name="New York Daily News">{{cite news | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/gossip/2005/02/24/2005-02-24_dems_going_nuclear_over_book.html | title=Dems GoingNuclear Over Book's Iran Claim |work=] | date=February 24, 2005 | access-date = November 14, 2008 }} {{Dead link|date=January 2012|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}</ref> That same year he co-authored ''Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil'' (2005) with Craig R. Smith.


In 2006, he co-authored ''Showdown with Nuclear Iran: Radical Islam's Messianic Mission to Destroy Israel and Cripple the United States'' with Michael D. Evans. In August 2006 he published ''Minutemen: The Battle to Secure America's Borders'' with ] founder ]. This book criticized President ]'s border protection policies, accusing him of furthering plans to create a ].<ref name="CorsiTCC">{{YouTube|cxzs46Nxohk|"The Dangers of the 'North American Union'"}}. Corsi at ], 2007.</ref> In May 2006, Corsi co-wrote the book ''Rebuilding America'' with ], then ] secretary of state and a Republican candidate for ].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=50249 | title=Meet the Democrats' worst nightmare | publisher=] | access-date=March 3, 2007}}</ref> In 2006, he co-authored ''Showdown with Nuclear Iran: Radical Islam's Messianic Mission to Destroy Israel and Cripple the United States'' with Michael D. Evans. In August 2006 he published ''Minutemen: The Battle to Secure America's Borders'' with ] founder ]. This book criticized President ]'s border protection policies, accusing him of furthering plans to create a North American Union.<ref name="CorsiTCC">{{YouTube|cxzs46Nxohk|"The Dangers of the 'North American Union'"}}. Corsi at ], 2007.</ref> Corsi co-wrote the book ''Rebuilding America'' (published May 2006), with ], then ] secretary of state and a Republican candidate for ].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/books/chapters/chapter-obama-nation.html|title='The Obama Nation'|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 13, 2008|last1=Corsi|first1=Jerome R.}}</ref>


In 2007, Corsi called for the ] of George W. Bush.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/08/the-obama-overr.html | title=Corsi calls for impeachment of George W. Bush | access-date=August 2, 2008 |date=August 15, 2008 | publisher=] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJRYzuLehT8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/RJRYzuLehT8 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live| title=Corsi calls for impeachment of George W. Bush | access-date=August 16, 2008 | first=Jerome |last=Corsi |date=August 15, 2008 | publisher=Youtube }}{{cbignore}}</ref> On August 15, 2008, Corsi endorsed Constitution Party presidential candidate ], who had campaigned to reopen the investigation into the ] in support of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/08/15/obama-nation-author-officially-endorses-chuck-baldwin/ |title='Obama Nation' author endorses Chuck Baldwin |access-date=August 1, 2008 |date=August 15, 2008 |work=ThirdPartyWatch.com |publisher=] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202174727/http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/08/15/obama-nation-author-officially-endorses-chuck-baldwin/ |archive-date=December 2, 2008 }}</ref>
In March 2008 Corsi claimed in '']'' that a "] terrorist group with ties to criminal drug networks and ]" has given "strong support" to ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Group tied to al-Qaida backs McCain for prez | url=http://wnd.com/index.php?pageId=57678 |first=Jerome |last=Corsi |publisher=] | date=March 2, 2008}}</ref>


Corsi has also referred to ] as a "] artist".<ref>. ''ASKShow''. August 9, 2008. BlogTalkRadio.com.</ref><ref>Wilson, John K. . '']''.</ref><ref>Dreier, Peter. . '']''.</ref>
In 2007 Corsi wrote that he himself is not a ] and complained that "the Republican Party is controlled by what used to be called the '] Wing'".<ref name="Jerome Corsi">{{cite web | url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57812 | title=Why I am not a Republican | access-date=August 2, 2008 | first=Jerome |last=Corsi |date=September 25, 2007 | publisher=] |quote= }}</ref> In addition, Corsi called for the ] of George W. Bush.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/08/the-obama-overr.html | title=Corsi calls for impeachment of George W. Bush | access-date=August 2, 2008 | author=ABC News |date=August 15, 2008 |work= | publisher=] | pages= |language= |doi= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJRYzuLehT8 | title=Corsi calls for impeachment of George W. Bush | access-date=August 16, 2008 | first=Jerome |last=Corsi |date=August 15, 2008 | work= | publisher=Youtube |quote= }}</ref> On August 15, 2008, Corsi endorsed Constitution Party presidential candidate ], who had campaigned to reopen the investigation into the ] in support of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/08/15/obama-nation-author-officially-endorses-chuck-baldwin/ |title='Obama Nation' author endorses Chuck Baldwin |access-date=August 1, 2008 |date=August 15, 2008 |work=ThirdPartyWatch.com |publisher=] |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202174727/http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/08/15/obama-nation-author-officially-endorses-chuck-baldwin/ |archivedate=December 2, 2008 }}</ref>


] called Corsi's ''The Obama Nation'' "a mishmash of unsupported conjecture, half-truths, logical fallacies and outright falsehoods".<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511104251/http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/corsis_dull_hatchet.html |date=May 11, 2011 }}. ].</ref> Obama's campaign has criticized Corsi as a "bigoted fringe author" for these claims, as well as "the bizarre, conspiratorial views that Jerome Corsi has advocated in his broader work".<ref name="The amero conspiracy" /><ref>{{cite news | url=http://my.barackobama.com/page/-/email/Fight%20the%20Smears%20-%20Unfit%20for%20Publication.pdf | title=Unfit for Publication | publisher=] | date=August 14, 2008 | page=35 | access-date=November 14, 2008 | archive-date=September 30, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930101951/https://my.barackobama.com/page/-/email/Fight%20the%20Smears%20-%20Unfit%20for%20Publication.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> Corsi has also appeared on ''INN World Report'', a news program on ], to advance his claims.
Corsi has also referred to ] as a "] artist".<ref>. ''ASKShow''. August 9, 2008. BlogTalkRadio.com.</ref><ref>Wilson, John K. . ''The Huffington Post'.'</ref><ref>Dreier, Peter. . ''The Huffington Post''.</ref>


While QAnon was initially promoted by Corsi,<ref name="newsweek">{{Cite journal |last=Carlson |first=Matt |date=April 20, 2017 |title=Journalists Fight Back: Newsweek and the Koran Abuse Story |journal=On the Condition of Anonymity: Unnamed Sources and the Battle for Journalism |publisher=University of Illinois Press |volume=1 |doi=10.5406/illinois/9780252035999.003.0004}}</ref> ] reported that Corsi and Jones both ceased to support QAnon by May 2018, declaring the source "completely compromised".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mantyla |first=Kyle |date=May 11, 2018 |title=Stick A Fork In QAnon: Alex Jones And Jerome Corsi Claim That QAnon Has Been 'Completely Compromised' |url=http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/stick-a-fork-in-qanon-alex-jones-and-jerome-corsi-claim-that-qanon-has-been-completely-compromised/ |access-date=July 5, 2018 |website=Right Wing Watch |language=en-US}}</ref> But in August 2018, Corsi reversed course and said he "will comment on and follow QAnon when QAnon is bringing forth news", adding that "in the last few days, QAnon has been particularly good".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Holt |first=Jared |date=August 17, 2018 |title=Jerome Corsi Wants To Make Amends With QAnon |url=http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/jerome-corsi-wants-to-make-amends-with-qanon/ |access-date=August 19, 2018 |website=Right Wing Watch |language=en-US}}</ref>
] called Corsi's ''The Obama Nation'' "a mishmash of unsupported conjecture, half-truths, logical fallacies and outright falsehoods".<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511104251/http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/corsis_dull_hatchet.html |date=May 11, 2011 }}. FactCheck.org.</ref> Obama's campaign has criticized Corsi as a "bigoted fringe author" for these claims, as well as "the bizarre, conspiratorial views that Jerome Corsi has advocated in his broader work".<ref name="The amero conspiracy" /><ref name="Salon.com" /><ref>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Medved |authorlink=Michael Medved |title=The 20 Most Annoying People on the Right | url=http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18751 |publisher=] | date=January 3, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://my.barackobama.com/page/-/email/Fight%20the%20Smears%20-%20Unfit%20for%20Publication.pdf |format=PDF| title=Unfit for Publication |publisher=] | date=August 14, 2008 | page=35| access-date = November 14, 2008}}</ref> Corsi has also appeared on ''INN World Report'', a news program on ], to advance his claims.


=== ''Unfit for Command'' === === ''Unfit for Command'' ===
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In August 2004, Corsi's ''Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry'', with attributed coauthor ], was published by ]. The book sold more than 1.2 million copies. In August 2004, Corsi's ''Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry'', with attributed coauthor ], was published by ]. The book sold more than 1.2&nbsp;million copies.


The main theme of Corsi's portion of the book was to criticize Kerry's antiwar activities after returning from Vietnam, and to dispute many of his and other antiwar activists' assertions that U.S. soldiers had committed ]s and atrocities, burned down villages, and murdered innocent civilians in Vietnam. Kerry gained notoriety, the book argues, by bringing to light such horrific events as the ], thus damaging the image of the U.S. Military in the ] hearings. The main theme of Corsi's portion of the book was to criticize Kerry's antiwar activities after returning from Vietnam, and to dispute many of his and other antiwar activists' assertions that U.S. soldiers had committed ]s and atrocities, burned down villages, and murdered innocent civilians in Vietnam. Kerry gained notoriety, the book argues, by bringing to light such horrific events as the ], thus damaging the image of the U.S. Military in the ] hearings.


The other theme of the book was that Kerry's four-month tour in Vietnam had been marked by cowardice under fire and fraudulently obtaining medals. In that regard, the book contained statements by some veterans of the ] who served with John Kerry on ], several of whom executed affidavits in support of their claims; these claims were repudiated by other veterans who served with Kerry and often were disproven by outside sources, including the Navy's official records.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21239-2004Aug21.html| title=Swift Boat Accounts Incomplete | publisher=washingtonpost.com | date=August 22, 2004| access-date=September 22, 2010 | first=Michael | last=Dobbs}}</ref> The other theme of the book was that Kerry's four-month tour in Vietnam had been marked by cowardice under fire and fraudulently obtaining medals. In that regard, the book contained statements by some veterans of the ] who served with John Kerry on ], several of whom executed affidavits in support of their claims; these claims were repudiated by other veterans who served with Kerry and often were disproven by outside sources, including the Navy's official records.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21239-2004Aug21.html| title=Swift Boat Accounts Incomplete | newspaper=] | date=August 22, 2004| access-date=September 22, 2010 | first=Michael | last=Dobbs}}</ref>


After controversial comments Corsi had made at the '']'' website were publicized by the ] website, John O'Neill claimed that Corsi was not actually a co-author of the book ''Unfit for Command'', but rather was "simply an editor".<ref>"Scarborough Country," August. 10, 2004; "Wolf Blitzer Reports," August 11, 2004</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200408250002 | title=The lies of John O'Neill | publisher=] | access-date = March 3, 2007}}</ref> Nevertheless, O'Neill described Corsi as the book's "coauthor" in a 2007 letter to '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.humanevents.com/downloads-pdfs/Neill.pdf |title=Letter to the editor of New York Times |access-date=October 12, 2014 |last=O'Neill |first=John E. |authorlink=John O'Neill (political activist) |date= |format=PDF |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |doi= |quote= |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325130631/http://www.humanevents.com/downloads-pdfs/Neill.pdf |archivedate=March 25, 2009 }} After controversial comments Corsi had made at the '']'' website were publicized by the ] website, John O'Neill claimed that Corsi was not actually a co-author of the book ''Unfit for Command'', but rather was "simply an editor".<ref>"Scarborough Country," August. 10, 2004; "Wolf Blitzer Reports," August 11, 2004</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://mediamatters.org/items/200408250002 | title=The lies of John O'Neill | publisher=] | access-date=March 3, 2007 | archive-date=March 4, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304092200/http://mediamatters.org/items/200408250002 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Nevertheless, O'Neill described Corsi as the book's "coauthor" in a 2007 letter to '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.humanevents.com/downloads-pdfs/Neill.pdf |title=Letter to the editor of New York Times |access-date=October 12, 2014 |last=O'Neill |first=John E. |author-link=John O'Neill (political activist) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325130631/http://www.humanevents.com/downloads-pdfs/Neill.pdf |archive-date=March 25, 2009 }}
</ref> Scott Swett and Tim Ziegler describe Corsi's efforts in writing the book, referring to him as one of its "authors" in their book '']''.<ref>Swett, Scott; Ziegler, Tim. (2008). ''To Set The Record Straight: How Swift Boat Veterans, POWs and the New Media Defeated John Kerry''. New American Media Publishing. p. 120–124. {{ISBN|978-0-9799841-5-0}}.</ref> </ref> Scott Swett and Tim Ziegler describe Corsi's efforts in writing the book, referring to him as one of its "authors" in their book '']''.<ref>Swett, Scott; Ziegler, Tim. (2008). ''To Set The Record Straight: How Swift Boat Veterans, POWs and the New Media Defeated John Kerry''. New American Media Publishing. p. 120–124. {{ISBN|978-0-9799841-5-0}}.</ref>


In 2007 Corsi, along with ], Lt. Col. Robert (Buzz) Patterson, Joel Mowbray and ], sued Regnery's parent company, Eagle Publishing, claiming the company "orchestrate and participate in a fraudulent, deceptively concealed and self-dealing scheme to divert book sales away from retail outlets and to wholly owned subsidiary organizations within the Eagle conglomerate".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/books/07cons.html|title=Conservative Authors Sue Publisher|work=The New York Times |date=November 7, 2007 |access-date=August 17, 2008|first=Motoko|last=Rich}}</ref> The suit was dismissed on June 30, 2008.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/02/arts/02arts-AUTHORSSUITD_BRF.html|title=Authors Suit Dismissed |first=Motoko |last=Rich |date=February 2, 2008 |work=The New York Times| access-date=August 17, 2008}}</ref> In 2007 Corsi, along with ], Lt. Col. Robert (Buzz) Patterson, Joel Mowbray, and ], sued Regnery's parent company, Eagle Publishing, claiming the company "orchestrate and participate in a fraudulent, deceptively concealed and self-dealing scheme to divert book sales away from retail outlets and to wholly owned subsidiary organizations within the Eagle conglomerate".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/books/07cons.html|title=Conservative Authors Sue Publisher|work=] |date=November 7, 2007 |access-date=August 17, 2008|first=Motoko|last=Rich}}</ref> The suit was dismissed on June 30, 2008.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/02/arts/02arts-AUTHORSSUITD_BRF.html|title=Authors Suit Dismissed |first=Motoko |last=Rich |date=February 2, 2008 |work=]| access-date=August 17, 2008}}</ref>


=== ''The Obama Nation'' === === ''The Obama Nation'' ===
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Corsi's book '']'' was released on August 1, 2008, and is critical of ] and his candidacy for president. In response, the Obama campaign issued a 40-page rebuttal called "''Unfit for Publication''" on his website FightTheSmears.com, alleging factual errors.<ref>{{cite news |title=Unfit For Publication: An Investigative Report On The Lies In Jerome Corsi's "Obama Nation" |url=http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/corsi |publisher=] |date=August 14, 2008 |access-date=August 14, 2008 |archive-date=August 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818012052/http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/corsi |url-status=dead }}</ref>


Many of the accusations made in the book are unsubstantiated, misleading or inaccurate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Book on Obama blasted for 'vicious innuendo' | url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/14/corsi.book/ |publisher=CNN |date=April 14, 2008}}</ref><ref name="WaPo_081408">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/AR2008081303959.html |title=New Books Aim To Unweave the Obama Narrative |first=Eli |last=Saslow |newspaper=Washington Post |date=August 14, 2008}}</ref><ref>Linthicum, Kate (August 12, 2008). "". ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wild theories of 'Obama Nation' author |first=Kenneth P. |last=Vogel |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12526.html |publisher=] | date=August 14, 2008}}</ref><ref name=nyt232>{{cite news |first1=Jim |last1=Rutenberg |first2=Julie |last2=Bosman |title=Book Attacking Obama Hopes to Repeat '04 Anti-Kerry Feat |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/us/politics/13book.html |work=] |date=August 12, 2008 |access-date=August 13, 2008 }}</ref>
Corsi's book '']'' was released on August 1, 2008, and is critical of ] and his candidacy for President. In response, the Obama campaign issued a 40-page rebuttal called "''Unfit for Publication''" on his website FightTheSmears.com, alleging factual errors.<ref>{{cite news |title=Unfit For Publication: An Investigative Report On The Lies In Jerome Corsi's "Obama Nation" | url=http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/corsi |publisher=] |date=August 14, 2008}}</ref> Corsi proclaimed the Obama report a confession that the most serious charges against Obama were true, because, he said, the campaign report cited minor issues, responded to charges different from those that Corsi had made, and implicitly confirmed many of Corsi's allegations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Corsi rebuts Obama's 'Unfit for Publication' | url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=74554 |publisher=] |date=September 7, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=What Obama didn't dispute in my book | url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=75478 |publisher=] |date=September 16, 2008}}</ref>


According to '']'', "Significant parts of the book, whose subtitle is 'Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality,' have been challenged in the days since its debut on Aug. 1."<ref name=nyt232 /> The book made its first appearance on ''The New York Times''<nowiki>'</nowiki> Best Sellers list for nonfiction hardcovers at No. 1.<ref>"", ''The New York Times'', August 17, 2008.</ref> Corsi conducted over 100 interviews promoting the book,<ref name=nyt232 /> including a scheduled appearance<ref>{{cite news |title=Political Cesspool to Host 'Obamanation' Author Jerome Corsi |url=http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=5349 |publisher=Western Voices World News |date=August 8, 2008 |access-date=August 19, 2008 |archive-date=June 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612190446/http://wvwnews.net/story.php?id=5349 |url-status=dead }}</ref> on '']'', a ]<ref>. ''Newsweek''. April 24, 2011.</ref><ref name="Memphis Sewage">{{cite web |url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=817 |title=Memphis Sewage: In Tennessee, a Racist Radio Host Thrives. |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |access-date=July 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817201047/http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=817 |archive-date=August 17, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> ]. He previously appeared on the show on July 20,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2008/08/13/bestselling-anti-obama-fabulist-appears-on-white-supremacist-radio-show/ |title=Bestselling Anti-Obama Fabulist Appears on White Supremacist Radio Show |publisher=] |access-date=August 13, 2008}}</ref> but he canceled his August 17 appearance, citing a change in travel plans.<ref>''The Political Cesspool'': {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031045329/http://www.thepoliticalcesspool.org/jamesedwards/2008/08/page/2/ |date=October 31, 2012 }} August 17, 2008.</ref> In August 2008, Corsi appeared on ]' radio show and promoted ''The Obama Nation''.<ref>{{cite news | title=Alex Jones: August 4th | url=http://www.thealexjonesshow.com/ | publisher=] | date=August 4, 2008 | access-date=August 15, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080818020010/http://www.thealexjonesshow.com/ | archive-date=August 18, 2008 | url-status=dead }} {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910044130/http://freespeech.vo.llnwd.net/o25/pub/rss/20080804_Mon_Alex.mp3 |date=September 10, 2008 }} (MP3).</ref>
Many of the accusations made in the book are unsubstantiated, misleading or inaccurate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Book on Obama blasted for 'vicious innuendo' | url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/14/corsi.book/ |publisher=CNN |date=April 14, 2008}}</ref><ref name="WaPo_081408">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/13/AR2008081303959.html |title=New Books Aim To Unweave the Obama Narrative |first=Eli |last=Saslow |work=Washington Post |date=August 14, 2008}}</ref><ref>Linthicum, Kate (August 12, 2008). "". ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Wild theories of 'Obama Nation' author |first=Kenneth P. |last=Vogel |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12526.html |publisher=] | date=August 14, 2008}}</ref><ref name=nyt232>{{cite news |first=Jim |last=Rutenberg |first2=Julie |last2=Bosman |title=Book Attacking Obama Hopes to Repeat '04 Anti-Kerry Feat |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/us/politics/13book.html |work=] |date=August 12, 2008 |access-date=August 13, 2008 }}</ref>


In a debate with Corsi on '']'', Paul Waldman, a senior fellow at ], accused him of using "baseless innuendo" as a tactic to "smear" Obama.<ref>'']'': : Controversial Book on Obama. August 13, 2008.</ref>
According to '']'', "Significant parts of the book, whose subtitle is 'Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality,' have been challenged in the days since its debut on Aug. 1."<ref name=nyt232 /> The book made its first appearance on ''The New York Times''<nowiki>'</nowiki> Best Sellers list for nonfiction hardcovers at No. 1.<ref>"", ''The New York Times'', August 17, 2008.</ref> Corsi conducted over 100 interviews promoting the book,<ref name=nyt232 /> including a scheduled appearance<ref>{{cite news |title=Political Cesspool to Host 'Obamanation' Author Jerome Corsi | url=http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=5349 |publisher=Western Voices World News |date=August 8, 2008}}</ref> on '']'', a ]<ref>. ''Newsweek''. April 24, 2011.</ref><ref name="Memphis Sewage">{{cite web |url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=817 |title=Memphis Sewage: In Tennessee, a Racist Radio Host Thrives. |publisher=Southern Poverty Law Center |access-date=July 29, 2008 }}</ref> ]. He previously appeared on the show on July 20,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2008/08/13/bestselling-anti-obama-fabulist-appears-on-white-supremacist-radio-show/ |title=Bestselling Anti-Obama Fabulist Appears on White Supremacist Radio Show |publisher=] |access-date=August 13, 2008}}</ref> but he canceled his August 17 appearance, citing a change in travel plans.<ref>''The Political Cesspool'': August 17, 2008.</ref> In August 2008, Corsi appeared on ]' radio show and promoted ''The Obama Nation''.<ref>{{cite news | title=Alex Jones: August 4th | url=http://www.thealexjonesshow.com/ | publisher=] | date=August 4, 2008 }} {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910044130/http://freespeech.vo.llnwd.net/o25/pub/rss/20080804_Mon_Alex.mp3 |date=September 10, 2008 }} (MP3).</ref>


On October 7, 2008, Corsi and his media consultant ] were detained by immigration authorities in ] while engaged in further research related to the book, allegedly for failure to have a ]. Corsi had scheduled a press conference to announce the claim that Obama had raised a million dollars for the election campaign of Kenyan prime minister ], and had helped run Odinga's campaign as a strategist, including setting the stage for the campaign of violence and bloodshed that had brought Odinga to power after a disputed election. The meeting was interrupted by Kenyan immigration officials when they detained Corsi.<ref>{{cite news
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=== ''Black Gold Stranglehold'' === === ''Black Gold Stranglehold'' ===
Corsi has also promoted the theory of ] (as opposed to the scientifically accepted theory for the ] from biological matter).<ref name="glasby2006">{{cite journal|last=Glasby|first=Geoffrey P.|year=2006|title=Abiogenic origin of hydrocarbons: an historical overview|format=PDF|journal=Resource Geology|volume=56|issue=1|pages=83–96|doi=10.1111/j.1751-3928.2006.tb00271.x}}<!--| access-date=February 17, 2008--></ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Corsi |first= Jerome |url=http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47551 |title=Finally, an international conference on abiotic oil |publisher= ] |date= November 23, 2005}}</ref> In his book ''Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil'', Corsi disputes the academic consensus that oil is ] and says that dinosaurs cannot turn into oil.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jerome |last=Corsi |title=Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil |publisher=WND Books |page=18}}</ref> The scientific consensus is that oil is not formed from dinosaurs, but from fossilized plant remains.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dr. Irene Novaczek|title=Canada's Fossil Fuel Dependency | url=http://www.elements.nb.ca/theme/fuels/irene/novaczek.htm | publisher=Elements | access-date =January 18, 2007}}</ref> Corsi says that the scientific views of petroleum formation are accepted, because it would be "disastrous&nbsp;— both to oil companies and to politicians in office" in terms of pricing to admit that oil is not a scarce commodity.<ref>Corsi, Jerome. ''Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil'', WND Books page 235</ref> Corsi has also promoted the theory of ] (as opposed to the scientifically accepted theory for the ] from biological matter).<ref name="glasby2006">{{cite journal|last=Glasby|first=Geoffrey P.|year=2006|title=Abiogenic origin of hydrocarbons: an historical overview|journal=Resource Geology|volume=56|issue=1|pages=83–96|doi=10.1111/j.1751-3928.2006.tb00271.x|bibcode=2006ReGeo..56...83G |s2cid=17968123|doi-access=free}}<!--| access-date=February 17, 2008--></ref> In his book ''Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil'', Corsi disputes the academic consensus that oil is ] and says that dinosaurs cannot turn into oil.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jerome |last=Corsi |title=Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil |publisher=WND Books |page=18}}</ref> The scientific consensus is that oil is not formed from dinosaurs, but from fossilized plant remains.<ref>{{cite web | author=Dr. Irene Novaczek | title=Canada's Fossil Fuel Dependency | url=http://www.elements.nb.ca/theme/fuels/irene/novaczek.htm | publisher=Elements | access-date=January 18, 2007 | archive-date=September 4, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190904215820/http://www.elements.nb.ca/theme/fuels/irene/novaczek.htm | url-status=dead }}</ref> Corsi says that the scientific views of petroleum formation are accepted, because it would be "disastrous&nbsp;— both to oil companies and to politicians in office" in terms of pricing to admit that oil is not a scarce commodity.<ref>Corsi, Jerome. ''Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil'', WND Books page 235</ref>


=== ''Atomic Iran'' === === ''Atomic Iran'' ===
In 2005 Corsi's ''Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians'' was published by ] with an introduction by Craig R. Smith, Chairman of the Board of ]. In the book he claims Democratic politicians are corrupted by Iranian money and are helping the ]s, who seek nuclear weapons, in Tehran.<ref name="New York Daily News" /> Corsi accused an aide for ] of helping the mullahs, who strongly rejected the claim.<ref name="New York Daily News" /> To promote the book, Corsi appeared in conservative venues such as on '']'' on April 8, 2005, at ],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.heritage.org/press/events/ev040405a.cfm | title=Jerome Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians |publisher=] | date=April 4, 2005 | access-date = November 14, 2008}}</ref> and on WEJEW Radio.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.wejew.com/media/981/Atomic_Iran_Interview/ | title=Jerome Atomic Iran Interview |publisher=WeJew.com | year= 2005 | access-date = November 14, 2008}}</ref> In 2005 Corsi's ''Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians'' was published by ] with an introduction by Craig R. Smith, Chairman of the Board of ]. In the book he claims Democratic politicians are corrupted by Iranian money and are helping the Iranian government, who he claims seeks nuclear weapons.<ref name="New York Daily News" /> Corsi accused an aide for ] of helping the Iranian government, who strongly rejected the claim.<ref name="New York Daily News" /> To promote the book, Corsi appeared in conservative venues such as on '']'' on April 8, 2005, at ],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.heritage.org/press/events/ev040405a.cfm | title=Jerome Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians | publisher=] | date=April 4, 2005 | access-date=November 14, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109082037/http://www.heritage.org/Press/Events/ev040405a.cfm | archive-date=November 9, 2008 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> and on WEJEW Radio.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.wejew.com/media/981/Atomic_Iran_Interview/ | title=Jerome Atomic Iran Interview |publisher=WeJew.com | year= 2005 | access-date = November 14, 2008}}</ref>

On the topic in April 2005, Corsi wrote "An atomic Iran is imminent ... mullahs may have bomb by June."<ref>{{cite news | last=Corsi|first=Jerome |url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43590 | title=An atomic Iran is imminent ... mullahs may have bomb by June |publisher=WorldNetDaily | date=February 3, 2006 | access-date = November 14, 2008}}</ref> One year after the publication, Corsi wrote in his ] column, "I told you so", and claimed his book was right about failed talks.<ref>{{cite news | last=Corsi|first=Jerome |url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48637| title='Atomic Iran' warnings prove accurate|publisher=] | date=February 3, 2006 | access-date = November 14, 2008}}</ref> The book was taken as highly controversial, generating opposing views.


=== ''Where's the Birth Certificate?'' === === ''Where's the Birth Certificate?'' ===
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Corsi wrote '']'', a book that questions Obama's American citizenship. Prior to its May 2011 release, the book enjoyed a buzz-building teaser article in the heavily trafficked ] website, but Obama released his long-form birth certificate three weeks before the book was published. Shortly after the book's publication, '']'' issued a satirical report that the book had been recalled,<ref>Warren, Mark. . ''Esquire''. May 18, 2011.</ref> which prompted Corsi to sue ''Esquire'' for damages of over $285 million.<ref>Jason Linkins, , '']'', June 29, 2011.</ref> The lawsuit was dismissed in a ] in a decision stating that satire is protected by the ] and noting, "Having become such well-known proponents of one position on the issue, plaintiffs cannot complain that the very intensity of their advocacy also became part of the public debate. Those who speak with loud voices cannot be surprised if they become part of the story."<ref>, Court House News, June 2012</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.mcclatchydc.com/law/2012/06/birther-loses-libel-suit-over-esquire-parody.html |date=June 4, 2012 |title='Birthers' loses libel suit over Esquire parody |author=Michael Doyle |publisher=McClatchy Newspapers}}</ref> Corsi wrote '']'', a book that questions Obama's American citizenship. Prior to its May 2011 release, the book enjoyed a buzz-building teaser article in the heavily trafficked ] website, but Obama released his long-form birth certificate three weeks before the book was published. Shortly after the book's publication, '']'' issued a satirical report that the book had been recalled,<ref>Warren, Mark. . ''Esquire''. May 18, 2011.</ref> which prompted Corsi to sue ''Esquire'' for damages of over $285 million.<ref>Jason Linkins, , '']'', June 29, 2011.</ref> The lawsuit was dismissed in a ] in a decision stating that satire is protected by the ] and noting, "Having become such well-known proponents of one position on the issue, plaintiffs cannot complain that the very intensity of their advocacy also became part of the public debate. Those who speak with loud voices cannot be surprised if they become part of the story."<ref>, Court House News, June 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.mcclatchydc.com/law/2012/06/birther-loses-libel-suit-over-esquire-parody.html |date=June 4, 2012 |title='Birthers' loses libel suit over Esquire parody |author=Michael Doyle |publisher=] |access-date=February 13, 2013 |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330090242/http://blogs.mcclatchydc.com/law/2012/06/birther-loses-libel-suit-over-esquire-parody.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Corsi continued to cast doubt on Obama's birth certificate during a March 2019 ] interview, telling ], "I want to see the original 1961 birth records from Kenya, that'll settle it...the State of Hawaii will not show those records to anyone.” Corsi's attorney, ], falsely asserted during the same interview, "the birth certificate uses the word ‘African-American’ in 1961.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediaite.com/tv/cnn-interview-goes-off-the-rails-after-jerome-corsis-lawyer-insists-obamas-birth-certificates-fraudulent/|title=CNN Interview Goes Off the Rails After Jerome Corsi's Lawyer Insists Obama's Birth Certificate is Fraudulent|date=March 5, 2019|publisher=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/birth-certificate/|title=FACT CHECK: Is Barack Obama's Birth Certificate Fake?|website=]|date=August 27, 2011 }}</ref>


=== North American Union conspiracy theories === === North American Union conspiracy theories ===
Corsi claimed that "President Bush is pursuing a ] agenda to create a ]", a theoretical ] of Canada, ] and the United States, that will supplant the United States.<ref>Corsi, Jerome. ", May 19, 2006, ]</ref> In 2007 he predicted a new unit of currency, called the ], which would replace the Dollar for this union within ten years.<ref>Corsi, Jerome. {{cite news |title='Amero coming within decade' | url=http://wnd.com/index.php?pageId=43860 |publisher=] | date=October 5, 2007}}</ref> The "Union" is a theme in two of his books ''The Late Great U.S.A.: The Coming Merger With Mexico and Canada''<ref name="Jerome Corsi" /><ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. to merge with Mexico and Canada? | url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/16/jerome_corsi/ |publisher=] |date=July 16, 2007}}</ref> (2007) and ''Minutemen: The Battle to Secure America's Borders'' (2006) as he explained on ]'s TV show.<ref name="CorsiTCC" /> On December 15, 2006 Corsi reported for the first time he "had found a major intellectual leader behind the push to integrate North America suggesting that a crisis of ] proportions might be just what was needed to advance the process toward establishing a North American Union and the Amero."<ref>{{cite news |last=Corsi |first= Jerome |title=North American Union leader says merger just crisis away | url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53378 |publisher=WorldNetDaily | date=December 15, 2006}}</ref> Corsi claimed that "President Bush is pursuing a globalist agenda to create a ]", a theoretical ] of Canada, ], and the United States, that will supplant the United States.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2008/1007/the-latest-misadventures-of-jerome-corsi|title = The latest (Mis)adventures of Jerome Corsi|journal = Christian Science Monitor|date = October 7, 2008}}</ref> In 2007, he predicted a new unit of currency, called the ], which would replace the dollar for this union within ten years.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/world/americas/25iht-25Amero.8473833.html|title = The amero conspiracy|newspaper = The New York Times|date = November 25, 2007|last1 = Bennett|first1 = Drake}}</ref> The "Union" is a theme in two of his books ''The Late Great U.S.A.: The Coming Merger with Mexico and Canada''<ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. to merge with Mexico and Canada? | url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/16/jerome_corsi/ |work=] |date=July 16, 2007}}</ref> (2007) and ''Minutemen: The Battle to Secure America's Borders'' (2006) as he explained on ]'s TV show.<ref name="CorsiTCC" />


In 2007 he claimed that a North American Union ] had been created<ref>{{cite news |last=Corsi |first= Jerome |title=North American Union driver's license created | url=http://wnd.com/index.php?pageId=43387 |publisher=WorldNetDaily | date=September 6, 2007}}</ref> and that the ] was in talks to "move toward a transatlantic union".<ref>{{cite news |last=Corsi |first= Jerome |title=Inside the hush-hush North American Union confab | url=http://wnd.com/index.php?pageId=58788 |publisher=WorldNetDaily | date=March 13, 2008}}</ref> That same year he claimed: "], R-], has introduced a ] resolution expressing congressional opposition to construction of a ] or entry into a ] with ] and Canada."<ref>{{cite news |last=Corsi |first= Jerome |title=House resolution opposes North American Union | url=http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53947 |publisher=] | date=December 15, 2006}}</ref> The validity of those claims was criticized in '']'' and the author noted: "Corsi offered a warning: President Bush's supposed determination to force North American integration, he told the audience, could cost the GOP the ]. Corsi may have a conspiratorial bent. But he sure knows how to spin stories that shake up an election&nbsp;– and at least one candidate seems happy to help him."<ref>{{cite news |title=Highway To Hell? | url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/73372 |work=] | date=August 14, 2008}}</ref> The validity of those claims was criticized in '']'' and the author noted: "Corsi offered a warning: President Bush's supposed determination to force North American integration, he told the audience, could cost the GOP the ]. Corsi may have a conspiratorial bent. But he sure knows how to spin stories that shake up an election&nbsp;– and at least one candidate seems happy to help him."<ref>{{cite news |title=Highway To Hell? | url=http://www.newsweek.com/id/73372 |work=] | date=August 14, 2008}}</ref>


John Hawkins, a fellow writer for ''Human Events'', responded: "Yesterday, Jerome Corsi was prattling on about the North American Union again after ] deservedly spanked him for spreading ]. While I don't think Corsi is any more worthy of being taken seriously than those who think ] rule the world or the ']' who think President Bush is responsible for 9/11, I thought I would respond to him one last time."<ref>{{cite news |title=There Isn't Going to Be a North American Union | url=http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18859 |publisher=] | date=August 14, 2008}}</ref> John Hawkins listed Corsi as number three on his list of "The Most Annoying People on the Right", and wrote: "Nobody has worked harder to convince people that the completely moronic North American conspiracy theory is real than the right's version of ], kooky Jerome Corsi."<ref>Hawkins, John. {{cite news |title=The 20 Most Annoying People on the Right | url=http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18751 |publisher=] | date=January 3, 2007 }}</ref> Additionally, conservative ] said Corsi is "from the fringe".<ref name="HughHewitt12Aug2008">{{cite news | title = Obama Blunder #43: The Corsi Push-Back | work = ] | first = Hugh | last = Hewitt | url = http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/6f844e8c-1b5c-4d18-9c49-89a51b9d5c8c | date = August 15, 2008 | access-date = August 15, 2008 }}</ref> John Hawkins, a fellow writer for ''Human Events'', responded: "Yesterday, Jerome Corsi was prattling on about the North American Union again after ] deservedly spanked him for spreading ]. While I don't think Corsi is any more worthy of being taken seriously than those who think ] rule the world or the ']' who think President Bush is responsible for 9/11, I thought I would respond to him one last time."<ref>{{cite news |last=Hawkins|first=John|title=There Isn't Going to Be a North American Union | url=http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18859 |newspaper=] | date=January 10, 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214113743/http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18859|archivedate=February 14, 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref> Hawkins listed Corsi as number three on his list of "The Most Annoying People on the Right", and wrote: "Nobody has worked harder to convince people that the completely moronic North American conspiracy theory is real than the right's version of ], kooky Jerome Corsi."<ref name=annoying/> Additionally, conservative ] said Corsi is "from the fringe".<ref name="HughHewitt12Aug2008">{{cite news | title = Obama Blunder #43: The Corsi Push-Back | work = ] | first = Hugh | last = Hewitt | url = http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/6f844e8c-1b5c-4d18-9c49-89a51b9d5c8c | date = August 15, 2008 | access-date = August 15, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080816224658/http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/blog/g/6f844e8c-1b5c-4d18-9c49-89a51b9d5c8c | archive-date = August 16, 2008 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref>


=== 9/11 conspiracy theories ===
In October 2009, his book ''America for Sale: Fighting the ], Surviving a Global Depression, and Preserving USA Sovereignty'' was published, which alleges "the globalists' plan to put America up for sale, from its financial services firms to public infrastructure such as highways and airports".<ref name="www.worldnetdaily.com"> WorldNetDaily. October 4, 2009</ref> To promote the book, he appeared on ]'s ] and then discussed the issue on '']'' with ].<ref name="www.worldnetdaily.com" />

=== 9/11 conspiracy theory ===
{{Main|9/11 conspiracy theories}} {{Main|9/11 conspiracy theories}}
Corsi believes the official explanation of the ] to be false. He said:
According to Corsi, "A video clip widely circulated on the Internet shows a test that pulverized an ] on impact with a hardened target, providing evidence to answer ] who question why so little identifiable airplane debris remained after the ] hit ]."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=57680 | title=Sept. 11 redux: Video shows jet vaporizing | accessdate=August 2, 2008 | last=Corsi |first= Jerome | authorlink= |date=February 29, 2008 | publisher=] |quote= }}</ref> Audio and a YouTube video were circulated, especially among those questioning Corsi's credibility, of Corsi's January 29, 2008 interview on ]' radio show.<ref name="New York Times">{{cite news |title=Anti-Obama Author on 9/11 Conspiracy | url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/anti-obama-author-on-911-conspiracy/ |publisher=New York Times |date=August 14, 2008 | first=Sarah | last=Wheaton | accessdate=May 6, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12526.html | title=Wild theories of 'Obama Nation' author | publisher=] | date=August 14, 2008 | accessdate = November 14, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/08/democrats-seek.html| title=Democrats Seek to Undermine Anti-Obama Author With His Own Words | first=Julia | last=Hoppock | publisher=] | date=August 14, 2008 | accessdate = November 14, 2008}}</ref> In the interview Corsi discusses "the findings of ], physicist and hero of the ] who claims to have evidence that the ] towers collapsed due to explosives inside the building, not just the planes hitting them, during the attacks".<ref name="New York Times"/> Corsi cites Jones's findings of microscopic ] that seemingly negates the U.S. government hypothesis that the aircraft's jet fuel-fed heat alone was sufficiently hot to collapse the steel superstructure of the buildings.

:The fire, from jet fuel, does not burn hot enough to produce the physical evidence that he’s produced. So when you’ve got science that the hypothesis doesn’t explain–evidence–then the hypothesis doesn’t stand anymore. It doesn’t mean there’s a new hypothesis you’ve validated. It just means the government’s explanation of the jet fuel fire is not a sufficient explanation to explain the evidence of these spheres–these microscopic spheres–that Steven Jones has proved existed within the W.T.C. dust.<ref name="New York Times">{{cite news |title=Anti-Obama Author on 9/11 Conspiracy | url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/anti-obama-author-on-911-conspiracy/ |newspaper=New York Times |date=August 14, 2008 | first=Sarah | last=Wheaton | access-date=May 6, 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817080821/http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/anti-obama-author-on-911-conspiracy/|archivedate=August 17, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12526.html | title=Wild theories of 'Obama Nation' author | publisher=] | date=August 14, 2008 | access-date = November 14, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/08/democrats-seek.html| title=Democrats Seek to Undermine Anti-Obama Author With His Own Words | first=Julia | last=Hoppock | publisher=] | date=August 14, 2008 | access-date = November 14, 2008}}</ref>

In an interview with ], Corsi discussed "the findings of ], physicist and hero of the ] who claims to have evidence that the ] towers collapsed due to explosives inside the building, not just the planes hitting them, during the attacks".<ref name="New York Times"/> Corsi cited Jones's findings of microscopic ] that seemingly negated the U.S. government hypothesis that the aircraft's jet fuel-fed heat alone was sufficiently hot to collapse the steel superstructure of the buildings.


=== ''Hunting Hitler'' === === ''Hunting Hitler'' ===
Corsi released his book ''Hunting Hitler: New Scientific Evidence That Hitler Escaped Nazi Germany'' on January 2, 2014. According to the publisher's description, the book explores claims made in 2009 by three U.S. professors who believe that ] did not ] in 1945 and instead escaped ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Jerome|first=Corsi|title=Hunting Hitler: New Scientific Evidence That Hitler Escaped Nazi Germany|url=https://www.amazon.com/Hunting-Hitler-Scientific-Evidence-Escaped/dp/1626361711/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390325269&sr=8-1&keywords=hunting+hitler|publisher=] (Amazon.com)|access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> In an interview with ''] TV'' on January 20, 2014, Corsi said of the Nazi leader's alleged escape discussed in the book: "Hitler was removed from the bunker by a helicopter, flown from Austria to Spain, and put on a submarine, the '']'', and brought across the ocean to Argentina."<ref>{{cite web|last=Donohue|first=Bill | authorlink = Bill Donohue|title=Author Jerome Corsi: Hitler May Have Escaped, Not Killed Self|url=http://www.newsmax.com/NewsmaxTv/Adolf-Hitler-Eva-von-Braun-escaped-Argentina/2014/01/20/id/548009|publisher=]|access-date=January 21, 2014}}</ref> On January 2, 2014, Corsi released his book ''Hunting Hitler: New Scientific Evidence That Hitler Escaped Nazi Germany''. According to the publisher's description, the book explores claims made in 2009 by three U.S. professors who believe that ] did not ], and instead escaped Berlin.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jerome|first=Corsi|title=Hunting Hitler: New Scientific Evidence That Hitler Escaped Nazi Germany|isbn=978-1626361713|date=2014-01-02|publisher=Skyhorse Publishing }}</ref> Roger Stone called it an "incredible book".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hunting Hitler: new scientific evidence that Hitler escaped Nazi Germany |url=https://queenslibrary.org/book/Hunting-Hitler-:-new-scientific-evidence-that-Hitler-escaped-Nazi/1691278 |access-date=2024-01-02 |website=Queens Public Library |archive-date=January 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102155357/https://queenslibrary.org/book/Hunting-Hitler-:-new-scientific-evidence-that-Hitler-escaped-Nazi/1691278 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Bibliography== == Personal life ==
Corsi is married to Monica Stettner. They live in ].<ref>Garber, Phil. . Observer-Tribune, April 7, 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Westhoven |first1=William |title=Denville's Obama birther conspiracy writer called to testify in Russia probe |url=https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/2018/09/06/denville-nj-resident-may-testify-special-counsel-russia-probe/1209669002/ |website=Daily Record |access-date=September 8, 2021 |date=September 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/540449982|title=Monica Stettner Corsi and Dr Jerome Corsi Introduce the Corstetcom Book Offerings|publisher=Vimeo|date=April 22, 2021|access-date=July 3, 2022}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
*{{cite book *{{cite book
| last=Corsi | first=Jerome Robert | last=Corsi | first=Jerome Robert
| title=Prior Restraint, Prior Punishment, and Political Dissent; A Moral and Legal Evaluation | title=Prior Restraint, Prior Punishment, and Political Dissent; A Moral and Legal Evaluation
| year=1972 | year=1972
| publisher= Thesis (PhD) Harvard University (ProQuest document ID:754860281) (Publication Number: AAT 0231683)
| location=Boston, Massachusetts | location=Boston, Massachusetts
| isbn=
| oclc=76982330}} | oclc=76982330}}
* Lewis, Ralph G. and Jerome R. Corsi. ''To Make the World Safe for Picnics: The 1972 Political Conventions in Miami Beach''. 1974 *Lewis, Ralph G., and Jerome R. Corsi. ''To Make the World Safe for Picnics: The 1972 Political Conventions in Miami Beach''. 1974
* ] and Jerome R. Corsi. '']''. ], 2004. {{ISBN|0-89526-017-4}}. *], and Jerome R. Corsi. '']''. ], 2004. {{ISBN|0-89526-017-4}}.
*{{cite book *{{cite book
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| publisher=WND Books | publisher=WND Books
| location=Nashville, Tennessee | location=Nashville, Tennessee
| isbn=1-58182-458-0 | isbn=978-1-58182-458-2
| oclc=57475793}} | oclc=57475793
| url=https://archive.org/details/atomiciran00jero
}}
*{{cite book *{{cite book
| last=Corsi | last=Corsi
| first=Jerome R. and Smith, Craig R. | first=Jerome R., and Smith, Craig R.
| title= Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil | title=Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil
| year=2005 | year=2005
| publisher=WND Books | publisher=WND Books
| location=Nashville, Tennessee | location=Nashville, Tennessee
| isbn=1-58182-489-0 | isbn=978-1-58182-489-6
| oclc=61228601}} | oclc=61228601
| url=https://archive.org/details/blackgoldstrangl00cors
*] and Jerome R. Corsi. ''Rebuilding America: A Prescription for Creating Strong Families, Building the Wealth of Working People, and Ending Welfare''. ], 2006. {{ISBN|1-58182-501-3}}
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*], and Jerome R. Corsi. ''Rebuilding America: A Prescription for Creating Strong Families, Building the Wealth of Working People, and Ending Welfare''. ], 2006. {{ISBN|1-58182-501-3}}
*Corsi, Jerome R. ''The Late Great U.S.A.: The Coming Merger With Mexico and Canada''. WND Books, 2007, {{ISBN|0-9790451-4-2}}. *Corsi, Jerome R. ''The Late Great U.S.A.: The Coming Merger With Mexico and Canada''. WND Books, 2007, {{ISBN|0-9790451-4-2}}.
*{{cite book *{{cite book
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| title=The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality
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*{{cite book |last=Corsi |first=Jerome R. |title=The Shroud Codex |year=2010 |publisher=Threshold Editions |isbn=978-1-4391-9041-8 }} *{{cite book |last=Corsi |first=Jerome R. |title=The Shroud Codex |year=2010 |publisher=Threshold Editions |isbn=978-1-4391-9041-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781439190418 }}
*{{cite book *{{cite book
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| title=] | title=Where's the Birth Certificate?: The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President
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| title-link=Where's the Birth Certificate?
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*{{cite book |last=Corsi |first=Jerome R. |title=Saul Alinsky: The Evil Genius Behind Obama |publisher=Paperless Publishing |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-98465-864-0 }} *{{cite book |last=Corsi |first=Jerome R. |title=Saul Alinsky: The Evil Genius Behind Obama |publisher=Paperless Publishing |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-98465-864-0 }}
*{{cite book |last=Corsi |first=Jerome R. |title=Who Really Killed Kennedy?: 50 Years Later: Stunning New Revelations About the JFK Assassination |publisher=WND Books |year=2013 |isbn=193806710X |oclc=858128054 }} *{{cite book |last=Corsi |first=Jerome R. |title=Who Really Killed Kennedy?: 50 Years Later: Stunning New Revelations About the JFK Assassination |publisher=WND Books |year=2013 |isbn=978-1938067105 |oclc=858128054 |url=https://archive.org/details/whoreallykilledk0000cors }}
*{{cite book |last=Corsi |first=Jerome R. |title=No Greater Valor: The Siege of Bastogne and the Miracle That Sealed Allied Victory |publisher=Nelson Books |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-59555-521-2 }} *{{cite book |last=Corsi |first=Jerome R. |title=No Greater Valor: The Siege of Bastogne and the Miracle That Sealed Allied Victory |publisher=Nelson Books |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-59555-521-2 }}
*{{cite book |last=Corsi |first=Jerome R. |title=Killing the Deep State: The Fight to Save President Trump |publisher=Humanix Books |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-63006-102-9 }} *{{cite book |last=Corsi |first=Jerome R. |title=Killing the Deep State: The Fight to Save President Trump |publisher=Humanix Books |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-63006-102-9 }}
*{{cite book |last=Corsi|first= Jerome |title=Coup d'État: Exposing Deep State Treason and the Plan to Re-Elect President Trump|publisher=Post Hill Press |year=2020|isbn=9781642934380}}


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American conservative author (born 1946)

Jerome Corsi
BornJerome Robert Corsi
(1946-08-31) August 31, 1946 (age 78)
East Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
EducationCase Western Reserve University (BA)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)
OccupationWriter
Known forCo-author of Unfit for Command
Author of The Obama Nation
Political partyConstitution
SpouseMonica Stettner

Jerome Robert Corsi (born August 31, 1946) is an American conspiracy theorist and author. His two New York Times best-selling books, Unfit for Command (2004) and The Obama Nation (2008), attacked Democratic presidential candidates and have been criticized by opposition.

In other books and columns for conservative to right-wing websites such as WorldNetDaily and Human Events, Corsi has discussed conspiracy theories, such as the alleged plans for a North American Union government; the "birther" claims that President Barack Obama is not a United States citizen; criticism of the United States government for allegedly covering up information about the September 11 attacks; and alleged United States support of Iran in its attempts to develop nuclear weapons.

In 2017, he became the Washington, D.C., bureau chief for the conspiracy theory website InfoWars but no longer works for the website.

In 2018, Corsi was subpoenaed by the Mueller special counsel investigation over his contacts with former Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone and foreknowledge of WikiLeaks releases of stolen Clinton emails. Corsi claimed that he turned down a plea deal with Robert Mueller, and denied any such contacts or knowledge. Draft court documents released in November showed that he emailed Stone several times, updating him about impending WikiLeaks releases of stolen emails.

In November 2019, Stone was convicted of lying to Congress and other charges. Stone had testified to Congress that Randy Credico was his WikiLeaks go-between, but prosecutors said this was a lie in order to protect Corsi.

Early life

Corsi was born in East Cleveland, Ohio, to Alice (Hanlon) Corsi and Louis E. Corsi, a Democratic Party activist and a leader of the United Transportation Union. He graduated from St. Ignatius High School in 1964, and graduated from Case Western Reserve University in 1968. He received a PhD in political science from Harvard University in 1972.

In 1972 Corsi published his doctoral dissertation, Prior Restraint, Prior Punishment, and Political Dissent: A Moral and Legal Evaluation, which discussed the 1968 Democratic National Convention and Vietnam War protests in the context of government tolerance of "internal political activism." His dissertation advisor was Michael Walzer.

Career

Corsi began to work in banking and finance in 1981. In 1995 he helped launch a mutual fund to invest in formerly communist Poland after the fall of the Soviet Union, which eventually lost $1.2 million (~$2.19 million in 2023), much of it from a group of about 20 Minnesota investors. Some of the investors blamed the organizers, including Corsi, for their investment in the formerly Communist country. Two investors sued Corsi and his partners, claiming that the organizers had given their personal guarantee backing up the investment, and won judgments against them. They did not collect from Corsi, because, as one investor claimed, the money "had been moved into his wife's name ... There was nothing to get out of him". The FBI found no basis for bringing criminal charges. Until his 2004 book, Corsi was a financial services marketing specialist.

In January 2005, Corsi told the Boston Herald that he planned to run for John Kerry's Senate seat in Massachusetts in 2008 as a Republican or Independent candidate.

In January 2017, Corsi announced that he was leaving his position as a senior staff writer for far right fringe website WorldNetDaily to open and lead the Washington, D.C., bureau for conspiracy theory website InfoWars. By mid-2018, he was no longer working there. In 2019, Corsi unsuccessfully sued InfoWars and Alex Jones for defamation.

Special Counsel investigation

Main article: Mueller special counsel investigation

In September 2018, Corsi was subpoenaed to testify in the Special Counsel investigation, reportedly for his contacts with Roger Stone. Corsi also turned over computer, phone, and email records. The Office of the Special Counsel reportedly has information suggesting Corsi possessed advance knowledge that WikiLeaks had obtained the hacked emails of John Podesta. Corsi has denied that he had any advance knowledge of the hack, or that he has had any communication with anyone involved in the hack. Corsi announced on November 12, 2018, that he expected to be indicted for perjury within days. Eleven days later he confirmed he had entered plea negotiations with Mueller prosecutors. On November 26, 2018, Corsi stated that he rejected the plea deal brought by the Special Counsel to plead guilty to one count of perjury; he stated that he rejected it because he did not willfully mislead anyone.

Draft court documents, released in November, showed that two months before WikiLeaks released emails stolen from the Clinton campaign, Corsi sent emails to Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone informing him that WikiLeaks was going to publish the emails in two "dumps", giving dates of the planned releases and that the "impact planned" would be "very damaging." Stone also sent Corsi an email directing him to contact Julian Assange "and get the pending (WikiLeaks) emails." Corsi told Mueller's investigators he ignored the direction, but investigators found he had passed it to an associate in London, whom Corsi later identified as Ted Malloch, who had worked with the Trump campaign and been questioned by Mueller's investigators in April 2018.

Corsi retained attorney Larry Klayman, who in December filed (on Corsi's behalf) a request for an investigation into the Special Counsel's tactics and a lawsuit alleging Mueller and other government actors violated Corsi's constitutional rights and leaked grand jury secrets;

On January 25, 2019, Corsi confirmed that he is "Person 1" cited in the federal indictment of Roger Stone and predicted that he won't face charges. "Dr. Corsi has reviewed the indictment of Roger Stone which references him as Person 1. The Stone Indictment does not accuse Dr. Corsi of any wrongdoing and indeed this is the case. Dr. Corsi has fully cooperated with the Special Counsel and his prosecutors and testified truthfully to the grand jury, as well as during interviews with them", Corsi said through his legal counsel, Larry Klayman and David Gray. On February 7, Corsi sued Stone for defamation.

In an April 21 article, The Washington Post reported Corsi's lawyer, David Gray, asserting investigators were "dumbfounded" by Corsi's inconsistent testimony, and Gray himself found some of it "concerning". Investigators ultimately decided, after extensive interviews of Corsi, that (according to Gray), they could not "use any of this". Gray attributed Corsi's shifting stories to a poor memory and his well-established habit of picking "truthful facts woven in a way that you don't have to worry about the things that are inconsistent". Corsi quotes himself as telling investigators: "Sometimes I can't tell if I remembered or invented".

In May, 2020, Corsi was caught accidentally emailing a Mueller prosecutor, Aaron Zelinsky, about another case, showing Corsi personally had his contact information in his email, and suggesting he had been working with him directly. Corsi had been attempting to e-mail Vladimir Zelenko, who made exaggerated claims about hydroxychloroquine-antibiotic-zinc cocktails and their alleged efficacy in treating COVID-19 that were not supported by peer-reviewed evidence.

Writings

Corsi has written about many subjects, including Democratic politicians and conspiracy theories. According to The Guardian in 2008, Corsi has been accused by the American press "of being anti-Islamic, anti-Catholic, anti-Semitic and homophobic, and of exploiting racial prejudices in an attempt to 'scare white America'". Corsi wrote a critical biography of then Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry called Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry (2004). In 2005 he published Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians, which claimed Democratic politicians are corrupted by Iranian money and are helping the Ulamas, who seek nuclear weapons, in Tehran. That same year he co-authored Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil (2005) with Craig R. Smith.

In 2006, he co-authored Showdown with Nuclear Iran: Radical Islam's Messianic Mission to Destroy Israel and Cripple the United States with Michael D. Evans. In August 2006 he published Minutemen: The Battle to Secure America's Borders with Minutemen founder Jim Gilchrist. This book criticized President George W. Bush's border protection policies, accusing him of furthering plans to create a North American Union. Corsi co-wrote the book Rebuilding America (published May 2006), with Kenneth Blackwell, then Ohio secretary of state and a Republican candidate for Governor of Ohio.

In 2007, Corsi called for the impeachment of George W. Bush. On August 15, 2008, Corsi endorsed Constitution Party presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin, who had campaigned to reopen the investigation into the September 11, 2001 attacks in support of the 9/11 Truth movement.

Corsi has also referred to Martin Luther King Jr. as a "shakedown artist".

FactCheck.org called Corsi's The Obama Nation "a mishmash of unsupported conjecture, half-truths, logical fallacies and outright falsehoods". Obama's campaign has criticized Corsi as a "bigoted fringe author" for these claims, as well as "the bizarre, conspiratorial views that Jerome Corsi has advocated in his broader work". Corsi has also appeared on INN World Report, a news program on Free Speech TV, to advance his claims.

While QAnon was initially promoted by Corsi, Right Wing Watch reported that Corsi and Jones both ceased to support QAnon by May 2018, declaring the source "completely compromised". But in August 2018, Corsi reversed course and said he "will comment on and follow QAnon when QAnon is bringing forth news", adding that "in the last few days, QAnon has been particularly good".

Unfit for Command

Main article: Unfit for Command

In August 2004, Corsi's Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry, with attributed coauthor John O'Neill, was published by Regnery Publishing. The book sold more than 1.2 million copies.

The main theme of Corsi's portion of the book was to criticize Kerry's antiwar activities after returning from Vietnam, and to dispute many of his and other antiwar activists' assertions that U.S. soldiers had committed war crimes and atrocities, burned down villages, and murdered innocent civilians in Vietnam. Kerry gained notoriety, the book argues, by bringing to light such horrific events as the My Lai Massacre, thus damaging the image of the U.S. Military in the Winter Soldier hearings.

The other theme of the book was that Kerry's four-month tour in Vietnam had been marked by cowardice under fire and fraudulently obtaining medals. In that regard, the book contained statements by some veterans of the Vietnam War who served with John Kerry on Swift Boats, several of whom executed affidavits in support of their claims; these claims were repudiated by other veterans who served with Kerry and often were disproven by outside sources, including the Navy's official records.

After controversial comments Corsi had made at the Free Republic website were publicized by the Media Matters for America website, John O'Neill claimed that Corsi was not actually a co-author of the book Unfit for Command, but rather was "simply an editor". Nevertheless, O'Neill described Corsi as the book's "coauthor" in a 2007 letter to The New York Times. Scott Swett and Tim Ziegler describe Corsi's efforts in writing the book, referring to him as one of its "authors" in their book To Set the Record Straight.

In 2007 Corsi, along with Bill Gertz, Lt. Col. Robert (Buzz) Patterson, Joel Mowbray, and Richard Miniter, sued Regnery's parent company, Eagle Publishing, claiming the company "orchestrate and participate in a fraudulent, deceptively concealed and self-dealing scheme to divert book sales away from retail outlets and to wholly owned subsidiary organizations within the Eagle conglomerate". The suit was dismissed on June 30, 2008.

The Obama Nation

Main article: The Obama Nation

Corsi's book The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality was released on August 1, 2008, and is critical of Barack Obama and his candidacy for president. In response, the Obama campaign issued a 40-page rebuttal called "Unfit for Publication" on his website FightTheSmears.com, alleging factual errors.

Many of the accusations made in the book are unsubstantiated, misleading or inaccurate.

According to The New York Times, "Significant parts of the book, whose subtitle is 'Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality,' have been challenged in the days since its debut on Aug. 1." The book made its first appearance on The New York Times' Best Sellers list for nonfiction hardcovers at No. 1. Corsi conducted over 100 interviews promoting the book, including a scheduled appearance on The Political Cesspool, a white supremacist radio talk show. He previously appeared on the show on July 20, but he canceled his August 17 appearance, citing a change in travel plans. In August 2008, Corsi appeared on Alex Jones' radio show and promoted The Obama Nation.

In a debate with Corsi on Larry King Live, Paul Waldman, a senior fellow at Media Matters for America, accused him of using "baseless innuendo" as a tactic to "smear" Obama.

On October 7, 2008, Corsi and his media consultant Tim Bueler were detained by immigration authorities in Kenya while engaged in further research related to the book, allegedly for failure to have a work permit. Corsi had scheduled a press conference to announce the claim that Obama had raised a million dollars for the election campaign of Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga, and had helped run Odinga's campaign as a strategist, including setting the stage for the campaign of violence and bloodshed that had brought Odinga to power after a disputed election. The meeting was interrupted by Kenyan immigration officials when they detained Corsi. Corsi was eventually deported.

Black Gold Stranglehold

Corsi has also promoted the theory of abiogenic petroleum origin (as opposed to the scientifically accepted theory for the formation of petroleum from biological matter). In his book Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil, Corsi disputes the academic consensus that oil is fossil fuel and says that dinosaurs cannot turn into oil. The scientific consensus is that oil is not formed from dinosaurs, but from fossilized plant remains. Corsi says that the scientific views of petroleum formation are accepted, because it would be "disastrous — both to oil companies and to politicians in office" in terms of pricing to admit that oil is not a scarce commodity.

Atomic Iran

In 2005 Corsi's Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians was published by WND Books with an introduction by Craig R. Smith, Chairman of the Board of Owens & Minor. In the book he claims Democratic politicians are corrupted by Iranian money and are helping the Iranian government, who he claims seeks nuclear weapons. Corsi accused an aide for John Kerry of helping the Iranian government, who strongly rejected the claim. To promote the book, Corsi appeared in conservative venues such as on Hannity & Colmes on April 8, 2005, at The Heritage Foundation, and on WEJEW Radio.

Where's the Birth Certificate?

Main article: Where's the Birth Certificate?

Corsi wrote Where's the Birth Certificate?, a book that questions Obama's American citizenship. Prior to its May 2011 release, the book enjoyed a buzz-building teaser article in the heavily trafficked Drudge Report website, but Obama released his long-form birth certificate three weeks before the book was published. Shortly after the book's publication, Esquire issued a satirical report that the book had been recalled, which prompted Corsi to sue Esquire for damages of over $285 million. The lawsuit was dismissed in a United States district court in a decision stating that satire is protected by the First Amendment and noting, "Having become such well-known proponents of one position on the issue, plaintiffs cannot complain that the very intensity of their advocacy also became part of the public debate. Those who speak with loud voices cannot be surprised if they become part of the story."

Corsi continued to cast doubt on Obama's birth certificate during a March 2019 CNN interview, telling Anderson Cooper, "I want to see the original 1961 birth records from Kenya, that'll settle it...the State of Hawaii will not show those records to anyone.” Corsi's attorney, Larry Klayman, falsely asserted during the same interview, "the birth certificate uses the word ‘African-American’ in 1961.”

North American Union conspiracy theories

Corsi claimed that "President Bush is pursuing a globalist agenda to create a North American Union", a theoretical continental union of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, that will supplant the United States. In 2007, he predicted a new unit of currency, called the amero, which would replace the dollar for this union within ten years. The "Union" is a theme in two of his books The Late Great U.S.A.: The Coming Merger with Mexico and Canada (2007) and Minutemen: The Battle to Secure America's Borders (2006) as he explained on The Conservative Caucus's TV show.

The validity of those claims was criticized in Newsweek and the author noted: "Corsi offered a warning: President Bush's supposed determination to force North American integration, he told the audience, could cost the GOP the 2008 presidential election. Corsi may have a conspiratorial bent. But he sure knows how to spin stories that shake up an election – and at least one candidate seems happy to help him."

John Hawkins, a fellow writer for Human Events, responded: "Yesterday, Jerome Corsi was prattling on about the North American Union again after Michael Medved deservedly spanked him for spreading conspiracy theories. While I don't think Corsi is any more worthy of being taken seriously than those who think Jews rule the world or the 'Truthers' who think President Bush is responsible for 9/11, I thought I would respond to him one last time." Hawkins listed Corsi as number three on his list of "The Most Annoying People on the Right", and wrote: "Nobody has worked harder to convince people that the completely moronic North American conspiracy theory is real than the right's version of Dylan Avery, kooky Jerome Corsi." Additionally, conservative Hugh Hewitt said Corsi is "from the fringe".

9/11 conspiracy theories

Main article: 9/11 conspiracy theories

Corsi believes the official explanation of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center to be false. He said:

The fire, from jet fuel, does not burn hot enough to produce the physical evidence that he’s produced. So when you’ve got science that the hypothesis doesn’t explain–evidence–then the hypothesis doesn’t stand anymore. It doesn’t mean there’s a new hypothesis you’ve validated. It just means the government’s explanation of the jet fuel fire is not a sufficient explanation to explain the evidence of these spheres–these microscopic spheres–that Steven Jones has proved existed within the W.T.C. dust.

In an interview with Alex Jones, Corsi discussed "the findings of Steven Jones, physicist and hero of the 9/11 Truth movement who claims to have evidence that the World Trade Center towers collapsed due to explosives inside the building, not just the planes hitting them, during the attacks". Corsi cited Jones's findings of microscopic forensic evidence that seemingly negated the U.S. government hypothesis that the aircraft's jet fuel-fed heat alone was sufficiently hot to collapse the steel superstructure of the buildings.

Hunting Hitler

On January 2, 2014, Corsi released his book Hunting Hitler: New Scientific Evidence That Hitler Escaped Nazi Germany. According to the publisher's description, the book explores claims made in 2009 by three U.S. professors who believe that Adolf Hitler did not die in 1945, and instead escaped Berlin. Roger Stone called it an "incredible book".

Personal life

Corsi is married to Monica Stettner. They live in Denville Township, New Jersey.

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See also

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