So I became a top target of the Israeli Lobby, and no question you know, I’m labeled an anti-Semite, which I’m really not, but they do control much of our government, our press, Broadway, Hollywood and the money system and they basically control this country and you do not want Israel as an enemy and I became an enemy of Israel. That, I think, was my downfall.
James Traficant (US politician) in an interview with WeAreChange on YouTube, “Congressman Takes on AIPAC and Gets Thrown in Prison”, 2014