Janet Reno Accused of
Treason ....08.09.00
US Representative James Traficant accused Attorney General Janet Reno of
treason, sexual improprieties and ties to the mob Monday night on a Fox
television news show. Supporters of Traficant say that the Congressman has
been targeted by the Clinton White House and the FBI because of his criticism
of federal handling of controversies such as the Vince Foster death, the crash
of TWA 800 and the Waco cover-up. Traficant said the FBI learned about some of
the damaging evidence on Reno during a 1993 background check prior to her
appointment to attorney general.
Traficant is accusing Reno of "treason" for her failure to appoint a special
counsel to look into charges that China stole sensitive nuclear weapons data
from the United States as well as a range of other Clinton administration
scandals. Traficant said he has "sworn affidavits" from unidentified sources
claiming Reno has also frequented call girls and has engaged in substance
abuse. Traficant claims that he has sources that have "videotaped evidence" of
sexual improprieties as well as the testimony "of five police officers" who
have "stopped Reno for substance abuse." Traficant said Reno's alleged
improprieties occurred while she was a Dade County (Miami, Fla.) state
prosecutor and municipal judge.
When asked if Traficant had considered that Reno may sue him, he replied, "Go
ahead, Ms. Reno, sue me. ...Let's get this into a trial. Let's get it all out
in the open." Traficant also made the bold (but true) accusation that the
"entire Justice Department" has concealed sensitive and potentially damaging
information about alleged illegalities within the Clinton administration and,
specifically, the Justice Department itself.
Traficant said that he has, "received several affidavits, and here's what
these affidavits allege...that Janet Reno was first appointed to Dade County
state attorney, they call them state attorneys there, as a favor and a
thank-you to the mob." Traficant also claims he has proof that, "Janet Reno
had a relationship with a call girl who was associated with organized crime
figures. And they have videotapes of this woman. Now hear me. Also you had
five police officers stop Janet Reno for substance abuse, namely DUI - under
the influence - willing to testify, never testified. Now, here's the point I'm
making. Listen very carefully. I will be submitting FOIA requests. Because I
believe Janet Reno in her failure to appoint an independent counsel,
specifically on the threatening issue, the national security issue, China -
she did so because of her blackmailability. I want to know why, and how long
it took for the FBI to investigate, if they gave this information to the
Senate, if the Senate knew about compromises they had from outside the
government. They knew about her past history of alcoholism, her association
with call girls. And they did interview several of the affiants that have in
fact given me these affidavits."
HANNITY: You made some very severe allegations. You say you have affidavits.
Who are these affidavits from?
TRAFICANT: These affiants wish to remain anonymous, but they will testify in
an open court or a congressional hearing of appropriate nature.
HANNITY: You are saying she is associated, and that people will testify with
evidence, that she was connected to the mob?
TRAFICANT: Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. And because of the fact - and
I'm looking into this - I'm not throwing any darts at the president at this
point or anybody. I want to know if the president got that information. I want
to know the timespan from when the FBI went down and interviewed these
affiants on these particular allegations, and how long it took for her to be
confirmed.
Janet Reno was one of the exceptions. They waved that 72-hour period from the
hearing to the confirmation. And in a lovefest she became the attorney
general, and I'm accusing the attorney general of treason right here.
Well, I certainly missed something good by not having cable! Damn. It's about
time that someone finally took a chance, got some evidence together, and
accused Janet Reno of the corruptness she's involved in to be so protective of
the Clinton Administration. Janet Reno has done nothing but OBSTRUCT justice
since she took the position, she should be in jail, ideally with Bill,
Hillary, Monica, and Al. Scum.
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This is a
partial transcript from On the Record
with Greta Van Susteren, April 22, 2002. Click
here to order the entire transcript of the show.
GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, HOST:
ANNOUNCER: Tonight On the Record: Congressman James Traficant found guilty of
corruption. Now he may get kicked out of Congress, but he's not going
quietly...
REP. JAMES TRAFICANT (D), OHIO: Why do we fear our own government? We're the
government!
VAN SUSTEREN, FOX HOST: Do you fear them?
TRAFICANT: Not at all. I took them on, and they can go to hell! And I'm going
to take
my own appeal all the way. I'm not afraid to go to jail. I think it's time for
somebody to
tell them to go to hell! This is our country, not their's!
(END VIDEO CLIP)
ANNOUNCER: An ON THE RECORD exclusive you can't miss.
The charges are in, and it's murder, Robert Blake accused of killing his wife,
Bonny.
Now the ex-TV cop could face the death penalty. Should cameras be allowed in
the
courtroom for Blake's murder trial? If not, why not? What does the defense
have to
hide?
VAN SUSTEREN: First, my exclusive interview with convicted Ohio congressman
James Traficant, now facing possible expulsion in Congress after refusing to
go
quietly.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
How do you describe yourself?
TRAFICANT: I'm the son of a truck driver. I really am. And I would have never
run for
Congress if it weren't for the fact I probably would got killed if I'd have
ran again for
another term as sheriff of Mahoning County. Mahoning County's been controlled
by
organized crime for years, but they pay taxes to Cleveland and Pittsburgh. But
they
had an FBI and IRS office in Youngstown area for 50 years and never made an
arrest
until I ran for sheriff.
And it was one of the most interesting races in the history of the nation
because I used
Mob money to beat the hell out of the Mob. And it was a sensational trial in
1983, with
a confession and everything. And as you know, I was the only pro se defendant
in
the history of the United States that defeated the Justice Department in a
RICO case.
And that's part of this trial, Greta, very much a part of this trial, very
much a part of this
political targeting that took place here. And I know that sounds self-serving,
but it's a
fact.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VAN SUSTEREN: Expulsion in Congress has only happened four times in U.S.
history.
Only one other member of Congress has been expelled because of official
corruption.
That was back in 1980. The others were expelled for being disloyal during the
Civil
War. House rules permit any member of Congress to go to the floor and offer a
privileged resolution calling for immediate expulsion of a lawmaker. Removing
Traficant
would take a two thirds vote.
More from the congressman himself in just a moment, but first, [Fox
Correspondent]
Steve Brown. He's going to take us inside the Traficant trial.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
TRAFICANT: I've never been one to back out.
STEVE BROWN, FOX CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Facing prison time and possible
expulsion from Congress, James Traficant says he will fight on. In his federal
corruption trial, Traficant was accused of bribery, tax evasion, even forcing
his staff
to work on his horse farm. And the jury found Traficant guilty of all 10
counts.
TRAFICANT: I don't believe I was tried by a jury of my peers. I think peers
have an
understanding of a person's character.
BROWN: Traficant acted as his own attorney and claimed the entire case was a
government vendetta against him. The judge would not allow Traficant to make
that
argument in court.
UNIDENTIFIED NEWSCASTER: Traficant was taken to Cleveland federal district
court...
BROWN: The tactic did work in 1983. Traficant beat federal corruption charges
then,
convincing a jury that the FBI tricked him into signing a confession. Since
then,
Traficant says, government agencies have been out to get him. But back in his
district,
Traficant still enjoys voter support.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's the kind of congressman that I like.
BROWN: Much of Traficant's popularity is traced back to the early 1980s, when
the
Youngstown steel mills were closing and a lot of people were losing their
jobs.
DOUG BOUSLOUGH, YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO: Back when the steel mills closed, he was
the sheriff. And one of the responsibilities at that time was to foreclose on
housing.
You know, it got so ugly, he decided "I'm not foreclosing on these people
anymore."
BROWN: But in the halls of Congress, Traficant is far from loved by his fellow
Democrats. Traficant angered many in his party when he voted for Denny
Hastert, a
Republican, for House Speaker. On the day of Traficant's conviction, House
Democratic leader Dick Gephardt called for Traficant to resign.
TRAFICANT: I've never been a quitter. I don't think I'll quit now.
UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: Mr. Gephardt said you should.
TRAFICANT: Gephardt has (UNINTELLIGIBLE)
BROWN (on camera) While Traficant works on an appeal to his conviction, the
House
of Representatives Ethics Committee has begun an investigation of its own. And
ultimately, if two thirds of the House votes for his ouster, Traficant could
be kicked out
of Congress, unable to appeal that decision.
Steve Brown, Fox News.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
VAN SUSTEREN: Steve, thanks.
Now to my exclusive interview with convicted congressman James Traficant of
Ohio.
I traveled to the congressman's home state over the weekend and I asked him
why he
began representing himself in court back in 1983, when he's not a lawyer.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRAFICANT: No, I'm not a lawyer.
VAN SUSTEREN: But you won.
TRAFICANT: I have a couple master's degrees.
VAN SUSTEREN: OK, but...
TRAFICANT: Yes, but the bottom line was they brought a false confession in.
When
they found out that this schmuck was going to represent himself...
VAN SUSTEREN: Meaning you?
TRAFICANT: Yes -- they brought in a confession. And the forensic scientist
proved
that this document was fraudulent.
VAN SUSTEREN: Was the confession yours?
TRAFICANT: Supposedly mine. But when it all came out, it became my evidence,
and I
used it as a defense exhibit. And I would not be sitting here were it not for
this
confession.
Now, in this trial, I had nine tapes that were not allowed to be played. I had
nine
witnesses that were subject to perjury under oath, testifying to a judge
without the
jury present. They were not allowed to testify. And I had no FBI agent that
took a
stand against me, no IRS agent that took the stand against me. They had 1,000
documents without one fingerprint. Until this day -- I want the audience to
listen -- I
never opened the evidence boxes that were sent to me by the Justice Department
because I knew they had no case.
VAN SUSTEREN: All right, well, let's -- let's go through the trial. You...
TRAFICANT: Let's go.
VAN SUSTEREN: OK. All right, what were you charged with?
TRAFICANT: I was charged with everything. I think -- raping Mother Teresa, I
think,
was a part of this thing. I was charged with taking bribes, with doing favors,
quid pro
quo, accepting kickbacks, a number of things.
VAN SUSTEREN: Having -- having staff members work on your horse farm?
TRAFICANT: Yes. And some of the staff members did on their own time,
voluntarily.
And if that's enough to put me in jail on a RICO charge, go ahead. The bottom
line was I
never denied that, but you know...
(CROSSTALK)
VAN SUSTEREN: You never denied what? You never...
TRAFICANT: Members of my staff wanted to be near me. One of them testified
that he
used it as a health spa until his allergy got bad. Now, the bottom line is a
congressional
staffer is required to put in 30 hours a week full-time. All of my staff put
in all their
time. My staff liked me.
But I had some incidents that occurred where some of my staff were upset with
some
of my hirings. They got vindictive, and there was a lot of animosity that took
place.
Amidst this time, there was a lot of turmoil and investigation going on in
Youngstown. I
found out that in 1996, when the investigation really started, the focus of
their
investigation was Jim Traficant.
VAN SUSTEREN: Why did they want Jim Traficant?
TRAFICANT: I'm the only one that's ever beaten them. They had to clean the
slate,
number one. Number two, I supplied a concurrent -- House concurrent resolution
calling for an investigation of that Chinese money that come from the general
of the red
Chinese army to the Democrat National Committee. Now, the Democrats wanted
nothing to do with it. The Republicans, wanting Most Favored Nation permanent
trade
status for China, sort of set it aside.
And Greta, I believe in my heart that we have set America at stake and America
is in
danger of a nation who is taking $120 billion a year net surplus in trade
surplus buying
intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear submarines, and has declared --
the CIA has
told members of Congress that China considers America an enemy.
VAN SUSTEREN: So you say it was Democratically politically motivated...
TRAFICANT: I think it was.
VAN SUSTEREN: ... when they started the investigation of you in '96?
TRAFICANT: Yes. I think it was a combination of beating them. They had to
clean that
record up, number one. Number two, the China thing, calling Janet Reno a
traitor.
Now, remember this, the judge that tried me was appointed by President
Clinton. They
had to be scrutinized and approved and the background check performed by the
Justice Department, headed by U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno. Janet Reno, in
my
opinion -- look, I'm not on the House floor. She's running for governor of
Florida. She's
a traitor to the nation.
VAN SUSTEREN: Well, then -- wait. But your prosecutor...
TRAFICANT: She betrayed America.
VAN SUSTEREN: All right, if your -- if the motive is this was political, this
was
Democratic, how do you explain the fact that you were prosecuted by a
Republican
Justice Department? How does that play into it, in your mind?
TRAFICANT: Well, this whole ordeal started underneath the Reno investigation.
VAN SUSTEREN: Why would Reno hate you, just over -- in your...
TRAFICANT: No, it wasn't that. It was a combination of local, national, very
outspoken,
and I touched on issues that people didn't want to hear. They didn't want to
hear about
Pan Am 103. They didn't want to hear about Ruby Ridge. They didn't want to
hear
about Waco, where they could have arrested Kirshner [sic] any day out jogging
and
killed 80-some people.
Here's what's happened, in my opinion. We have an America at stake. People are
afraid of their government. A federal judge can only be removed one way,
Greta.
They die, they resign or the FBI, IRS or Treasury Department develops a case
on them.
And right now, I don't believe an American, especially a politically targeted
American,
can get a fair trial. And I believe what's happening is this fear factor in
America is
dangerous. Why do we fear our own government?
VAN SUSTEREN: Did you...
TRAFICANT: We're the government!
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VAN SUSTEREN: More of the exclusive interview with convicted congressman James
Traficant when we come back.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK)
VAN SUSTEREN: Back with more of my exclusive interview with convicted Ohio
congressman James Traficant. Does the congressman fear the government?
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRAFICANT: Not at all. I took them on, and they can good to hell. And I'm
going to take
my own appeal all the way. I'm not afraid to go to jail. I think it's time for
somebody to
tell them to go to hell. This is our country, not theirs. And they run it like
it's theirs.
And let me say this. I don't want members of Congress to get mad at me. I have
great
respect for members of Congress. But all you need to do is have your name in
the
paper with an IRS investigation attached to it or an FBI inquiry, and you lose
an
election. And we've got congressmen and congresswomen, in my opinion, that are
afraid. They're afraid to take on these institutions. The executive branch has
become
too powerful, and people have got to take their government back.
And if they do not -- mark what I tell you -- and I'm going to make this
statement on your
show. I predict that China, with what we've allowed China to get away with and
the
money they're taking out of our economy, may some day -- maybe not your
children or
grandchildren, but for sure, the grandchildren are going to be visited by
China.
And I believe we have set a dangerous pattern in America, where we are born
into a
limited partnership with the IRS. Their behavior modification program tell us
what we
can and cannot do. I think it's time to abolish the 16th Amendment, get rid of
the IRS, go
with a flat 15 percent national sales tax, exempt everybody up to the poverty
level.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRAFICANT: Not at all. I took them on, and they can good to hell. And I'm
going to take
my own appeal all the way. I'm not afraid to go to jail. I think it's time for
somebody to
tell them to go to hell. This is our country, not theirs. And they run it like
it's theirs.
And let me say this. I don't want members of Congress to get mad at me. I have
great
respect for members of Congress. But all you need to do is have your name in
the
paper with an IRS investigation attached to it or an FBI inquiry, and you lose
an
election. And we've got congressmen and congresswomen, in my opinion, that are
afraid. They're afraid to take on these institutions. The executive branch has
become
too powerful, and people have got to take their government back.
And if they do not -- mark what I tell you -- and I'm going to make this
statement on your
show. I predict that China, with what we've allowed China to get away with and
the
money they're taking out of our economy, may some day -- maybe not your
children or
grandchildren, but for sure, the grandchildren are going to be visited by
China.
And I believe we have set a dangerous pattern in America, where we are born
into a
limited partnership with the IRS. Their behavior modification program tell us
what we
can and cannot do. I think it's time to abolish the 16th Amendment, get rid of
the IRS, go
with a flat 15 percent national sales tax, exempt everybody up to the poverty
level.
And look, Greta, let's have some freedom in America. America is not free. We
fear
our government. We have a right to fear our government. And when the IRS
testified
on my legislation that if we do not have the fear factor, we won't collect
taxes -- are
these voluntary taxes, Greta?
VAN SUSTEREN: Do you think having a lawyer -- you represent yourself...
TRAFICANT: Hell, no! I won the case! Here's what happened...
VAN SUSTEREN: You won the first case.
TRAFICANT: I won this case, too, because jurors went in, and it was 6-6 on the
first
vote. Then the jurors come out and decided that I was guilty because they
didn't like
the way I disrespected the judge. Now, look, you could fine me, you could put
me in jail
for contempt, but the jurors couldn't even identify and explain what a RICO
charge
was.
And RICO has become so prostituted, you can get a housewife charged for RICO
for
not making three square meals for her kids today. It's gone! It's out of hand.
I don't
believe the courts are fair. I believe the courts in America and the system of
American
jurisprudence has been prostituted.
VAN SUSTEREN: Why would this judge -- I mean, do you think the judge is the
reason,
then, that you were convicted?
TRAFICANT: I think that the judge was well-liked by the jury. They didn't like
the fact
that -- they didn't realize when they left that room that these witnesses were
being
deposed as if they were in a civil trial.
VAN SUSTEREN: Do you think that...
TRAFICANT: I never heard of anything like this!
VAN SUSTEREN: Do you think that this judge did this because she believed that
this is
the way the evidence should be under the rules, or do you think she did it to
get
Congressman Traficant?
TRAFICANT: No, I think this judge, like most judges, favored the prosecution.
I believe
most federal judges don't want to get on the wrong side of a prosecutor,
especially
when they know that there's an American that they really want, because here's
why.
If you testify for Jim Traficant or you're a campaign contributor to Jim
Traficant, you're
subject to being audited by the IRS.
I'm an incumbent of nine terms. I had my last campaign, in the primary -- my
two
opponents raised more money than me. I couldn't raise any money. People are
afraid
to give me money because their name appears on my federal election report and
the
IRS is out to come and take a look at you. So here's what I'm saying to the
IRS. Look,
you better beat me on appeal, or there will be no IRS And I'm not afraid of
the IRS.
They can go to hell. I'm not afraid of the FBI. While they've been messing
around
playing footsies, we basically had 9/11.
Now, tell me this. And I really want to know this. And Fox deserves a lot of
credit.
Let's take a look at one thing. How did we learn about the invasion of Kuwait?
On
television. How did we learn about the fall of the Berlin Wall? On television.
How did
we learn about the collapse of the Soviet Union? On television. What the hell
do we
need a CIA for? And what is the CIA? The CIA is the FBI counterpart that does
international work. The FBI does domestic work.
Our borders are wide open. You have 300,000 illegal immigrants coming across
the
border every day. Now we have a resolution brought up by Loretta Sanchez when
I
was the only Democrat devoted for a new election out there because I felt that
illegal
immigrants might have affected precedent, the election of a federal official
who
weren't even eligible electors, who were illegal aliens.
My God, what is the country coming to? The border's wide open, and we're
guarding
the Israeli borders, the Mideast borders. We're in Afghanistan. We're in
Somalia.
We're in Pakistan. And our borders are wide open. Someone's going to bring
across
our border, Greta, the components of a nuclear weapon and literally launch one
against America. That's how wide open this country is!
VAN SUSTEREN: Congressman -- and I'm not supposed to call you that, but --
Congressman, you brought...
TRAFICANT: Here's the toilet tissue.
VAN SUSTEREN: Good. Why'd you bring that?
TRAFICANT: You can't get a print on it. It's very porous. You couldn't get a
print on it.
VAN SUSTEREN: What do you mean? You mean a fingerprint?
TRAFICANT: No, but you could lift a fingerprint off a dead body.
VAN SUSTEREN: So why did you break the toilet paper?
TRAFICANT: Number one, this is currency.
VAN SUSTEREN: Right.
TRAFICANT: It's a little more porous, isn't it? A little bit better to get a
fingerprint on.
This is an envelope, a little denser, better to get a finger print on. This is
a manila
envelope, much more dense, easier to get a finger print on. This is a plastic
bag that'll
hold water, absolutely capable of getting a fingerprint.
This is the FBI analyst's report, that on 972 documents of Jim Traficant
submitted by the
lab for testing, not one of Jim Traficant's prints was found on any of their
evidence.
They had no physical evidence. And the woman who I had taped, who said, "Jim,
if I
wasn't a principal in this radio station that they investigate and know what
happened,
with the paper trail I seen on you, if I was on the jury, I'd find you
guilty."
VAN SUSTEREN: But Congressman...
TRAFICANT: There's no evidence!
VAN SUSTEREN: But Congressman, they actually had -- they had witnesses come
into the courtroom, take the witness stand, take an oath and say you accepted
kickbacks...
TRAFICANT: Greta...
VAN SUSTEREN: ... that you accepted cash.
TRAFICANT: ... you're a prosecutor, aren't you?
VAN SUSTEREN: No. I was a defense attorney, sir.
TRAFICANT: OK. Let me just say this to you and say it to you right out. You
have a
congressman that is highly political, highly visible, very critical of the
federal
government, the FBI and the IRS, with legislation to create a three-member
panel to
investigate Ruby Ridge and Waco and the injustices of FBI. Now, no wiretaps,
no
bugs, no physical evidence, no FBI or IRS agent take the stand against me.
They brought a 37-year veteran in from Philadelphia who said he didn't even
meet with
any of the investigators, just added what they told him onto my '98, '99
returns. The
only FBI agent they brought was one-year rookie who brought the money and said
there's no prints on anything.
VAN SUSTEREN: So it boils down to...
TRAFICANT: Where's the evidence?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VAN SUSTEREN: More with Congressman James Traficant tomorrow.
You can watch Part II of our exclusive interview this evening at 10 p.m. ET
only on the
Fox News Channel. Tonight Congressman Traficant tells Greta that he plans to
run
for office again and explains what he plans to do in prison.
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Exclusive! Embattled Ohio Congressman James
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ANNOUNCER: Tonight On the Record: Is he a madman or a maverick?
Renegade Ohio congressman James Traficant takes on the legal system
and defends himself in part 2 of this Fox News exclusive. How will he handle
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VAN SUSTEREN: I say that teasing you, you understand that.
TRAFICANT: Now you know, you just said earlier that you might have thought
I impugned your dignity, so I'm going to take your remarks as being favorable,
VAN SUSTEREN: OK. Fair enough.
TRAFICANT: But let me say -- but let me say this. Looking back at Congress
-- Congress has to take the country back. The executive branch controls
America, not even the presidency, the Justice Department, the IRS, the
Treasury Department, manifest so much power that we in America fear our
government.
Now, through the Ethics Committee process, what can be done is this. They
could focus on every element of this case, bring every witness they want and
let them all say anything they want. And I'm available and I'm open, and the
country can look and take a see -- talk a look at this matter, Greta. I think
this is what it's about. I think we fear our country. I believe our nation
is at stake. I believe Congress has become damned near background music in a
doctor's office. Nobody wants the FBI checking them out. No one wants the
IRS snooping around.
And you know, I really feel bad. You know, I changed the burden of proof in a
civil tax case. I now required, through my legislation, that they can't seize
your home without a warrant. You can now sue the IRS up to $1 million because
of my legislation. And it wouldn't have happened unless there was a great
American by the name of Bill Archer from Texas. And he was a former head,
chairman, of the Ways and Means Committee of Congress. He retired.
Had they made Bill Archer the treasury secretary under President George
Bush, I believe America would be free today. But he put my language in it.
Let me tell you what that meant to the American people. Wage attachments
dropped from 3.1 million to 500,000. Property liens dropped from 688,000 to
160,000. And seizures of American-owned homes dropped from 10,067 to
51 in 50 states, when the IRS had to prove their case.
The IRS has been preying on us, feasting on us. And when they testified
before Congress, they said, "If you take away the element of fear," Greta,
"that we will lose America." Fear! An agency of the government saying fear.
Who does the IRS work for? Those bastards work for me. I'm not afraid of
them. The FBI, they work for me. I'm investigating them right now. And
until I go to jail, if that happens, or if Congress expels me, I'm going to
fight like a junkyard dog in the face of a hurricane because that's the
way I'm made.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
VAN SUSTEREN: I'll have more with Congressman Traficant tomorrow [on
Wednesday, April 24].
You can watch Part III of our exclusive interview this evening at 10 p.m. ET
only on the Fox News Channel. Tonight Congressman Traficant tells Greta
that he plans to run for office again and explains what he plans to do in
prison.
[snip]
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,51074,00.html
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Janet Reno Accused of Treason ....08.09.00
http://www.cipherwar.com/news/00/reno_scandal.htm
BACKGROUND:
"FBI agents in the northern district of Ohio have been on the payroll
of the mob,'' Traficant said on the House floor in June. ``They have
been bankrolled by the mob.''
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/TRAFICANT.htm
ENRON: THE ANATOMY OF A COVER-UP A FORMER REPUBLICAN INSIDER TALKS
By: Catherine Fitts
http://www.customscorruption.com/enron.htm
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Representative Traficant
Reports On The Bankruptcy Of The United States
United States Congressional Record, March 1, 1993 VOL. 33, page
H-1303 The Speaker - Rep. James Traficant, Jr. (Ohio) addressing the House.
Mr. Speaker, we are here now in chapter 11. . . Members of Congress are
official trustees presiding over the greatest reorganization of any Bankrupt
entity in world history, the U.S. Government. We are setting forth hopefully,
a blueprint for our future. There are some who say it is a coroner's report
that will lead to our demise.
It is an established fact that the United States Federal Government has
been dissolved by the Emergency Banking Act, March 9, 1933, 48 Stat. 1, Public
Law 89-719; Declared by President Roosevelt, being bankrupt and insolvent. H.
J. R. 192, 73rd. Congress in session June 5, 1933 - Joint Resolution To
Suspend The Gold Standard and Abrogate The Gold Clause dissolved the Sovereign
Authority of the United States and the offical capacities of all United States
Government Offices, Officers and Departments and is futher evidence that the
United States Federal Government exists today in name only.
The receivers of the United States Bankruptcy are the International
Bankers, via the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary
Fund. All United States Offices, Officials, and Departments are now operating
within a defacto status in name only under Emergency War Powers. With the
Constitutional Republican form of Government now dissolved, the receivers of
the Bankruptcy have adopted a new form of government for the United States.
This new form of government is known as a Democracy, being an established
Socialist/Communist order under a new governor for America. This act was
instituted and established by transferring and/or placing the Office of the
Secretary of Treasury to that of the Governor of the International Monetary
Fund. Public Law 94-564, page 8, Section H. R. 13955 reads in part:"The U.S.
Secretary of Treasury receives no compensation for representing the United
States?"
Gold and silver were such a powerful money during the founding of the
United States of America, that the founding fathers declared that only gold
and silver coins can be "money" in America. Since gold and silver coinage were
heavy and inconvenient for a lot of transactions, they were stored in banks
and a claim check was issued as a money substitute. People traded their
coupons as money, or "currency." Currency is not money, but a money
substitute. Redeemable currency must promise to pay a dallor equivalent in
gold or silver money. Federal Reserve Notes (FRN's) made no such promises, and
are not "money." A Federal Reserve Note is a debt obligation of the federal
United States government, not "money." The federal United States government
and the U.S. Congress were not and have never been authorized by the
Constitution for the United States of America to issue currency of any kind,
but only lawful money, - gold and silver coin.
It is essential that we comprehend the distinction between real money, and
paper money substitute. One cannot get rich by accumulating money substitutes,
one can only get deeper in debt. We the People no longer have any "money."
Most Americans have not been paid any "money" for a very long time, perhaps
not in their entire life. Now do you comprehend why you feel broke? Now, do
you understand why you are "bankrupt," along with the rest of the country?
Federal Reserve Notes (FRN's) are unsigned checks written on a closed
account. FRN's are an inflatable paper system designed to create debt through
inflation (devaluation of currency). Whenever there is an increase of the
supply of a money substitute in the economy without a corresponding increase
in the gold and silver backing, inflation occurs.
Inflation is an invisible form of taxation that irresponsible governments
inflict on their citizens. The Federal Reserve Bank who controls the supply
and movement of FRN's has everybody fooled. They have access to an unlimited
supply of FRN's, paying only for the printing costs of what they need. FRN's
are nothing more than promissory notes for U.S. Treasury securities (T-Bills)
- a promise to pay the debt to the Federal Reserve Bank.
There is a fundamental difference between "paying" and "discharging" a
debt. To pay a debt, you must pay with value or substance (i.e. gold, silver,
barter or a commodity). With FRN's, you can only discharge a debt. You cannot
pay a debt with a debt currency system. You cannot service a debt with a
currency that has no backing in value or substance. No contract in common law
is valid unless it involves an exchange of "good and valuable consideration."
Unpayable debt transfers power and control to the sovereign power structure
that has no interest in money, law, equity or justice because they have so
much wealth already.
Their lust is for power and control. Since the inception of ceneral
banking, they have controlled the fates of nations.
The Federal Reserve System, is based on the Canon law and the principles of
soverignty protected in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. In fact, the
international bankers used a "Canon Law Trust" as their model, adding stock
and naming it a "Joint Stock Trust." The U.S. Congress had passed a law making
it illegal for any legal "person" to duplicate a "Joint Stock Trust" in 1873.
The Federal Reserve Act was legislated post-facto (1870), although post-facto
laws are strictly forbidden by the Constitution. (1:9:3)
The Federal Reserve System is a sovereign power structure separate and
distinct from the federal United States government. The Federal Reserve is a
maritime lender, and/or maritime insurance underwriter to the federal United
States operating exclusively under Admiralty/Maritime law. The lender
underwriter bears the risks, and the Maritime law compelling specific
performance in paying the interest, or premiums are the same.
Assets of the debtor can also be hypothecated (to pledge something as a
security without taking possession of it) as security by the lender or
underwriter. The Federal Reserve Act stipulated that the interest on the debt
was to be paid in gold. There was no stipulation in the Federal Reserve Act
for ever paying the principal.
Prior to 1913, most Americans owned clear, allodial title to property, free
and clear of any liens or mortgages until Federal Reserve Act (1913).
"Hypothecated" all property within the federal United States to the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve, - in which the Trustees (stockholders)
held legal title, the U.S. citizen (tenant, franchisee) was registered as a
"beneficiary" of the trust via his/her birth certificate. In 1933, the federal
United States hypothecated all of the present and future properties, assets
and labor of their "subjects," the 14th. Amendment U.S. citizens, to the
Federal Reserve System.
In return, the Federal Reserve System agreed to extend the federal United
States corporation all the credit "money substitute" it needed. Like any other
debtor, the federal United States government had to assign collateral and
security to their creditors as condition of the loan. Since the federal United
States didn't have any assets, they assigned the private property of their
"economic slaves," the U.S. citizens, as collateral against the unpayable
federal debt. They also pledge the unincorporated federal territories,
national parks forest, birth certificates, and nonprofit organizations, as
collateral against the federal debt. All has already been transferred as
payment to the international bankers.
Unwittingly, America has returned to its pre-American Revolution, Feudal
roots whereby all land is held by a sovereign and the common people had no
rights to hold allodial title to property. Once again, We the People are the
tenants and sharecroppers renting our own property from a Sovereign in the
guise of the Federal Reserve Bank. We the People have exchanged one master for
another.
This has been going on for over eighty years without the "informed"
knowledge: Of the American people, without a voice protesting loud enough. Now
it's easy to grasp why America is fundamentally bankrupt.
Why don't more people own their properties outright?
Why are 90% of Americans mortgaged to the hilt and have little or no assets
after all debts and libilities have been paid? Why does it feel like you are
working harder and harder and getting less and less?
We are reaping what has been sown, and the result of our harvest is a
painful bankruptcy, and a foreclosure on American property, precious
liberties, and a way of life. Few of our elected representatives in
Washington, D.C. have dared to tell the truth. The federal United States is
bankrupt. Our children will inherit this unpayable debt, and the tyranny to
enforce paying it.
America has become completely bankrupt in world leadership, financial
credit and its reputation for courage, vision and human rights. This is an
undeclared economic war. Bankruptcy, and economic slavery of the most corrupt
order! Wake up America! Take back your country.
For subscription information to the North Florida Advocate please
contact Faye Van Aernam at:
P.O. Box 645, Cross City, FL 32628
Tel. 352-498-3862 Fax 352- 498-3030 or Email
mona@inetw.net
Edited by Ivan Santana Chief Executive Editor, Hotwire 2000
Webmaster Howard Lance
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Traficant Exposes IMF Banksters In
Congressional Record - Read & Weep: IMF Rules World - Just Not to Degree
Wanted Yet
To: "Health Freedom, Codex Issues
Subject: Rep. Traficant Exposes IMF Banksters In Congressional Record - Read &
Weep: IMF Rules World - Just Not to Degree Wanted Yet
From: John Hammell jham@iahf.com
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 14:56:47 -0500
IAHF List: What Follows from the Congressional Record Will Blow Your Mind
If It Hasn't Already Been Blown It sure does explain why they're trying so
hard to lay a National ID Card and Implanted Chips on Us Useless Eaters.
They've regarded us as monetized slaves since '33, and here you hear the truth
from Rep. Traficant about the well established fact that the US Govt. ceased
to exist on March 9, 1933 with the Emergency Banking Act which declared our
government to be bankrupt and insolvent, and thats the exact moment we came
under the thumb of the International Monetary Fund, the Banksters, the folks
who've monetized our birth certificates as collateral against the debt. We
don't have a government, all we have is administrators for the IMF, all we
have is tools of the Banksters, and this is why such evil harlots as Schumer,
Feinstein, Lautenburg, Boxer et al along with all the criminal Masonic judges
are trying so hard to atomize our gun rights.
They want us to be "good slaves" docile slaves, subservient mind controlled
slaves with implanted chips controlled electromagnetically per Dr. Jose
Delgado's most exciting wet dream. Delgado played a centrol role in the CIA's
MKULTRA Mind Control program. He once did a public demonstration at a pro
baseball game where he had a chip implanted bull confront him one on one.
As the bull charged, he used a remote control to make the bull A) Stop dead
in its tracks B) Turn and run to the left, C) Turn and run to the right. GET
and READ the book MASS CONTROL The Engineering of Human Consciousness by Jim
Keith. See my review of it on amazon.com You want to know how they can get us
to accept the coming Codex vitamin restrictions docily, without fighting back?
Look no further... I am telling you the truth.
Can we stop this? Damn Right we can!! Forward this to everyone you know and
we'll get the hundredth monkey syndrome kicking in eventually as the truth
percolates through people's horrendously brainwashed minds.
Another WOW! This is published in the Congressional Record.
Please pass this on to everyone! Americans need to read this!
Representative Traficant Reports On The Bankruptcy Of The United States
United States Congressional Record, March 1, 1993 VOL. 33, page H-1303
The Speaker - Rep. James Traficant, Jr. (Ohio) addressing the House.
Mr. Speaker, we are here now in chapter 11. . . Members of Congress are
official trustees presiding over the greatest reorganization of any Bankrupt
entity in world history, the U.S. Government. We are setting forth hopefully,
a blueprint for our future. There are some who say it is a coroner's report
that will lead to our demise.
It is an established fact that the United States Federal Government has
been dissolved by the Emergency Banking Act, March 9, 1933, 48 Stat. 1, Public
Law 89-719; Declared by President Roosevelt, being bankrupt and insolvent. H.
J. R. 192, 73rd. Congress in session June 5, 1933 Joint Resolution To Suspend
The Gold Standard and Abrogate The Gold Clause dissolved the Sovereign
Authority of the United States and the official capacities of all United
States Government Offices, Officers and Departments and is further evidence
that the United States Federal Government exists today in name only.
The receivers of the United States Bankruptcy are the International
Bankers, via the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary
Fund. All United States Offices, Officials, and Departments are now operating
within a defacto status in name only under Emergency War Powers. With the
Constitutional Republican form of Government now dissolved, the receivers of
the Bankruptcy have adopted a new form of government for the United States.
This new form of government is known as a Democracy, being an established
Socialist/Communist order under a new governor for America. This act was
instituted and established by transferring and/or placing the Office of the
Secretary of Treasury to that of the Governor of the International Monetary
Fund. Public Law 94-564, page 8, Section H. R. 13955 reads in part: "The U.S.
Secretary of Treasury receives no compensation for representing the United
States?"
Gold and silver were such a powerful money during the founding of the
United States of America, that the founding fathers declared that only gold
and silver coins can be "money" in America. Since gold and silver coinage were
heavy and inconvenient for a lot of transactions, they were stored in banks
and a claim check was issued as a money substitute. People traded their
coupons as money, or "currency." Currency is not money, but a money
substitute. Redeemable currency must promise to pay a dollar equivalent in
gold or silver money. Federal Reserve Notes (FRN's) made no such promises, and
are not "money." A Federal Reserve Note is a debt obligation of the federal
United States government, not "money." The federal United States government
and the U.S. Congress were not and have never been authorized by the
Constitution for the United States of America to issue currency of any kind,
but only lawful money, - gold and silver coin.
It is essential that we comprehend the distinction between real money, and
paper money substitute. One cannot get rich by accumulating money substitutes,
one can only get deeper in debt. We the People no longer have any "money."
Most Americans have not been paid any "money" for a very long time, perhaps
not in their entire life. Now do you comprehend why you feel broke? Now, do
you understand why you are "bankrupt," along with the rest of the country?
Federal Reserve Notes (FRN's) are unsigned checks written on a closed
account. FRN's are an inflatable paper system designed to create debt through
inflation (devaluation of currency). Whenever there is an increase of the
supply of a money substitute in the economy without a corresponding increase
in the gold and silver backing, inflation occurs.
Inflation is an invisible form of taxation that irresponsible governments
inflict on their citizens. The Federal Reserve Bank who controls the supply
and movement of FRN's has everybody fooled. They have access to an unlimited
supply of FRN's, paying only for the printing costs of what they need. FRN's
are nothing more than promissory notes for U.S. Treasury securities (T-Bills)
- a promise to pay the debt to the Federal Reserve Bank.
There is a fundamental difference between "paying" and "discharging" a
debt. To pay a debt, you must pay with value or substance (i.e. gold, silver,
barter or a commodity). With FRN's, you can only discharge a debt. You cannot
pay a debt with a debt currency system. You cannot service a debt with a
currency that has no backing in value or substance. No contract in comm. on
law is valid unless it involves an exchange of "good and valuable
consideration." Unpayable debt transfers power and control to the sovereign
power structure that has no interest in money, law, equity or justice because
they have so much wealth already. Their lust is for power and control. Since
the inception of central banking, they have controlled the fates of nations.
The Federal Reserve System, is based on the Canon law and the principles of
sovereignty protected in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. In fact, the
international bankers used a "Canon Law Trust" as their model, adding stock
and naming it a "Joint Stock Trust." The U.S. Congress had passed a law making
it illegal for any legal "person" to duplicate a "Joint Stock Trust" in 1873.
The Federal Reserve Act was legislated post-facto (1870), although post-facto
laws are strictly forbidden by the Constitution. (1:9:3)
The Federal Reserve System is a sovereign power structure separate and
distinct from the federal United States government. The Federal Reserve is a
maritime lender, and/or maritime insurance underwriter to the federal United
States operating exclusively under Admiralty/Maritime law. The lender
underwriter bears the risks, and the Maritime law compelling specific
performance in paying the interest, or premiums are the same.
Assets of the debtor can also be hypothecated (to pledge something as a
security without taking possession of it) as security by the lender or
underwriter. The Federal Reserve Act stipulated that the interest on the debt
was to be paid in gold. There was no stipulation in the Federal Reserve Act
for ever paying the principal.
Prior to 1913, most Americans owned clear, allodial title to property, free
and clear of any liens or mortgages until Federal Reserve Act (1913).
"Hypothecated" all property within the federal United States to the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve, - in which the Trustees (stockholders)
held legal title, the U.S. citizen (tenant, franchisee) was registered as a
"beneficiary" of the trust via his/her birth certificate. In 1933, the federal
United States hypothecated all of the present and future properties, assets
and labor of their "subjects," the 14th. Amendment U.S. citizens, to the
Federal Reserve System.
In return, the Federal Reserve System agreed to extend the federal United
States corporation all the credit "money substitute" it needed. Like any other
debtor, the federal United States government had to assign collateral and
security to their creditors as condition of the loan. Since the federal United
States didn't have any assets, they assigned the private property of their
"economic slaves," the U.S. citizens, as collateral against the unpayable
federal debt. They also pledge the unincorporated federal territories,
national parks forest, birth certificates, and nonprofit organizations, as
collateral against the federal debt. All has already been transferred as
payment to the international bankers.
Unwittingly, America has returned to its pre-American Revolution, Feudal
roots whereby all land is held by a sovereign and the common people had no
rights to hold allodial title to property. Once again, We the People are the
tenants and sharecroppers renting our own property from a Sovereign in the
guise of the Federal Reserve Bank. We the People have exchanged one master for
another.
This has been going on for over eighty years without the "informed"
knowledge: Of the American people, without a voice protesting loud enough. Now
it's easy to grasp why America is fundamentally bankrupt.
Why don't more people own their properties outright? Why are 90% of
Americans mortgaged to the hilt and have little or no assets after all debts
and libilities have been paid? Why does it feel like you are working harder
and harder and getting less and less?
We are reaping what has been sown, and the result of our harvest is a
painful bankruptcy, and a foreclosure on American property, precious
liberties, and a way of life. Few of our elected representatives in
Washington, D.C. have dared to tell the truth. The federal United States is
bankrupt. Our children will inherit this unpayable debt, and the tyranny to
enforce paying it.
America has become completely bankrupt in world leadership, financial
credit and its reputation for courage, vision and human rights. This is an
undeclared economic war. Bankruptcy, and economic slavery of the most corrupt
order! Wake up America! Take back your country.
For subscription information to the North Florida Advocate please contact
Faye Van Aernam at:
P.O. Box 645, Cross City, FL 32628
Tel. 352-498-3862 Fax 352- 498-3030 or Email mona@inetw.net
Edited by Ivan Santana Chief Executive Editor, Hotwire 2000
http://www.iahf.com/usa/20011228.html
