As Breitbart’s Wynton Hall reported, 60 Minutes recently ran an exposé on the PAC loopholes that allow members of Congress “to convert campaign cash into lavish lifestyle upgrades for themselves and their family members.”  

Sunday on 60 Minutes, reporter Steve Kroft detailed some of the findings in a new book by Peter Schweizer, Breitbart Senior Editor-at-Large and Government Accountability Institute President. As Hall writes,

The report, which contained selected material from Schweizer’s forthcoming book Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets, revealed embarrassing and outlandish instances of cronyism and self-enrichment by members of Congress. Despite the fact that funds from leadership PACs are supposed to go to help elect fellow members of one’s own political party, lax campaign laws allow lawmakers to turn their leadership PACs into private slush funds to fund just about anything.

In the 60 Minutes piece, Schweizer comments on the outrageous congressional self-exemption:

It's another example, unfortunately, where the rules that apply to the rest of us, don't really apply to the members of Congress.

Schweizer’s Extortion launches next Tuesday and, as Hall reports, will include “never-before-released documents and revelations on several top Democrats, Republicans, President Barack Obama, and Attorney General Eric Holder.”