Jagdish Shukla asked the president (of the United States) to use the threat of racketeering charges to silence scientific dissent. Two weeks later and Shukla faces a congressional investigation.
Chairman Smith: “IGES appears to be almost fully funded by taxpayer money while simultaneously participating in partisan political activity by requesting a RICO investigation of companies and organizations that disagree with the Obama administration on climate change. In fact, IGES has reportedly received $63 million from taxpayers since 2001, comprising over 98 percent of its total revenue during that time.”
