She retired out of disgust for what the Bureau became in the second half of her career.
She's the daughter of a 35 year Air Force Veteran who was a pilot in the Pacific in WWII.
She's more conservative than I am -- really.
But @lauraloomer is a complete nut-job fraud and @CaliKidJMP is incompetent.
The NCLU is a complete grift that accomplishes nothing of value with the money people waste when they contribute.
I'm informed that Loomer receives a % of every dollar raised -- do donors know that?
When was the last time John Pierce acted as counsel in a trial when he actually had to examine and cross-examine witnesses? When was the last time John Pierce gave an opening or closing statement in a federal criminal trial?
When was the first time he did that? Answer -- never.
Why did I offer to help John Pierce in Sept. 2021?
Because he quit showing up for court appearances and the Gov't filed Notices of Inquiry Re Status of Counsel in every one of his cases.
Why did John Pierce agree to have me serve as lead counsel on every case with felonies.
Why in the first six months of 2022 did every one of the 20+ clients we had together ask John to withdraw from their case and to go forward with me as their only attorney?
Why has only 1 -- ONE -- J6 defendant I represented asked to have me withdraw so he could have a new attorney?
That one -- Brian Mock. It was necessary because a conflict of interest developed with regard to another client. I could not represent both at the same time.
Which attorney representing J6 defendants obtained the first acquittal on felony assault and obstruction of Congress charges at trial? Not John Pierce.
Which of us told a client his fees would be paid by the NCLU, only for the client to receive a bill several months later for over $25,000 with an offer to let him pay it in monthly installments?
I didn't send the bill. But I found another attorney that client.
I just getting warmed up.
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So -- writing over on Substack (Shipwreckedcrew@substack or something like that) I announced that I'm going to resume publishing articles but the site will now be by subscription. The funds generated will go to my J6 defense work.
Fundraising on the GiveSendGo site has slowed significantly since the first of the year. The account balance has steadily declined as my expenses being in trial almost continually since Thanksgiving have taken their toll.
A monthly base of subscriber income will make the ups and downs of online fundraising a bit easier to navigate. I hate spending this much time on making sure the bills get paid, but the alternative is to do less J6 defense work.
Among Phil Mickelson's big complaints before leading players to the LIV Tour was 1) purse sizes, 2) having cuts in events that sent some players home with nothing, and 3) not having "name and likeness" rights to video of themselves during PGA events for promotional purposes.
Re purse sizes, the PGA's claim was the millions they give away to local charities where events are held took money away from purses. Mickelson's point was "We all give to charities from our earnings. Don't hold down purses when players do it themselves. Then we are giving twice"
Smaller fields with no cut: Many don't realize that under prior rules, players who missed the cut get nothing. They incur the expenses of traveling and playing, but for them it is a money-losing weekend. It is the only "pro" sport where there is a risk of not getting paid.
I've set my account to private again for a poll -- want to limit answers to followers.
I've been fundraising to support my J6 legal efforts for about 10 months. The success tends to ebb and flow.
Unfortunately, the costs of the work don't ebb and flow in the same fashion.
Contributions have slowed some in 2023. I'm not sure what propelled some very good fundraising periods in 2022, and it may be nothing more than folks who see the messages have already given so the potential new donor pool is just shrinking as time passes.
One stream of revenue I have not pursued is making my Substack subscription based. The reason for not doing so is I haven't written on Substack for almost a year.
The reason I stopped was I didn't want to take time away from working on J6 legal cases when I was taking them on.
Judge agreed with me the the correct range was 6-12 months, but then exercised his discretion under that guideline to depart upwards based on "significant disruption of governmental functions."
He found that Mr. Mehaffie's conduct caused some additional number of Metro Police to be diverted to the tunnel to deal with the crowd, meaning those police were not available to respond to other areas in and around the Capitol where they were needed.
14 months was not chosen by accident. When "good time credit" under BOP policy is applied, Mr. Mehaffie will be left with approx. 12 months left.
But the last 12 months of a custodial sentence are served in a "half-way" house--transitional housing-- back in your home community.