Posted on 02/04/2015 5:18:38 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
THE FDLE POLITICAL WEAPON
The accusations of using the FDLE as a political weapon against opponents of the Governor Scott administration may not be limited to the incident involving interim Orange County Clerk of Courts Colleen Reilly. It appears another case involving retaliation, document suppression, conspiracy and unlawful imprisonment of a Grand Jury Foreman Whistleblower may have occurred as local and state officials, including Governor Rick Scott, were accused of bribery for the implementation of Common Core just before Gov. Scott’s re-election in November.
Introduction
Corruption in our state, county, and local governments goes very deep and wide. According to the Department of Justice (see attached chart), Florida ranks highest in Number of Convicted Public Officials.
Additionally, according to a report card from State Integrity Investigation at http://www.stateintegrity.org/florida, Florida received an F for Ethics Enforcement Agencies, a D- for Judicial Accountability, and an overall grade of C- for Corruption Risk Report Card.
Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that our state government will put on a show when appearing to be concerned about cleaning up corruption in all branches of government. The 2010 Interim Report of the 19th Statewide Grand Jury shined a light on many issues which needed to be addressed. Instead of implementing straightforward action to clean up the criminality clearly identified by the report, the leadership of both the law enforcement community and the judiciary have successfully buried the statewide grand jury’s findings.
Clearly, outside observers can see a widespread culture of corruption throughout Florida in many of our government departments, agencies, and especially our courts, across the state.
Criminal Activity Suspected
The People of Dixie County were very concerned when the Dixie County School Board (DCSB) accepted about $1M from Race to the Top Federal funding scheme as arranged by the State to implement a new, unproven, controversial and undefined curriculum called Common Core, later renamed Florida Sunshine Standards. The People had many concerns at the time about the suitability of switching from a proven design to an untested and undefined curriculum. Their biggest concern, however, was that by accepting the $1M from the State, the DCSB was committing Dixie County taxpayers to an additional $5M incremental spending requirement once the Race To The Top funding expired.
As of result of these concerns, in July of 2014, the People of Dixie County asked their local Grand Jury to investigate these expensive decisions.
Per his responsibility, the Foreman of the Dixie County Grand Jury, Terry Trussell, once aware of these allegations, began the process of convening the Dixie County Grand Jury to look over evidence and hear testimony of witnesses as to whether or not criminal activity occurred.
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Throughout the process, however, he was met with resistance from Clerk of Court Dana Johnson and State Attorney Jeffrey Siegmeister.
Grand Jury Foreman Whistleblower Comes Forward
- Obstruction of Justice Reported
Details of the infringement upon the grand jury’s right to peaceably assemble and independently initiate investigations of possible criminal activity are detailed in a letter and Bill of Information by Grand Jury Foreman, Terry Trussell. As required under Florida’s Grand Jury Instructions, Trussell sent his report to Judge Munkittrick on August 4, 2014. When the Judge failed to respond to the report, Trussell filed with Dixie County Clerk of Court Dana Johnson in the public record, and gave a copy to Dixie County Sheriff, Dewey Hatcher.
The letter referenced violations by State Attorney Siegmeister of Florida Grand Jury Instructions as well as edicts stated in United States Supreme Court case U.S. vs. Williams (1992) that discusses the required independence of the Grand Jury.
The Whistleblower, Dixie County Grand Jury Foreman, Terry Trussell, listed a series of accusations exposing State Attorney Jeffrey Siegmeister’s egregious actions, including Obstruction of Justice, Jury Tampering, Contempt of Court and Deprivation of rights, among several other charges.
In conclusion of the 7-page document, the Grand Jury Foreman Whistleblower stated, “Therefore, as the Grand Jury Foreman, I, Terry G. Trussell, have no confidence in the Grand Jury Process under these rules and as corrupted by State Attorney, Jeffrey Siegmeister. I, Terry Trussell, therefore declare this Grand Jury in Dixie County, Florida, un-lawful, Null and Void ab initio. Nothing has been done by State Attorney Jeffrey Siegmeister which complies to the Grand Jury Process as is demanded by the 5th nor 7th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution nor the explanation of Justice Scalia in U.S. v. Williams.”
Oddly enough, this letter and Bill of Information exposing criminal activity has been buried by the Clerk’s office and is not visible by the public. Copies of the official letter stamped received by Dixie County Clerk of Court Dana Johnson on August 5, 2014, at 4:27pm is attached. (Dixie County Document #201415006137).
Conspiracy, Cover-up & Retaliation Once the letter and Bill of Information by the Whistleblower was filed, a series of communications must have taken place that involve conspiracy to cover up what was filed, and retaliation against the Grand Jury Foreman. To this date, it is not known how the Clerk of Court was instructed nor by whom, to hide these documents from public view. The public can still see the documents posted online but all pages are “Intentionally Left Blank”, according the website.
In addition, the presiding Judge, Cynthia Munkittrick, was mysteriously replaced by Judge Parker without appropriate notification to the Grand Jury Foreman.
“The Right of the People to Peaceably Assemble - Petition Government for Redress of Grievances”
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As protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution and as the Dixie County Grand Jury lacked the public’s trust, the ‘People’s Grand Jury Under Common Law in Dixie County’ met on August 14, 2014 at the Dixie County court house to elect 25 jurors, in accordance with Common Law, hear testimony and look at evidence of criminal activity affecting Dixie County.
On the 15th of August, Foreman Trussell filed two True Bills of Presentment with Dixie County Clerk of Court, Dana Johnson. These documents were stamped received at 4:30pm, Documents #201415006245 & 6256.
These documents are also “Intentionally Left Blank” as they have been removed from public view.
The Fifth Amendment states that “No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime unless by a presentment or indictment of a grand jury.” An indictment is initiated by a state attorney or prosecutor while a presentment is derived by a grand jury’s own initiative, unobstructed by the institutional branches of government.
A True Bill of Presentment is a report, resulting from a grand jury investigation of an issue which lists informal recommendations for corrective actions, and has no weight of law. True Bills of Presentment can cover the complete range of government or non-government issues and include criminal and non-criminal activities by public officials and results when a grand jury decides the evidence is sufficient to decide probable cause does exist. See attached Manatee County Grand Jury Presentment from 1901.
True Bill of Presentment 1 - Charges State Attorney Siegmeister with Obstruction of Justice, Jury Tampering
In a lengthy list of accusations and charges, the first True Bill of Presentment by ‘The People’s Grand Jury Under Common Law in Dixie County’ targets the actions taken by State Attorney Jeffrey Siegmeister as he obstructed the rightful independence of the Dixie County Grand Jury leading up to and including the meeting on August 1, 2014.
True Bill of Presentment 2 - Charges Local School Board, State Board of Education and Governors Crist and Scott with Bribery for Implementation of Common Core
As justice was not served upon requesting the Dixie County Grand Jury look into criminal activity surrounding the acceptance of “federal” money in exchange for the implementation of the controversial common core standards and curriculum, the People of Dixie County assembled as ‘The People’s Grand Jury Under Common Law in Dixie County’ and petitioned their government for redress of grievances in the form of a second True Bill of Presentment.
Terry Trussell, the Foreman of the Dixie County Grand Jury who exposed the criminal actions by State Attorney Jeffrey Siegmeister, was elected as interim foreman and volunteered to sign
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and file the paperwork issued by The People’s Grand Jury under Common Law of Dixie County as an effort to protect members of the assembly of People.
Enter Bailey’s FDLE - Election Season Cover-up - Intimidation & Retaliation
As the People of Lee County gathered by the hundreds to demand their school board stand up against state and federal encroachment in their children’s education, and as their vote was mysteriously reversed just a week later, the People of Dixie County were fighting the same battle. Once Governor Scott was mentioned in the True Bill of Presentment, however, suggesting Bribery for the Implementation of Common Core, the FDLE apparently got word and inserted themselves into the case.
FDLE is supposed to be a law enforcement agency whose mission is to investigate internal government corruption. Although they still may uncover internal corruption, it seems under Bailey's watch, they became attack dogs used to protect government officials against any charges of corruption. FDLE was somehow notified of alleged corruption with two True Bills of Presentment filed at the Dixie County Clerk of Courts as submitted by The People’s Grand Jury Under Common Law in Dixie County and instead of investigating the alleged criminal activity, FDLE launched a full blown attack against the courageous Grand Jury Foreman Whistleblower, Terry Trussell.
To this date, it is not known how the FDLE was notified of the local activity in Dixie County.
Two FDLE agents met with “investigators” of ‘The People’s Grand Jury under Common Law in Dixie County’ in two separate meetings. The agents showed zero interested in looking at the alleged criminal activity surrounding the obstruction of justice, jury tampering or bribery. Instead, they seemed more interested in investigating who was involved in making those accusations.
Since the activity during grand jury proceedings are to remain confidential to protect witnesses and members of the jury, Terry Trussell, the one who filed the paperwork on behalf of the People, quickly became the target.
None of the paperwork filed by Terry as the Foreman of the Dixie County Grand Jury, or the filings on behalf of ‘The People’s Grand Jury under Common Law in Dixie County’ has been acted upon or released to the public. The Grand Jury’s filings have been ignored by all local and state officials and buried from public view.
Retaliation Conspiracy Begins - Siegmeister Petition to Remove Trussell as Grand Jury Foreman, Granted
State Attorney Jeffrey A. Siegmeister, in an obvious retaliation against Grand Jury Foreman Whistleblower, Terry Trussell, petitioned Judge Parker to remove Terry from the Grand Jury.
The petition was granted by Judge Parker, Chief Judge Third Judicial Circuit Florida, on August 25, 2014.
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Further Retaliation - Grand Jury Foreman Whistleblower Arrested
On September 2, 2014, Grand Jury Foreman Whistleblower, Terry Trussell, was arrested and taken into custody, charged with violating an obscure statue 843.055 - Criminal actions under color of law or through use of simulated legal process.
Conflict of Interest – Gov. Scott Appoints Judge Hankinson to Case in Dixie County
On September 3, 2014, 24 hours after being incarcerated, Terry Trussell’s first hearing is with Judge Hankinson who admits to being appointed by Governor Rick Scott to the case. Hankinson is a Second Circuit judge, which does not include Dixie County. As defendant in the Grand Jury’s True Bill Presentment, Gov. Scott had a direct conflict of interest in initiating Trussell’s prosecution. Additionally, this move by Scott breached Florida Constitution Article 1, Section 5 (right to assemble); Article 1, Section 9 (due process); and Article 2, Section 3 (separation of powers). Anyone breaching a Constitutional provision is committing treason against the Constitution. Any person, once made aware of credible charges of treason, has an obligation to take appropriate corrective actions. No action after awareness is a felony called misprision of treason.
Gov. Scott Executive Order - State Attorney Removed from Case - Replaced with State Prosecutor Willie Meggs
On September 4, 2015, still weeks away from his re-election bid, the full weight of the State of Florida via Governor Rick Scott zeroed in on Grand Jury Foreman Whistleblower Terry Trussell as the Governor signed an Executive Order removing State Attorney Siegmeister from the case and was replaced by experienced heavyweight Second Circuit State Prosecutor Willie Meggs, a long-time friend of Scott’s (at the time, now former) Chief Counsel, Peter Antonacci. In naming Meggs, Scott again breached Constitutional provisions.
Steamrolled - Grand Jury Foreman Whistleblower Appears in Court - Gets Arrested On the Spot for “Failure to Appear” - Released 21 Days Later
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On October 9, 2014, Grand Jury Foreman Whistleblower, Terry Trussell, was taken away in handcuffs arrested for “Failure to Appear” while at his arraignment.
Upon being asked if Terry George Trussell was in the room by Judge Hankinson who met Mr. Trussell on September 3rd at his first hearing, Terry stood up and responded that he was there to speak on the matter. Judge Hankinson, in a bizarre move that left the courtroom attendees from all over the state in absolute shock, acted as if he did not know Terry and ordered him arrested for “Failure to Appear.” Sheriff deputies, in an act of sheepish capitulation, while knowing full-well who Terry was, refused to assist the judge in identifying the defendant, walked a mere five feet to where Mr. Trussell was standing and arrested him and took him away.
More than 25 people witnessed this treason against our Constitution by a judge who has taken an oath to support and defend our Constitutions. This move by Hankinson breached many laws, the U.S. Constitution and Florida Constitutions, including but not limited to the People’s First Amendment Right to Assemble, Speak, and Petition their Government for Redress of Grievances.
Terry then spent the next 21 days, including his 71st Birthday, in jail — minus one night in the hospital for injuries as a result of being drugged. Why?
Reporting a Crime is Now Considered Criminal Activity
Since the True Bill of Presentment issued by The People’s Grand Jury Under Common Law in Dixie County regarding Common Core included Gov. Rick Scott as a target, and because Scott was in a tight reelection campaign, something had to be done to protect Siegmeister and Scott from the public scrutiny that would occur if the public became aware of these True Bills. Under Scott’s direction, FDLE under Gerald Bailey, three judges, and two State Attorneys, a county sheriff, numerous FDLE Agents, and a Clerk of Court, (at minimum) started an effort to execute a complete cover-up, trying to protect Scott from bad press during his important reelection effort. This began a serious criminal conspiracy to cover-up criminal acts by government officials. To implement the cover-up, they simply had to suppress the evidence and retaliate against the innocent Grand Jury Foreman.
Suppressing Evidence
Once the True Bill Presentments were handed down by the People's Grand Jury with Terry Trussell’s signature on them, these documents became clear targets. First, they had to suppress all the evidence that had been properly placed into the public record. POOF!! The True Bills in the Dixie County Public records somehow disappeared. Removing documents from the public record is a felony. Who committed this felony? Who ordered this felony to be committed?
Why would a True Bill of Presentment be so important that Scott would risk felonies to get it removed from the public records, launch a cover-up of criminal acts by government officials, and seek retribution against the innocent grand jury foreman? Scott was in a tough re-election
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campaign which was expected to be a close election. In order to obtain Jeb Bush's support, and especially gain access to Jeb’s donor network, Scott had to make a deal with Jeb to support the deployment of Common Core curriculum across the public school system Florida. So the True Bill Presentment, which alleged bribery of the Dixie County School Board, had to be hidden from public view because if it became public knowledge, it probably would have meant the defendants would have to stand trial, thereby hurting Scott's chances for re-election.
In preparation for deploying Common Core, the state Dept. of Education held meetings to solicit public opinion feedback. In a meeting in Orlando, approximately 80 people from all over the state showed up and got a chance to speak. Only about 3 people spoke positively about Common Core and the vast majority spoke negatively. So Scott knew that there was strongly negative public sentiment, but he had to ignore it and continue forward with his support of deploying Common Core in order to maintain Jeb's support for his re-election campaign
Further Retaliation against Grand Jury Foreman
Based upon Linton's defective affidavit, Hankinson signed a defective warrant for the arrest of the statutory Grand Jury Foreman Terry Trussell, who is a veteran and an honest citizen with NO criminal record (see bio attached). Like ALL members of the grand jury, unless he perjured himself or trampled on a witness's rights, Trussell has complete immunity according to Florida Supreme Court rules, and the all judges and State Attorneys know about this immunity.
Trussell is now under false charges by Willie Meggs for 14 felony counts totaling 70 years in prison if convicted on all counts. All he did was his sworn duty as Foreman of the Dixie County Grand Jury, and the Foreman of the People's Grand Jury under Common Law in Dixie County.
He had the courage to sign the True Bills produced by the People’s Grand Jury. He followed every law and statute that applied to him doing his job as foreman of the Grand Jury. In return, he has been targeted by a concerted effort of malicious prosecution to cover up the corruption that the People have found in their public servants.
Investigation Launched by statewide Unified People's Grand Jury
Clearly in the Trussell case, the Reilly case, and who knows how many more cases, the corruption reaches into the Governor’s office, FDLE, and our Florida judicial system. Therefore, no state official can effectively investigate these issues because Scott is the highest ranking officer in the government of our State. This means no existing state attorney nor Inspector General, or any other officer can impartially investigate these issues. Instead they all have a conflict of interest and must therefore recuse themselves.
There is only one independent grand jury which can and will investigate these issues, the statewide Unified People's Grand Jury in Florida. This is a Grand Jury that is completely compatible with US Supreme Court decisions as well as both the Florida and the US Constitutions while at the same time being completely independent of government manipulation.
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One reason why Florida is ranked so poorly is because the government has unconstitutionally taken over complete control of the grand jury system. State Attorneys select the jurors they want, only give them the evidence they want them to see, and tell the jurors they can only judge the facts, not the law. This is how overzealous prosecutors unconstitutionally and illegally convicts innocent people of victimless offenses, which by definition are not crimes. Our Founders designed our system so that juries are to be completely independent, acting as a sword and a shield for the People to keep our public officials centered under our Constitutions. [See US Supreme Court decision US v Williams (1992)].
No authority has ever been delegated to any branch of the Florida Government to impanel or control our grand jury. Even more clearly, there are no laws, statutes, or rules prohibiting the People from forming their own grand juries to investigate any public body, if for no other reason to assure there is no corruption. Instead, it has been a powerfully retained by the People. Both the First and Fifth Amendments to our US Constitution, the Supreme Law of our Land, protect the people's right to impanel and run their grand jury any time and place they want to. Article 1 Section 5 of the Florida Constitution clearly states “The people shall have the right peaceably to assemble to instruct their representatives, and to petition for redress of grievances." - See more at: http://www.jasonwhoyt.com/blog/2015/2/3/the-fdle-political-weapon-document-distributed-to-media-florida-cabinet#sthash.kmdAiOZW.dpuf
The MainStream Media has yet to find time in their busy schedule of promoting Obama to investigate.
Trivialize, marginalize, demonize, criminalize.
I had to wade through the muck to that phrase to figure out what was really going on.
More folks along the lines of the 'Montana Freemen' and the 'Texas Republic' crowd crawling out from under the rocks.
Where did the money go?
Dixie Cty.? not many living there who aren’t old line dixiecrats aka the pork chop gang. They are experts at the federal support dollar extraction. Cty has little else to offer. klan democrats complain against the jacksonville insurance and railroad cabal.
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