Craig Unger (b. March 25, 1949) is an American journalist and writer. He has served as deputy editor of The New York Observer and was editor-in-chief of Boston Magazine. He has written about George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush for The New Yorker, Esquire Magazine, and Vanity Fair. He has written about the Romney family and Hart InterCivic.[1]
Craig Unger
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Craig Unger in 2008
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| Born | March 25, 1949
United States
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| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer |
| Website | https://www.facebook.com/craig.unger/ |
Unger grew up in Dallas, Texas, and attended Harvard University.[citation needed]
On April 11, 2004, Unger wrote an op-ed for The Boston Globe demanding answers from the 9/11 Commission on who had given permission for Saudi nationals to leave the United States.[2] He repeated the theme in his 2004 book, House of Bush, House of Saud, that was also featured in Michael Moore's film Fahrenheit 9/11: "Is it possible that President Bush himself played a role in authorizing the evacuation of the Saudis after 9/11?" Unger reportedly traced $1.4 billion in investments by the Saudis to friends and business organizations closely associated with the Bush family.[citation needed]
Unger's 2007 book The Fall of the House of Bush is about the internal feud in the Bush family and the rise and collusion of the neoconservative and Christian rightinRepublican party politics, viewing each group's world view and efforts concerning present and potential future US policy through a distinctly negative prism.[3] In his previous work, House of Bush, House of Saud explored the relationship between the Bush family and the House of Saud.[citation needed]
In his 2018 book, House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia, Unger tells about links existing between the Russian mafia, Vladimir Putin and the Trump Organization. He names 59 Russians as long-term business associatesofDonald Trump[4][5]
