A book publisher who purported to be pro-MAGA was sued by a prominent conservative writer who says he’s full of them.
According to Tablet magazine, two years ago The New York Times ran a story about a new publisher offering its services to pro-Trump writers who had been rejected by the major publishing giants.
The emergence of the new publisher, All Seasons Press (ASP), prompted seasoned conservative writer Lee Smith to sell the rights to his book, “The Thirty Tyrants,” to the company.
But then something strange happened. ASP complained about the book’s content and tried to force Smith to renegotiate his contract. But why? Smith now thinks he knows exactly why.
This story of a big soros named Scott Bessent posing as a GOP donor is one of the craziest stories I’ve read in a long time. Great work of the incredible @ArminRosen https://t.co/wPMsm7Qlwa
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) November 8, 2023
According to a lawsuit he filed in October 2022, it turns out that ASP is secretly owned by Scott Bessent, a close associate of far-left billionaire George Soros.
“Bessent’s name did not appear in any media coverage of ASP’s launch or on ASP’s website and front page, and Smith’s lawsuit alleged that the company concealed Bessent’s involvement from both Smith and to his literary agent, Keith Urbahn, based in Washington, DC.” according to Tablet magazine.
“Bessent ran Soros’ London office for most of the 1990s and served as chief investment officer of Soros Fund Management from 2011 to 2015.. He invested $2 billion of Soros’ money in 2015 to launch his own boutique, Key Square Capital Management,” the Tablet report continues.
But there is more.
Smith’s book, which argues that “Americans at the top of the financial, entertainment and political industries had sold their country to Communist China,” mentions Soros by name because of his own proposals in Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
In the 2010s, he reportedly praised China’s “doctrine of harmonious development,” praised the Chinese government as “better functioning” than the U.S. government, and advocated “partnering with China to avoid world war”.
Based on all of this, Smith has accused ASP of acquiring his book through fraud by concealing the fact that the company is under the control of a senior Soros associate.
“In the case complaint, Smith contended that Bessent’s objections to the content of the planned book were the reason for ASP’s repeated attempts to strong-arm him into renegotiating his contract in the months . . . with the publisher who eventually threatened legal action if Smith didn’t return his advance along with an additional $30,000,” Tablet notes.
“Smith believed that ASP misrepresented and concealed its true motive and intent, which was to contract with Smith and pay him an advance to “take Smith’s book off the market and destroy its value.””, according to Tablet.
In response to Smith’s lawsuit, ASP stated that his allegations are a “sham” and that the truth of the matter was that he had not produced a manuscript on time. However, ASP conceded that Smith had a point about Bessent.
“[T]The defense more or less acknowledged the truth of some of Smith’s main claims, namely that Bessent plays an important role at the publisher, and that his involvement was hidden from both Smith and the public,” according to tablet
“The fact that Mr. Smith was surprised to learn of the politics of a prominent person who financially supports ASP is irrelevant. ASP was under no obligation to disclose the identity of its benefactor, his political and economic beliefs personal information or its connection to ASP,” ASP attorneys reportedly wrote in a motion to dismiss the case.
The case eventually concluded with a settlement of sorts whereby Smith agreed to return the advance payment ASP had given him, and ASP in turn agreed to return the book rights to him.
Statement from the publisher who signed my book on how the relationship between US elites and the CCP is destroying America: without disclosing that the owner is a Soros associate who has invested $100 million in CCP companies and then he sued me. @arminrosen reports: https://t.co/3hALTOAc7G https://t.co/FfavIEBLB4
— Lee Smith (@LeeSmithDC) November 8, 2023
For Smith, it was a worthwhile trade.
“My book is about how the Chinese Communist Party impoverishes Americans and threatens our national security by working with America’s elites in the political, business, and cultural establishment,” he told Tablet.
“The ties are deliberately opaque and obfuscated, and I spend a lot of time tracing them and identifying key parts of this web. I’m happy to reclaim the rights to my work,” he added.
As for ASP, it’s still business as usual, and in fact recently published a biography of Tucker Carlson by fellow conservative writer Chadwick Moore.
But this is not the only demand that ASP is part of. The company has sued former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in an attempt to recover its $1 million advance, claiming it breached the contract, according to the Associated press:
“Meadows’ statements to the special prosecutor and/or his staff and his grand jury testimony clearly contradict the statements” in “The Chief’s Chief,” according to the lawsuit filed in Sarasota, Florida. A central theme of Meadows’ book is that “President Trump was the real winner of the 2020 presidential election and that election was ‘stolen’ and ‘rigged’ with the help of ‘allies in the liberal media'” , court documents say. party
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V. Saxena is a writer for BizPac Review with a decade of experience as a professional writer and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University.
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