The author of a best-selling book that attacked the credibility of Anita F. Hill has disavowed its premise, and now says that he lied in print to protect the reputation of Justice Clarence Thomas.



David Brock, the author of the book, ''The Real Anita Hill'' (Free Press, 1993), has also suggested, in a magazine article to be published this week, that Justice Thomas used an intermediary to provide Mr. Brock with damaging information about a woman who had come forward to provide support for Ms. Hill's accusations of harassment by Justice Thomas. Ms. Hill's accusations became the focus of Senate hearings into Justice Thomas's nomination to the Supreme Court in 1991.



Mr. Brock reported that he then used the information to force the woman to retract her statements about Justice Thomas. The article, in the August issue of Talk magazine, is excerpted from Mr. Brock's new book, ''Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex Conservative'' (Crown Publishers), which is scheduled to be published in September.



Describing an article he wrote for The American Spectator, a conservative magazine, in 1992, which became the basis for his book on Ms. Hill, he said he did everything he could to ''ruin Hill's credibility,'' using ''virtually every derogatory and often contradictory allegation I had collected on Hill into the vituperative mix.''



''I demonized Democratic senators, their staffs, and Hill's feminist supporters without ever interviewing any of them,'' he continued.

David Brock, founder of the pro-Hillary Clinton super-PAC Correct the Record, confirmed he was planning to go after Sanders over the release of his medical records as early as last weekend, but refrained.



I was prepared to bring that up, Brock said on Bloomberg's With All Due Respect, referring to a story published by Politico on the issue. I was scheduled to do a couple of interviews over the weekend in Charleston, so I was prepared to bring that up.

Releasing the records is part of the normal vetting process for candidates, Brock argued. Its usual for all candidates in the presidential, particularly someone whos doing well and becoming a top-tier candidate, he said. And look, they said they were gonna do it, so clearly I was on the right path.



During an appearance on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday, Sanders said he had no problem releasing his medical records. Thank God, I am very healthy, Sanders said. We will get our medical records out the same way that Secretary Clinton has gotten her records out. It is not a problem.



Brock and his pro-Clinton super-PAC have been on the defensive since Politico reported Saturday that he was expected to hit the airwaves this weekend from Charleston, and released a statement Saturday night denying that he planned to release ads attacking Sanders over his medical records. He also denied any direct involvement from the Clinton campaign.



Correct The Record is not going to attack Senator Sanders on the issue of his medical records, nor am I, read the statement. I've said nothing about the issue. This has nothing to do with the Clinton campaign.

"An aide to Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said Thursday evening that rival Hillary Clinton "should be ashamed" of her association with longtime ally David Brock.



Brock, who heads several groups supporting Clinton's bid, slammed a new ad from Sanders on Thursday and accused the Vermont senator of not caring about black people.



Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs issued a scathing statement directed at Brock's comments and stressed that Sanders has "one of the strongest civil rights records in Congress."



"He doesnt need lectures on civil rights and racial issues from David Brock, the head of a Hillary Clinton super PAC," Briggs said in the statement.



"Twenty-five years ago it was Brock  a mud-slinging, right-wing extremist  who tried to destroy Anita Hill, a distinguished African-American law professor," the Sanders spokesman continued, referring to Brock in 2001 disavowing a book he had written attacking the woman who accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment.



"He later was forced to apologize for his lies about her. Today, he is lying about Sen. Sanders," Briggs said.



Briggs slammed Clinton for hiring "a mudslinger like David Brock," adding: "She should be ashamed of her association with Brock."

Brock had remarked to The Associated Press earlier in the day that a new Sanders ad depicting overwhelmingly white supporters was a "significant slight to the Democratic base."



"From this ad it seems black lives don't matter much to Bernie Sanders," Brock told the AP of the ad, which optimistically showed large crowds applauding Sanders to the tune of Simon and Garfunkel's "America."



Clinton is seeking to fend off an upset by Sanders in the early-voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, where ballots will be cast in early February and polls indicate a close race."

One David Brock....Ms. Anita Hill Ratfuckery -- ex-GOP Hit Man David Brock.It's Rare That A RAT changes their colors and in this case, the RAT is David Brock.And You Know What -- Bernie and His Campaign are so NICE They Have Not Hit Clinton with her slimy Association with All Things David BrockGAME-MATCH!!!