HOW MANY CHICAGO JOURNALISTS REPORTED THIS FACT ABOUT THE ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING TRUMP IS HIS ALLEGATIONS OF VOTER FRAUD?

WHERE ARE THE FEDERAL JUDGES IN ILLINOIS THAT HAS THE INTEGRITY TO CALL OUT THE CORRUPT ATTORNEYS AND JUDGES IN CROOK COUNTY ILLINOIS?

Michigan judge sanctions pro-Trump lawyers who sought to overturn state’s 2020 elections

Attorneys who alleged widespread election fraud presented unsubstantiated claims and abused the justice system, judge rules

Attorneys Lin Wood, left, and Sidney Powell hold a press conference on election results in Alpharetta, Georgia, on 2 December 2020. Photograph: Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters

Maya Yang in New York

Thu 26 Aug 2021 12.23 EDT

A federal judge in Michigan has sanctioned a team of nine pro-Trump lawyers, including Sidney Powell and Lin Wood, who sought to overturn the state’s 2020 elections as part of a sweeping effort across the nation to challenge Joe Biden’s presidential victory via court action.

In a 110-page ruling released on Wednesday, judge Linda Parker of the federal district court in Detroit ruled that the attorneys who alleged widespread election fraud in Michigan presented unsubstantiated claims and abused the justice system.

“This lawsuit represents a historic and profound abuse of the judicial process,” Parker wrote. “This case was never about fraud – it was about undermining the People’s faith in our democracy and debasing the judicial process to do so,” she added.

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Parker ordered the lawyers to pay legal fees to the city of Detroit and state of Michigan, and will require them to attend legal education classes on pleading standards and election law within six months.

She also referred the lawyers to the Michigan attorney grievance commission and other appropriate disciplinary authorities, where they could face further investigation and potential suspension or disbarment in the state.

In a frenzied effort in the swing state of Michigan, then president Donald Trump last November met with Republican leaders from the state at the White House in an increasingly desperate attempt to subvert democracy after a series of courtroom defeats over his and his campaign’s allegations of voter fraud.

This was all despite officials at the local and federal level declaring it the most secure election in American history.

The Michigan lawsuit, which was filed in late November, was one of a series of lawsuits known as the “Kraken” cases that Powell filed across the country, alleging that Dominion Voting System’s voting machines were deliberately tampered with.

The lawsuit argued that Biden’s win was fraudulent and asked Parker to declare Trump the winner of the state’s 16 electoral college votes.

Parker rejected the request in December, writing: “If granted, the relief would disenfranchise the votes of the more than 5.5 million Michigan citizens who, with dignity, hope, and a promise of a voice, participated in the 2020 general Election.”

Wednesday’s ruling marked the latest development in a series of legal woes mounting against pro-Trump attorneys who promoted election conspiracies.

In January, Dominion Voting Systems sued Powell and Trump’s former personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, in a $1.3bn defamation lawsuit. A month later, Smartmatic USA, a rival election-technology company, sued the two lawyers for $2.7bn.

Meanwhile, Lin Wood was facing his own legal headaches in Georgia, where he is challenging a state bar request that he take a confidential mental competency exam after it conducted an extensive review of his alleged legal misconduct over election challenges.

In July, a US appeals court suspended Giuliani from practicing law in Washington DC, a month after he was suspended from practicing law in New York after a court ruled that he made “demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public in trying to overturn the election results”.

One of the sanctioned lawyers from the Michigan lawsuit, Scott Hagerstrom, responded to Wednesday’s ruling, saying: “This is all political. This is all about sticking it to Donald Trump and the Republicans.”

The other eight lawyers involved have yet to comment on the ruling.

 THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS STILL A COOK COUNTY CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE

SEE HOW THIS ELDERLY JEWISH COUPLE IS TREATED THE SAME WAY COLORED PEOPLE ARE TREATED EVERYDAY IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND THE "PRIVATE CITIZENS" OF THE COURTS AND STATE AGENCIES ARE COMPLICIT IN A PLETHORA OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN LEVIED AGAINST ANYONE IN THIS MATTER

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  kenneth ditkowsky <kenditkowsky@yahoo.com>

  To:Janet Phelan,Dean Sallas,Chicago FBI,Joanne Denison,Jay Goldman

  Thu, Aug 26 at 6:28 AM

  Do you remember the telephone call -

  
  

  "I'm calling for your Grandso **** -he asked me to call you  - he has a problem *****  - could you send him *****"

  
  

  Well they caught some of the miscreants:

  
  

  
  

  JUSTICE NEWS

  Department of Justice

  Office of Public Affairs

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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

  Wednesday, August 25, 2021

  Multiple Defendants in 'Grandparent Scam' Network Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy

  Note: Click to view the indictment.

  A federal grand jury in San Diego has returned an indictment against eight defendants for their alleged roles in a federal racketeering conspiracy. The indictment alleges the defendants were members and associates of a criminal enterprise that defrauded elderly Americans by making them falsely believe that a grandchild (or other close relative) was in trouble and needed their help. The elderly victims each paid thousands to tens of thousands of dollars to the criminal organization in this scheme.  

  The grand jury returned an indictment charging the defendants with conspiracy under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. Six defendants have been arrested – Timothy Ingram aka Bleezy, 29, of North Hollywood, California; Anajah Gifford, 23, of North Hollywood, California; Joaquin Lopez, 45, of Hollywood, Florida; Jack Owuor, 24, of Paramount, California; Tracy Glinton, 34, of Orlando, Florida; and Lyda Harris, 73, of Laveen, Arizona. Two additional defendants – Tracy Adrine Knowles, 29, and Adonis Alexis Butler Wong, 29, who each resided in Florida during the alleged offense – have also been charged.

  “These defendants were part of a large network of individuals that systematically targeted elderly Americans by preying on their concern for loved ones," said Deputy Assistant Attorney General Arun Rao for the Justice Department’s Civil Division. "The Department of Justice is committed to prosecuting individuals who take part in such schemes that target vulnerable people. We are grateful to our partners at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of California and the FBI in advancing the Department’s efforts against organized elder fraud, and to the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office.”

  “This scheme has left many elderly victims financially and emotionally devastated,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Randy Grossman for the Southern District of California. “It is unconscionable to target the elderly and exploit their love for their grandchildren. Elder fraud is a serious crime against some of our nation’s most vulnerable citizens. We are committed to combating all types of elder abuse in our community.”

  “Elder Fraud is a massive and growing problem, as our county’s population gets older, with losses into the billions of dollars nationwide,” said Special Agent in Charge Suzanne Turner of the FBI’s San Diego Field Office. “The San Diego Elder Justice Task Force was set up to combine resources, experience, and capabilities to have a sophisticated and coordinated law enforcement response to fight this battle.”

  According to the indictment, the defendants were members and associates of a network of individuals who, through extortion and fraud, induced elderly Americans across the United States to pay thousands to tens of thousands of dollars each to purportedly help their grandchild or other close family relatives. According to statements made by prosecutors in court, the defendants swindled more than $2 million from 70-plus elderly victims across the nation, with at least 10 in San Diego County. The perpetrators contacted elderly Americans by telephone and impersonated a grandchild, other close relative, or friend of the victim. They falsely convinced the victims that their relatives were in legal trouble and needed money to pay for bail, medical expenses for car accident victims, or to prevent additional charges from being filed. The defendants and their co-conspirators received money from victims via various means, including in-person pickup, mail, and wire transfer, and laundered the proceeds, including through cryptocurrency.

  The case was investigated by the San Diego Elder Justice Task Force, which is a collaboration between the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the FBI, the District Attorney’s Office and all San Diego County law enforcement agencies. The Elder Justice Task Force was officially launched in February 2020 and is believed to be the first comprehensive local law enforcement effort for this purpose anywhere in the country.

  A number of law enforcement agencies and offices across the country have investigated components of the scheme, including the FBI’s field offices in Cleveland, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Orlando, and San Francisco; the Dallas Police Department; and police departments across several states, including the Jacksonville Police Department in Alabama; the Anaheim Police Department, Burbank Police Department, Carlsbad Police Department, Downey Police Department, El Cajon Police Department, Garden Grove Police Department, Huntington Beach Police Department, Nevada County Sheriff’s Office, Oceanside Police Department, Pasadena Police Department, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, San Diego Police Department, San Francisco Police Department, Santa Monica Police Department, and Ventura County Sheriff’s Office in California; the Dalton Police Department and Spalding County Police Department in Georgia; the Lee County Sheriff’s Department in North Carolina; the Akron Police Department, Cleveland Division of Police, and Sagamore Hills Police Department in Ohio; the Carmel Police Department in Indiana; the St. Joseph Sheriff and Troy Police Department in Michigan; the Fergus Falls Police Department in Minnesota; the New York State Police and Suffolk County Police Department in New York; and the Colleyville Police Department, City of Fair Oaks Ranch Police Department, Grand Prairie Police Department, and Richardson Police Department in Texas. The U.S. Attorneys’ Offices in the District of Arizona, Central District of California, Middle District of Florida, Western District of North Carolina, and Northern District of Ohio provided assistance in the investigation.

  Trial Attorneys Lauren M. Elfner and Wei Xiang with the Civil Division’s Consumer Protection Branch and Assistant U.S. Attorney Oleksandra Johnson of the Southern District of California are prosecuting the case.

  The Consumer Protection Branch coordinates the department’s Transnational Elder Fraud Strike Force, working with U.S. Attorney’s Offices and law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute scams run by transnational criminal organizations, including mass mailing, telemarketing, and tech support scams. For more information about the Consumer Protection Branch, visit its website at http://www.justice.gov/civil/consumer-protection-branch

  An indictment merely contains allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

  Topic(s): 

  Elder Justice

  Component(s): 

  Civil Division

  USAO - California, Southern

  
  

  INTERESTING - THEY CANNOT CATCH CHARLES P. GOLBERT!     THEY CANNOT CATCH THE BYLINE BANK?

  
  

  Of course - Mr. Golbert relieved Mr. and Mrs. Sallas of 9 million dollars and is currently using the Circuit Court of Cook county, Illinois 2019 CH 13960 BYLINE BANK vs. ANY SALLAS to make another 1/2 million dollars fall into the hands of the miscreants!      

  
  

  My mother used to say - 'do you need a building to fall on you?'    Indeed, in South Florida the corruption did cause a building to fall on us!     Does anyone see any hue and cry against the corruption or the HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN GRANDMA?     

  
  

  In the Sallas case we have the chapter and verse CRIMINAL VIOLATION OF A STATUTE documented by the Byline Bank in the Sallas case!     Where are the indictments???????

  Ken Ditkowsky