Capitol Hill's Criminal Underground: The Most Thorough Exploration of Government Corruption Ever Put in Writing

by Richard Lawless

Richard Lawless’s Capitol Hill’s Criminal The Most Thorough Exploration of Government Corruption Ever Put in Writing is a no-holds-barred tell-all about the bad guys of Capital Hill and Wall Street, including the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission. After Lawless became a victim of these crimes, he used his decades as a senior and executive banker, backed by an MBA with a focus on finance and law, to break down the evidence in Capitol Hill’s Criminal Underground. No names have been changed to protect the innocent because there are no innocent—except for the tens of millions of Americans who, like Lawless, had massive amounts of money stolen from them. Capitol Hill’s Criminal Underground is a story about one of the longest-running government-protected criminal enterprises in the history of the United States country. This is Lawless’s attempt find justice for what happened to him—and to many readers as well.

285 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 19, 2019

Reviews

[Ursula Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

A Substantial Fraud, Never Prosecuted

This was the story of a massive cover up regarding an energy project in Puerto Rico. A number of people, including the author, and many senior citizens lost funds due to fraud. The author went above and beyond, notifying all the branches of government, investigative agencies and the media, most of which chose to do nothing to keep the gravy train running. Anyone who has ever taken the time to complain about an issue and is ignored can relate. It's not what you know, but who you know and the almighty dollar rules. It's sad to say I didn't find this shocking at all, just business as usual. Hopefully it will open more eyes. I would like to note that I empathize with the author when he noted his fears about his losses and the future, an equally large number of people never got that far, weren't fortunate enough to have ever owned a house or had a comfortable life. There is a great deal of information presented in the book, some editorial errors had the same content showing in different chapters, which was a bit confusing. Otherwise this is a meticulously researched subject with overwhelming evidence. Anyone interested in political topics should read how the real world works. Can be shocking for the unwary.

[Lillie · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's hard to imagine corruption on the scale described in this book. I don't doubt there is a lot of corruption in our government, among both elected officials and bureaucrats, but if the conclusions the author draws are correct, it appears that not one single member of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches and not one single employee and contractor that works for the government at any level is willing to do anything about the corruption. Aren't there any honest politicians and government agents?

The author has detailed his findings in great detail. His family was devastated as a result of corruption that bankrupted his business, and he's on a crusade to end the corruption and see the villains pay. He has obviously done an incredible amount of investigation and covers it all in this book.

The book is very depressing, as the situation seems so hopeless--both for the author and his family and for the country as a whole. No one in government or law enforcement or the media has been willing to investigate these allegations.

In the interest of being thorough, there is a lot of duplication and redundancy in the book. For example, the author wrote the same letter to various law enforcement and regulatory agencies, government offices, and media representatives. He sent copies to multiple representatives in each category; for example, he sent a letter to the agent-in-charge of every FBI office in the country. He provides a copy of the letter he sent to each organization, and since they were essentially all the same, it became repetitive. He provides names of everyone he contacted; using the FBI as an example, he listed every FBI agent-in-charge in the nation with their addresses.

The author contacted numerous law enforcement and regulatory agencies (FBI and SEC), elected officials (attorneys general and legislators), and more. Yet no one was interested in the evidence he presented. Were they protecting the people and companies who are robbing us or is the author so unreasonably obsessed with what happened to him that he is seeing evil where it doesn't exist? He provides extensive and compelling evidence, but the reader will have to decide for himself or herself if the evidence is convincing. The book is not easy reading, but anyone serious about integrity and fairness should consider what the author has to say.

Several issues made the book harder to read than it should have been:
- previously mentioned redundancy
- images with charts and tables of information that couldn't be read (even with a magnifying glass) because they were so small on the Kindle
- grammar errors, misused words, and occasional confusing syntax

I received a copy of the book from the author, but the opinions expressed in this voluntary review are my own.

[William Larsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Crooked government

Well put together in an oddly logical way. Sympathy for the author, but fear as a citizen is the result of reading this account of government run wild. How to stop the lawless behavior? I wish I had a solution!

[Csparrenberger · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book somewhat interesting but so tedious and repetitive. I can’t say more without revealing the contents. I will say the material is very well presented in logical order.