Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Articles of Impeachment

Post #61 (December 10, 2019)

The Democrats have just introduced two Articles of Impeachment against the President, Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress. This is got to be the most underwhelming effort of all time to remove anybody from office at any level. Abuse of Power and Obstruction of Congress? Are we really suppose to believe that these are the high crimes and misdemeanors that the founding fathers are referring to in the Constitution? We should not make it so easy to impeach a President as it is to indict a ham sandwich. It is Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee Jerrold Nadler, and Chairman of the Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff that are the ones that should be facing removal from office based on their pending ethics complaints:

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

Trump Is Right For Questioning FBI Director Christopher Wray's Attitude

Post #60 (December 10, 2019)

FBI Director Christopher Wray stated in an interview on ABC on Monday (12/9/2019) that he would take serious the findings of the Inspector General (IG) that there were numerous errors by the FBI during the investigation of the Trump campaign in 2016. However, Director Wray pointed out that the IG found that the probe into the Trump campaign was opened with appropriate predication and authorization, and that there was no evidence of political bias when the FBI began investigating political contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Clearly, President Trump is not satisfied with Director Wray's response to the IG's report. He tweeted earlier today that he did not believe Director Wray was reading the same report that he, President Trump, had been given. Mr. Trump stated that because of Director Wray's attitude, he will never be able to fix the FBI, which is badly broken despite having some of the greatest men and women working there.

Just as I stated in a post on December 6, 2017, I am again saying that the President calling out Director Wray in his tweet today has credibility. Since 2014, I have filed public corruption complaints with the FBI against the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, the US District Court in San Jose, and several San Jose city officials. Even though I presented indisputable evidence that these officials committed several felonies during the litigation of two discrimination lawsuits I filed against the City of San Jose, Director Wray and the FBI refused to respond to my complaints. It is sufficiently clear that Director Wray and the FBI have problems with ethics. President Trump is right to believe that Director Wray cannot fix the problems at the FBI because of his apparent lack of resolve to do so. Below is a copy of a complaint I filed with Inspector General Horowitz against Director Wray:

Frederick Bates
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March 18, 2019

Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency
1717 H Street, NW, Suite 825
Washington, DC 20006
Attn: Michael Horowitz – Inspector General

Re: Public Corruption Complaints

Dear Mr. Horowitz,

            I respectfully request that you open an investigation into the conduct of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.) and the Department of Justice based on their failure to open an investigation into public corruption complaints I filed against San Jose city officials and officials with the U.S. District Court – San Jose Division and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. My complaints, in the form of letters, allege that these officials committed several felonies during the litigation of two lawsuits I filed against the City of San Jose for racial and disability discrimination. I am black/African American. The crimes I allege against these officials include conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice, subornation of perjury and perjury, bribery, and fraud. Accompanying my complaint letters to the F.B.I. and Department of Justice was credible evidence supporting my allegations. Here is a list of my complaint letters with the dates and the parties to whom they were directed, as well as dates of meetings with F.B.I. officials:

May 24, 2014 – Letter to Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson – San Francisco F.B.I. Field Office
May 24, 2014 – Letter to Melinda Haag – U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California
June 17, 2015 – Email letter to F.B.I. San Francisco Field Office that documents a phone contact with an F.B.I. employee in the San Francisco Field Office and a meeting with an F.B.I. agent in the Jackson Mississippi Field Office
July 24, 2017 – Letter to U.S. Department of Justice-Washington, D.C. (To Whom It May Concern)
July 27, 2017 – Letter to F.B.I. Headquarters-Washington, D.C. (To Whom It May Concern)
July 29, 2017 – Letter to Brian Stretch – U.S. Attorney’s Office-Northern District of California
July 29, 2017 – Letter to Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett - San Francisco F.B.I. Field Office
August 18, 2017 – Documentation of meeting with F.B.I. Special Agent in Sacramento, CA Field Office
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October 24, 2017 – Letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions                                       
October 30, 2017 – Letter to F.B.I. Director Christopher Wray
April 16, 2018 - Letter to F.B.I. Director Christopher Wray
April 16, 2018 - Letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions

Included with this letter are copies of the above letters and evidence attached to each that proves they were delivered to the above officials. For this reason, I am making a complaint against each for failure to take action and for engaging in a cover-up. I am well aware that the F.B.I. and the Department of Justice does not normally intervene in matters involving the courts based on the separation of powers doctrine. However, when there is credible evidence that court officials have engaged in public corruption, as is the case here, the F.B.I. and Department of Justice is obligated to investigate the crimes involved in order to protect the integrity of our judicial system. Clearly, the officials that received my complaint letters had a legal and moral duty to take action.
            What is clear to me from the contact I had with F.B.I. agents and the lack of response to my complaint letters is that there seems to be no interest in opening an investigation into this matter, even though this is one of the greatest abuses of power and breaches of the public trust by government officials in recent memory. And it is certainly one of the biggest frauds on the court and cheating scandals in the history of our judiciary.
            Along with the copies of the complaint letters noted above is an attachment that contain facts and evidence that corroborate the obstruction of justice/public corruption crimes I allege against San Jose city officials and officials with the U.S. District Court – San Jose Division and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Also included is a pdf file on a flash drive containing a complaint letter and documents I sent to Chief Judge Sidney R. Thomas of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The letter and documents sent to Judge Thomas provides more facts and evidence to support my allegations.
            Additionally, I am requesting an investigation of San Jose city officials for conducting an investigation of me in September 2018 that was malicious, retaliatory and meant to intimidate me and to violate my rights to free speech based on two emails I sent City officials relative to the criminal misconduct of City officials and the courts during litigation of the two lawsuits I filed against the City. The details surrounding the investigation by the City are also enclosed in a separate attachment. Please advise me of what action you will take in this matter.


                                                                                                            Sincerely,



                                                                                                            Frederick Bates

Monday, December 9, 2019

A Politically Motivated Stunt By Senator Harris And The Democrats

Post #59 (December 9, 2019)

I just stumbled on an article in HUFFPOST regarding a letter that Senator Kamala Harris and about 40 Democrats signed that will be sent to the White House demanding that President Trump remove his advisor Stephen Miller over leaked emails the Senators say exhibit white nationalist views. The letter state that Miller is unfit to serve in any capacity at the White House, let alone as a senior policy advisor. Just when I think it's not possible to have a lower opinion of the Democrats because of their phony outrage when they think someone, almost always a Republican, is a racist, this letter pops up.

Let me make it clear that this post is intended to point out the hypocrisy of two of the Senators that signed this ridiculous letter. I'm not saying that I endorse a white supremacist or white nationalist serving in the White House or any other position in government. One of the reasons should be obvious if you continue reading this post. The hypocrisy of the two Senators I'm calling out is that of Senator Harris and Senator Feinstein. I have written letters to both asking for an investigation into a case-fixing scandal involving Mayor Sam Liccardo and other San Jose city officials in collusion with officials of the US District Court and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals during the litigation of two lawsuits I filed against the City of San Jose for racial and disability discrimination. I am black/African American. See, I told you it should be obvious that I don't give a damn about white nationalists or white supremacists.

During the litigation of my two lawsuits, the courts named above and the City of San Jose conspired to deprive me of several of my rights, and they accomplished this by creating fraudulent documents, falsifying docket entries, making false stipulations, and conducting a phony hearing with fraudulent civil minutes and transcript. The specific crimes they committed include subornation of perjury and perjury, bribery, conspiracy, fraud, and obstruction of justice. The specific intent of these cowards were to humiliate me, deprive me of my constitutional rights, cause me emotional pain and suffering and financial loss. It's all true. If you read many of my prior posts you will see more details, but there will be another link at the end of this post that will present the indisputable facts and evidence that was also presented to Senator Harris and Feinstein.

This letter by Senator Harris and the Democrats demanding Stephen Miller be removed as an advisor to the President appears to be nothing more than a political stunt by Senator Harris to remain relevant and bolster her chances to become the VP candidate for the Democratic Party. I am not aware of any accusations that Miller knowingly and intentionally violated a black person's rights and conspired with the courts in committing criminal acts to cover it up. Senators Harris and Feinstein are aware of these same accusations I am making against San Jose city officials and the courts. Yet, Feinstein and Harris refuse to take any action on an obvious high tech lynching of a black person, while asking for the removal of a presidential advisor for possible white nationalist views. It seems to me if you cover up a high tech lynching of a black person, maybe you are the one that's unfit to serve in any capacity. Just as they did with her campaign for President, Americans should reject this politically motivated stunt by Senator Harris as an act of blatant hypocrisy. Below is a copy of a complaint I made with the Senate Ethics Committee against Senator Harris, Senator Feinstein, Senator Lindsey Graham, and Senator Chuck Grassley for their cover-up the misconduct by San Jose city officials and the courts:

Frederick Bates
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July 10, 2019

U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics
220 Hart Building
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510

Re: Ethics Violations by Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee/Petition for Redress of Grievance

Dear Members of the Senate Select Committee on Ethics:

            The purpose of this letter is to bring to your attention ethics violations by the following members of the Senate Judiciary Committee: Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator Dianne Feinstein, and Senator Kamala Harris. I am also asking that the Select Committee on Ethics open an investigation into my allegation. My allegation that the just named Senators violated Senate Ethics Rules are based on their failure to take action on complaint letters I submitted to each detailing 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 during litigation of two lawsuits I filed against the City of San Jose for racial and disability discrimination. I am black/African American. 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 Senate Select Committee on Ethics under Constituent Service, it states that the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution “guarantees the right of the people…to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” It also states that responding to inquiries of petitioners and assisting them before executive or independent government officials and agencies is an appropriate exercise of the representational function of each Member of Congress, as well as an important function of congressional oversight. The definition of redress by Merriam-Webster is to set right or remedy an unjust or unfair situation.
            Not only has there been no action taken on my complaint letters to Senators Graham, Feinstein, Grassley, and Harris, I have only received a response from Senator Feinstein acknowledging receipt of my letter. This is inconsistent with the obligation of elected officials to respond to inquiries of petitioners as noted above. What makes this matter so egregious is that the accused Senators are making a conscious decision to conceal from the public the criminal misconduct of San Jose city officials and officials with the U.S. District Court and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that was perpetrated in order to cover up racism, bigotry and corruption.
            Also on the website for the Senate Select Committee it states that the general advice of the Ethics Committee concerning pending court actions is that Senate offices should refrain from intervening in such legal actions in most cases until the matter has reached a resolution in the
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courts. In other words, the judicial system should be allowed to function without interference from outside sources. 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 or the Senate Judiciary Committee 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 misconduct. The criminal misconduct I am alleging includes 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.
            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 Senators Graham, Feinstein, Grassley, and Harris; along with copies of complaint letters I sent to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, and Attorney General William Barr.
            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 and bigotry. The evidence of racism by San Jose city officials is indisputable because they state in court papers that the City’s anti-discrimination policies did 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. 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.  I want to make it clear that I am alleging that Senator Graham, Senator Grassley, Senator Feinstein, and Senator Harris are
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intentionally covering up this matter. It is sufficiently clear that these Senators are in violation of the Ethic Rules of the Senate, 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 these Senators 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 Senate Select Committee will take in regards to my allegation.

                                                                                                            Sincerely,



                                                                                                            Frederick Bates
More details can be seen here: