On Thursday June 11, 2020 during her weekly press conference, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi called for the removal of all symbols honoring Confederate figures from military bases and the U S Capitol building. To be fair it should be noted that other Democrats and many Republicans in Congress have also expressed support for removing Confederate symbols in response to protests decrying the death of George Floyd. Calling for the removal of Confederate symbols is not the only response by Democrats and Republicans to the death of George Floyd. Yesterday (June 25, 2020) Democrats in the House, led by Pelosi, passed a police reform bill named the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act in honor of George Floyd. A GOP police reform bill in the Senate failed yesterday after it was blocked by Democrats from being debated. This move angered Republicans who accused Democrats of playing politics.
The truth is that both parties in Congress are playing politics with the tragic death of George Floyd just as they have with COVID 19, the Mueller Investigation and Impeachment. The removal of Confederate symbols and burdening law enforcement with more restrictions will do very little if anything to eliminate racial discrimination. I single out Speaker Pelosi because she seems to have garnered the most headlines when it comes to the removal of Confederate symbols and police reform. I have criticized her in many of my prior blog posts for her hypocrisy when it comes to the issue of racial discrimination and corruption. The Speaker cares nothing about racism and discrimination that blacks encounter and she cares nothing about corruption in government unless she can somehow tie both to President Trump.
It is outrageous that Speaker Pelosi is misleading Americans by calling for police reform and the removal of Confederate symbols while covering up blatant racism by San Jose city officials, the US District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The evidence against Speaker Pelosi is indisputable. In 2018 and 2019, I sent letters to the Speaker asking her to initiate an investigation into the racist treatment I suffered at the hands of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the US District Court, and the City of San Jose relative to the litigation of two lawsuits I filed against the City for racial and disability discrimination. I am black/African American. The intent of the discrimination I suffered at the hands of the City was to cause me emotional distress and financial loss. Several criminal acts were committed by court officials and San Jose city officials that includes fraud, bribery, subornation of perjury and perjury, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice. Yet, Pelosi did not respond to my letters and there has not been an investigation into my complaints, even though my allegations are supported by incontrovertible evidence. Because it is clear that Pelosi is covering up the racist and criminal misconduct of San Jose city officials and the federal courts, I filed an ethics complaint against her with the House of Representatives Office of Congressional Ethics.
If Speaker Pelosi and Congress really want to do something substantive to address racism in this country, they should institute reforms that mandate members of Congress respond to racial discrimination complaints brought to their attention by any citizen, particularly black citizens, thereby protecting citizens' First Amendment right to petition the government for redress of grievances. Removing Confederate symbols and police reform alone will not eliminate racism. Investigating specific allegations of racism and discrimination by government officials and holding those guilty accountable is the only way we can move towards a society that's free of racial injustice. Below is a copy of the complaint I filed against Speaker Pelosi and two other Democrats with the Office of Congressional Ethics that is still pending:
Frederick Bates
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August
12, 2019
Office
of Congressional Ethics
U.S.
House of Representatives
P.O.
Box 895
Washington,
DC 20515-0895
Re:
Ethics Violations by Members of the House of Representatives
Dear
Members of the Office of Congressional Ethics:
I respectfully request that your
office conduct an investigation into ethics violations and criminal misconduct
by the following Members of the House of Representatives and/or their staffs:
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee
Jerrold Nadler, and Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff. I
am alleging that Speaker Pelosi, Chairman Nadler, Chairman Schiff, and/or
members of their staffs are engaged in a cover-up of racism and criminal
misconduct by San Jose city officials, officials with the U.S. District Court
for the Northern District of California – San Jose Division and the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals that occurred during litigation of two lawsuits I
filed against the City of San Jose for racial and disability discrimination. I
am black/African American. Speaker Pelosi, Chairman Nadler, and Chairman Schiff
failed to take action on letters I submitted to each detailing the racist and criminal
acts perpetrated by San Jose city officials and officials with the U.S.
District Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The criminal misconduct by
San Jose city officials and the courts include bribery, conspiracy to obstruct
justice and obstruction of justice, subornation of perjury and perjury, fraud,
and witness tampering. These criminal acts involve creating a false document
relative to a fraudulent stipulation of dismissal, falsifying court records,
staging a phony hearing on a motion I filed and creating a fraudulent
transcript and civil minutes for that hearing that contradict each other. Furthermore,
the rulings of the courts in each of my lawsuits are biased in favor of the
City of San Jose and they are wholly inconsistent with the indisputable facts
and well established law.
On the website of the Office of
Congressional Ethics, it states that the Office of Congressional Ethics of the
House of Representatives is an independent, non-partisan entity charged with
reviewing allegations of misconduct against Members, officers, and staff. It is
sufficiently clear that this matter is within the jurisdiction of the Office of
Congressional Ethics. It is also well established that the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right of
the people to petition the government for a redress of grievances. The
definition of redress by Merriam-Webster is to set right or remedy an unjust or
unfair situation.
It is important to note that there
are no pending actions in court relative to my two lawsuits because the courts
have entered their final judgments. Nothing precludes Congress from conducting
investigations into my allegations against the courts based on Congress’ constitutional
authority/obligation to provide oversight. It is important to keep in mind that
my allegations against the courts and the City of San Jose involve very serious
criminal
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misconduct. In order to
support my allegations of criminal misconduct by San Jose city officials and
the courts are two attachments in pdf format on a flash drive that’s included
in this packet. One attachment contain copies of a letter and documents sent to
Inspector General Michael Horowitz alleging that former Attorney General Jeff
Sessions and F.B.I. Director Christopher Wray, along with several other
officials in the Department of Justice and F.B.I. are engaged in a cover-up of
the criminal misconduct of San Jose city officials and federal court officials.
The other attachment contains copies of a letter and documents I sent to Chief
Judge Sidney R. Thomas of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that is undeniable
proof that the judgments in my two lawsuits against the City of San Jose are
based on fraud; and that they are in violation of the Constitution and well
established precedent and statutory law. The judgments are by law null and
void. Yet, the courts refuse to vacate them. Also on the flash drive are copies
of the complaint letters I sent to Speaker Pelosi, Chairman Nadler, and
Chairman Schiff; along with copies of complaint letters I sent to Senator
Lindsey Graham, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator
Kamala Harris, Attorney General William Barr, Chief Justice John Roberts, and
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas.
The
conduct of San Jose city officials and federal court officials is an egregious
abuse of power that violates the public trust. What makes their conduct truly
appalling is that their intent is to cover up racism, bigotry and corruption.
The evidence of racism by San Jose city officials is indisputable because they
state in court papers that the City’s anti-discrimination policies does not
protect me, a black person, and that they had no duty to investigate my racial
discrimination complaints against City officials. Even though San Jose city
policy specifically states that discrimination complaints will be investigated,
the courts ruled in favor of the City stating that there were no set of facts
that I could allege to make my racial discrimination claim viable. It is worthy
to note that state law and precedent also establish that City officials had a
duty to investigate my discrimination complaints, and that they can be held
liable individually under Section 1983 based on their deliberate indifference.
Further evidence of bias by the courts and indifference to the City’s racist
conduct is that the court in one proceeding exhibited hostility toward my
discrimination lawsuit by asking why I was making this a federal case and why I
didn’t just drop the darn thing (my lawsuit). Bias is also indicated by the
fact that the courts ruled in favor of the City in my first lawsuit despite
City officials’ admission that they had violated City policy and a state law
that implicates a constitutionally protected interest. This flagrant bias
against me by the courts also makes the judgments in my lawsuits null and
void.
In
covering up this clear case of bigotry and public corruption, Speaker Pelosi,
Chairman Nadler, and Chairman Schiff have violated the ethics rules of the House
of Representatives, as well as the oath they took to protect and uphold the
Constitution. A credible criminal case for collusion and obstruction of justice
can also be made against Speaker Pelosi, Chairman Nadler, and Chairman Schiff because
the intentional cover-up of a crime is in itself a crime. An investigation into
this matter is warranted in order to protect the integrity of our judicial
system and to set right this unjust situation. Please inform me of what action
the Office of Congressional Ethics will take in regards to my complaint.
Sincerely,
Frederick
Bates
