We’ve been so distracted by the high-wire acts in the bizarre circus of American politics the past few years, we pay little or no attention to the huge elephant in the ring. A massive economic crash is coming, and in many ways it’s already here.

Financial research expert and former banker Charles Ortel, who proved that several major U.S. corporations were overvaluing their Wall Street-traded stocks around the time of the 2008-2009 crash, says there’s little doubt a serious economic downturn is close. The financial investigator’s research into the Clinton Foundation, reported in detail on Leid Stories, has unearthed fraud so massive, he calls it “the largest unprosecuted charity fraud in U.S. history.”

Ortel discusses what people can do to brace themselves for what’s coming.