John Buchanan (American politician)
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John Buchanan was a Republican candidate in the 2004 Presidential race. He is a former journalist who lives in Miami, Florida.
He has written a screenplay called Operation Clear-Vision on the subject of the Bush family, pharmaceutical companies and biological weapons research. It was during the research for this project that he discovered documents related to Prescott Bush's business dealings with Nazi industrialist Fritz Thyssen [1]. He has also co-written (with Stacy Michael) articles on the matter for the New Hampshire Gazette [2]. After the publication of the articles there were a series of incidents involving various levels of law enforcement (from the local Miami police to the Secret Service); with claims that Buchanan was plotting to assassinate President George W. Bush. Buchanan was also arrested and charged with a 14 count felony indictment of Aggravated Stalking. Buchanan was jailed, but on August 11th, 2004 he went to trial and was acquitted on the charges in a matter of 30 minutes, the state never presenting its witness, The case against him was dismissed.
During his presidential campaign, he often referred to himself as "the 9/11 Truth Candidate". He also opposed the 2003 Iraq war.
Buchanan received 1.23% of the vote in the New Hampshire primary.
