Ex-George W Bush aide called himself 'weapon of mass destruction' in extort plot: lawsuit

A lawsuit claims that former press secretary for President George W. Bush, Adam Levine, referred to himself as a "weapon of mass destruction" while he was trying to extort $10 million from a former employer, The New York Post reported.

Levine, who was working for Bush during the invasion of Iraq, also allegedly said that he would plant damaging stories about The Change Company if he wasn't paid the cash. The company claims in its lawsuit that Levine collected confidential information about co-workers and used it to extort them. He was eventually fired for misconduct, which included using racial slurs.

“After being at TCC for over a year, TCC employees reported Levine’s conduct had become increasingly erratic and hostile towards other TCC employees, partners, and counter-parties,” according to the suit, which accuses him of “using racial slurs towards co-workers and others working in the building, including referring to Hispanic workers as ‘monkeys’.”'

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He's also accused of screaming profanities at co-workers and physically intimidating them, and conducting “unauthorized background investigations on his co-workers and their families’ medical situations and personal lives," before he “launched a full-scale attack” after receiving a negative performance review.

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He's being sued by the company for $10 million for fraud, intentionally interfering with contracts and breach of contract.

Read the full report over at The New York Post.