Friday, June 22, 2018

I Hate To Say I Told You So - But I Told You So

Post 34

I bet you are wondering what I'm talking about. Well it's that Inspector General's report that came out on 6-14-18 detailing the misconduct of the FBI and DOJ during the Clinton email investigation. The IG's report backs up the claims I made in my post on 12-6-17 that there is corruption and dysfunction in the FBI and DOJ. The IG concluded that there was bias on the part of a few FBI agents during the Clinton email investigation and that James Comey, the FBI director at that time, was "insubordinate" because he did not follow proper procedures. He made the decision that there was not a prosecutable case against Mrs. Clinton. The decision to prosecute or not to prosecute is the responsibility of the Attorney General's Office. The most significant findings of the IG were that Mr. Comey's decision was not motivated by political bias; and that bias on the part of the FBI agents identified did not influence the outcome of the investigation. I don't agree with that finding at all. The IG also found that several FBI officials had received gifts from reporters presumably as payment for leaking information to the press. That is disturbing and disgusting.

The release of the IG's report was followed up by testimony from the Inspector General himself, Michael Horowitz, and FBI Director Christopher Wray in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on 6-18-18 and again in a combined House Judiciary Committee and House Oversight Committee hearing on 6-19-18. A great deal of both hearings was spent discussing several text messages by FBI agents Lisa Page and Peter Strzok that expressed bias and hatred for then candidate Donald Trump. It is clear Strzok and Page did not want Trump to be elected president. It is implied from their text messages that there were illicit plans implemented in order to ensure that Trump was not elected. The hearing also revealed that other officials in the FBI and DOJ expressed bias against Trump and rooted against him. The FBI director and IG were put in the difficult position of trying to minimize the harm that has been done to the FBI and DOJ by this scandal. FBI Director Wray defended the FBI as a whole saying that most agents do their job independently and objectively. The IG emphasized what he said in his report that bias did not influence the decision by the FBI that Clinton should not be prosecuted; and bias against Trump was not the basis for opening the investigation into possible collusion between Trump and the Russian government.

The Clinton email investigation is by no means the only case in which the FBI has shown politically motivated bias in favor of a prominent government official. As I noted in my post on 12-6-17, I filed several public corruption complaints with the FBI alleging that several San Jose city officials, including Mayor Sam Liccardo, had colluded with the US District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to obstruct justice during the litigation of two lawsuits I filed against the City of San Jose for racial and disability discrimination. The FBI and DOJ are involved in a major cover-up of that scandal, even though, San Jose city officials and court officials committed several felonies relating to public corruption. FBI Director Christopher Wray's claim during the hearings that FBI agents do their jobs independently and objectively and that they take obstruction of justice seriously is simply not true. The lackluster manner in which the FBI investigated Clinton and its failure to conduct an investigation into my complaints compared to the aggressive manner in which possible Trump-Russia collusion is being investigated demonstrates politics drive the manner in which investigations by the FBI and DOJ are initiated and handled.

While corruption in the FBI and DOJ has gotten a lot of attention from Congress and conservative media, corruption in our federal courts has gotten no attention at all. It's hard not to see that the attention given to corruption in the FBI and DOJ is motivated more by politics than the desire to protect our institutions of government. If you watched the hearings, it should have been easy to see that Republicans were critical of the conduct of the FBI and DOJ because it benefited the President, whereas, Democrats were supportive of the FBI and DOJ because it benefited Hillary Clinton. As reprehensible as the conduct of FBI and DOJ officials have been, the conduct of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the US District Court during two lawsuits I filed against the City of San Jose for racial and disability discrimination has been far worse. So far, no condemnation from either political party. Details of the abhorrent conduct by the courts is detailed in my prior posts and on my group facebook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/624131267713226/
The scandal with the FBI and DOJ is proof of what I have been saying all along in this blog. And that is the greatest threat to our institutions of government is not the Russians. The greatest threat to our institutions of government is public corruption. I hate to say it. But I told you so.

Monday, June 11, 2018

San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and the San Jose City Council - Most Corrupt City Officials In America?

Post 33

It is widely known that San Jose, CA, the tenth largest city in the US, is referred to as the capitol of the Silicon Valley. As the center of technological innovation, San Jose has benefited from the immense wealth that has been generated by the tech giants of the Silicon Valley. San Jose has, perhaps, the most millionaires per capita than any other city in the nation, and has some of the highest home values in the nation. San Jose is located in Santa Clara County. The city and county are well known for their progressive (liberal) politics in addition to being home to the high tech industry. For years, San Jose was considered to be a national leader when it came to ethics in government. The City has strongly worded anti-discrimination policies and a Code of Ethics that apply to all city officials and employees elected or appointed. However, based on the corrupt leadership of the last mayor (Chuck Reed) and the current mayor (Sam Liccardo) I believe that San Jose now has the most corrupt city leaders in the entire nation, and certainly in the history of California. It is hard to dispute that there is a culture of corruption in San Jose City Hall despite the City's anti-discrimination policies and Code of Ethics. Move over Bell California! You you are no longer number 1 when it comes to disgusting and disgraceful conduct. The City of San Jose has surpassed you. I think many of you remember Bell California. The city officials of Bell enriched themselves by stealing thousands, if not millions, of dollars from the low income hard working residents of Bell. Many of the city officials were convicted of public corruption crimes and went to prison.

There are many scandals involving City officials within the last several years to support my claim that there is a culture of corruption inside San Jose City Hall. Who can forget the lies of former mayor Chuck Reed during the pension-gate scandal or the campaign finance laws that current mayor Sam Liccardo violated. Let's not forget the corrupt manner in which City Attorney Rick Doyle has run his office, costing taxpayers millions of dollars. The scandals I just mentioned are off the top of my head. However, there are many more.

Now I realize that it might be hard to believe that San Jose City Hall has some of the most corrupt city officials in the nation because of the phony show that Mayor Liccardo and the City Council put on for the local fake news media. Saying that the City of San Jose is worst than Bell California might appear to be a huge exaggeration. But I say that because of the sneaky underhanded way in which the City rewards many of its employees with lucrative promotions for their roles in covering up bigotry and fraudulent misconduct by city leaders. San Jose City Hall is indeed a cesspool of corruption. Mayor Liccardo is one of the biggest frauds and hypocrites I know. He calls himself the anti-Trump mayor and he is quick to point out that City Hall has a very diverse group of people. He has said that "diversity is our secret sauce." Because of the strong stand he has taken in protecting the interests of undocumented immigrants, he is quite popular with the immigrant community and the local media. But people should not be fooled by Mayor Liccardo and the other councilmembers. Everything they say and do is designed to benefit them politically. They have no integrity or honor when it comes to conducting the City's business. I'm speaking from firsthand experience. There is a dark cloud hanging over San Jose City Hall because of corruption and the bigoted manner in which City officials treated me after I retired from the police department on a medical disability.

It is bad enough that San Jose city officials discriminated against me based on my race and disability. I'm black/African American. But these same officials refused to respond to and conduct an investigation into my discrimination complaints, even though it is mandatory based on city policy, state and federal laws. After I filed two discrimination lawsuits against the City, the City Attorney's Office conspired with the US District Court in San Jose and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to cover up the racist conduct of San Jose city officials by committing several criminal acts during litigation that include bribing a police official in order for him to commit perjury in a deposition and a declaration he filed in court in support of a completely fabricated motion for summary judgment filed by the City. City officials, with the blessings of the courts, paid off my attorney to stipulate to the dismissal of that same police official that committed perjury. This was only the beginning of the crimes committed by San Jose city officials and the courts.These officials also conspired to obstruct justice by falsifying court dockets and creating false documents, staging a phony hearing on a motion I filed then fabricating a transcript for that hearing, and committing fraud relative to an appeal I filed. What makes the cover-up of this racist conduct so disgusting is that the City has solicited racial discrimination complaints against rank and file police officers in utility bills and through an outreach program funded by a million dollar donation from the San Francisco 49ers in response to the Colin Kaepernick spectacle while totally ignoring my discrimination complaints against high ranking City officials.

This is one of the biggest scandals in recent history. It is bigger than Trump-Russia collusion and the Clinton email scandal. It is certainly one of the most egregious abuses of power by government officials at any level. The purpose of the criminal misconduct by these officials is to not only cover up racism and bigotry by the City of San Jose, but to cover up the disturbing fact that the US District Court in San Jose and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has an elaborate and extensive case-fixing scheme that has totally undermined our judicial system. From appearance alone, it appears that many of our court officials, including judges, are being paid off for their roles in fixing cases. This scandal has caused more damage to our constitutional republic than Watergate. But it is also flat out cheating. Complicit in the cover up of this scandal is the FBI, the DOJ and several prominent members of Congress because of their failure to open an investigation into the crimes that have been committed based on my public corruption complaints. It is sufficiently clear that Congress has no courage to provide the oversight of the judiciary that is mandated by the Constitution; and the FBI and DOJ have leadership issues based on their refusal to conduct investigations into blatant criminal misconduct by San Jose city officials and officials with the US District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The facts and evidence of misconduct by San Jose city officials and the federal courts can be found in many of my prior posts and on my group facebook page at: