[1][2][3] He also assisted prominent Democratic Party figures such as Mario Cuomo and Estes Kefauver and led the fight for affordable medicine as a lobbyist and businessman.
He first worked for Senator Estes Kefauver (D-NY) from 1954 to 1956 and helped secure his nomination as Adlai Stevenson’s vice-presidential running mate, beating out John F. Kennedy at the 1956 Democratic National Convention.
[8] He resigned from the newspaper after spending a few months on the investigative team and unsuccessfully challenged Democratic Congressman Leonard Farbstein for his seat in New York's 19th congressional district.
[8] He advised Robert F. Kennedy during his presidential campaign in 1968, served on the Board of Education of New York, and enlisted prominent activist Roy Innis in a newspaper called The Manhattan Tribune to provide a biracial perspective.
Anderson was focused on reporting on a separate scandal involving the Attorney General-nominee Richard Kleindienst's handling of an antitrust suit against ITT Inc. at the Justice Department and so did not follow up on the tip.
He left the company after discovering its financial management and published a book, Hard Driving: My Years With John DeLorean, chronicling the rise and fall of their joint venture.