Republican kingmaker and Melaleuca founder Frank VanderSloot believes a new book, which includes a chapter detailing attacks made against him and his company after he donated funds to candidate Mitt Romney during the last presidential election, is providing some vindication.

The book, “The Intimidation Game: How the Left is Silencing Free Speech,” is written by Kimberley Strassel, a member of The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board and author of the newspaper’s “Potamac Watch” column. The book is currently listed among Amazon’s best sellers.

“This chapter sets the record straight with regard to a number of events that have taken place in the media over the last decade,” VanderSloot said in a news release about the book. “It provides an accurate third-party analysis of events that impact both Melaleuca and our community, and I’m grateful that Kim spent the time to thoroughly research our situation and tell it like it is.”

The book offers “an alarming look at how the Left, once the champion of civil liberties, is today orchestrating a coordinated campaign to bully Americans out of free speech,” according to the description posted on Amazon.

Drawing from first-hand accounts, including VanderSloot’s, the book discusses harassment against conservative politicians, targeting of Tea Party groups, the shutdown of political activists and businesses, and the politicization of government agencies, according to Amazon’s description.

The chapter on VanderSloot details what happened after President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign publicly named eight Romney donors on the website, “Keeping GOP Honest.” It accused them of being “wealthy individuals with less-than-reputable records” and claimed they were “betting against America,” according to an early copy of the chapter provided to the Journal.

In her book, Strassel referred to the post as Obama’s public “enemies list.” In April of 2012, she also wrote a well-read column, “The President Has a List,” on the matter.

VanderSloot believes he was subjected to several attacks as a result of that list and his continued support of Romney’s campaign.

“The liberal media immediately published and recirculated false information about Melaleuca’s business model and its CEO. The damage caused Melaleuca to lose hundreds of customers at the time,” according to the news release.

After VanderSloot later donated another $100,000 to the Romney campaign and appeared on the Bill O’Reilly show, he was subjected to five federal audits from the IRS, the Department of Labor and the FDA, according to the news release.

“Although they were exonerated, without fines or penalties, the five audits cost years of time and nearly $100,000 to defend,” the news release states.

VanderSloot believes Strassel’s works — through her columns and book — have exposed intimidation tactics, according to the news release.

“Her critical analysis dismissed the attacks as nothing more than political rhetoric, showing that none of the accusations against Melaleuca or VanderSloot had any substance. As a result, the company soon experienced a resurgence in sales. It’s been trending upward ever since,” according to the news release. “Last year, Melaleuca set a new record of $1.3 billion in annual sales.”

When the incidents first began, VanderSloot believed his donation might have been a mistake and he thought about never making another, but he decided that would send the wrong message, according to the news release.

“I kept thinking about the signers of the Declaration of Independence,” VanderSloot said in the news release. “They risked a lot more than I did. Despite the persecution they would face, the fear of death for treason, and the protests and pleas from their wives and families, they signed it anyway. I thought, ‘I’m not going to take any hits like that. This is America!’”

Despite the insults and accusations he faced, VanderSloot calls his experience “inspiring evidence that it is always worth speaking out,” according to the news release.