American Liberty League controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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1934
Business Plot allegations
Smedley Butler alleged that Gerald C. MacGuire had sounded him out about leading a veterans' movement against Roosevelt on behalf of powerful interests. The league rejected the accusation, MacGuire denied a plot in congressional testimony, and historians remain divided over the allegations and the league's possible connection.