Catherine Austin Fitts Drops Bombshell in Tucker Carlson Interview: How Legal Elites Betrayed America for Profit.
A recent interview with former Bush administration official Catherine Austin Fitts, offered a sharp critique of America’s ruling class and the legal system, alleging that both played a central role in the nation’s economic and institutional decline.
Speaking with Tucker Carlson on his independent media platform, Catherine Fitts pulled no punches. According to her, a devastating shift unfolded during the 1990s, one that saw America’s political, corporate, and legal elites abandon national interests in favor of their own financial gain.
“It wasn’t an accident,” Fitts said. “It was a decision. A decision to strip the country of its assets, hollow out its communities, and leave ordinary Americans to deal with the wreckage.”
Former Bush administration official Catherine Austin Fitts on how America’s leaders gave up on the country in the 1990s, began stealing trillions and built a digital prison to control the population.
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(1:11) The Attempts to Control the World’s Currency
(12:09)… pic.twitter.com/hreoSfTRcc— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) April 28, 2025
What stands out isn’t just the accusation of betrayal, it’s the central role she claims the legal profession played in paving the way.
How the Law Allegedly Enabled America’s Downfall
Fitts outlined a pattern that will sound grimly familiar to many attorneys and policy watchers: laws, contracts, and court decisions quietly crafted not for the public good, but for private enrichment.
Among the tactics she cited:
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Trade agreements that devastated American manufacturing.
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Privatization deals that shifted public assets into private hands.
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Deregulation that gutted consumer and worker protections.
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Strategic litigation and judicial appointments that tilted the playing field further toward the powerful.
At nearly every critical juncture, she argues, lawyers were the ones designing the framework — ensuring that the system served those already at the top.
“Lawyers weren’t just bystanders,” Catherine Fitts said. “They were architects.”
Growing Distrust in American Institutions
Fitts’s warning comes as trust in the American legal system hits new lows. A recent Gallup survey shows confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court and the judiciary slipping to levels not seen in decades.
She argues that unless the legal community confronts its role in this shift, the gap between the law’s ideals and its reality will only widen.
“If lawyers are only working to help the powerful consolidate more power, then who’s left to defend the people who actually need the law?” Catherine Fitts said.
Across the United States, concerns over economic inequality, deteriorating infrastructure, and declining public trust in institutions continue to grow.
According to Catherine Austin Fitts, these challenges are not the result of random misfortune. They are the predictable consequences of legal and policy decisions made decades ago, shaped and endorsed by influential figures within the nation’s legal and political systems.
Without meaningful reform, America’s legal foundations risk continuing to erode, not from external threats, but from within.
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