Perot claimed he abruptly dropped out of the race in July 1992 to prevent a Republican plot to smear his daughter as a lesbian with a doctored photograph and "disrupt" her wedding. He later admitted he had no proof.
Perot claimed that five North Vietnamese terrorists were sent to assassinate him at his Dallas home in the 1970s. He alleged they were scared off by a single guard dog, though his own former security chief stated the incident never occurred.
Perot alleged a plot by high-level Republicans to wiretap his office. This led to a strange FBI sting operation where an agent disguised as a cowboy tried to sell Perot bait tapes that Perot himself had recorded to catch the plotters.
Perot believed American prisoners of war were still being held in Vietnam and that the U.S. government was engaged in a "cynical" cover-up. He even engaged in secret, unauthorized diplomatic talks with Vietnamese officials in the 1980s. Also Perot frequently used private investigators to look into business associates, political detractors, and even President George H.W. Bush.