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  • Judicial Watch: Fani Willis Ordered to Turn Over Anti-Trump Collusion Records to Court

    (Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis was ordered to turn over 212 pages of records to a state court judge. The court also ordered Willis to detail how the records were found and the reason for withholding them from the public. The records were belatedly found in response to a Judicial Watch request and lawsuit for communications with Special Counsel Jack Smith and the House January 6 Committee.

    The court order was issued on March 7 in a Judicial Watch lawsuit filed after Willis falsely denied having any records responsive to Judicial Watch’s earlier Georgia Open Records Act (ORA) request for communications with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office and/or the January 6 Committee (Judicial Watch Inc. v. Fani Willis et al. (No. 24-CV-002805)).

    The order follows a February 28 hearing in which Willis’ lawyers admitted to finding the records after what is believed to be a fifth search of her office. The court order reads as follows: 

    ORDER RE: IN CAMERA REVIEW OF RECORDS 

    In August 2023, Plaintiff Judicial Watch Inc. submitted an open records request to Defendant District Attorney Fani Willis seeking “[a]ll documents and communications sent to, received from, or relating to Special Counsel Jack Smith” and “[a]ll documents and communication sent to or received from the United States House January 6th Committee.”1 Defendant claimed to have no responsive records. Doubting this, Plaintiff sued and has since secured a default judgment against Defendant, who, it turns out, does have responsive records. After several non-searches, one court order, and at least one actual search of unknown thoroughness, Defendant revised her answer to, in essence, “I do have records, but you can’t have them (except this one record you already had and gave me).” 

    Unsurprisingly unsatisfied with this post-adjudication response, Plaintiff on 17 December 2024 petitioned the Court for the appointment of a Special Master to (1) conduct her own search of Defendant’s files for responsive records and (2) review the documents Defendant has determined fall outside the ambit of the State’s Open Records Act (ORA), O.C.G.A. § 50-18-70 et seq. On 28 February 2025, the Court held a hearing on Plaintiff’s motion at which both sides presented argument and made various factual representations, to include an assertion that the universe of responsive records consists of 212 pages (some of which may be duplicative). From those presentations and representations — and a review of the parties’ pleadings — the Court rules as follows:

    1) No Special Master will be appointed — for now.

    2) Defendant shall, through counsel, deliver to the Court within five business days of the entry of this Order all records Defendant has identified as being responsive to Plaintiff’s ORA request but which are being withheld pursuant to one or more of the exemptions

    set forth in O.C.G.A. § 50-18-72(a). These records should be Bates stamped for ease of reference.

    3) Along with the documents, Defendant shall provide a list indicating which documents arguably fall under which exemption(s).2 For any records for which an attorney-client privilege is being asserted, counsel shall also identify the attorney and the client.

    4) Defendant shall additionally provide, along with the documents, an affidavit, sworn out by someone in Defendant’s employ with direct personal knowledge, that includes the following:

    a. A detailed description of the search that was conducted that yielded the 212 pages. This description should identify what was searched and how (e.g., manually versus electronically) and by whom.

    b. The search terms used to search e-mail accounts and, if not every e-mail account in the office was searched, the universe of accounts that were searched. (These accounts need not be identified by employee name, but should at least indicate employee role (e.g., Assistant DA #2, Administrative Assistant #3, etc.).)

    c. An answer to the question of whether cell phones were searched. If the answer is “no”, that should be explained. If the answer is “yes”, it should include a list of whose phones (again identifying them, for now, simply by employee role) and how the search was performed.

    The Court will review all these submitted materials and determine if any are, despite Defendant’s claimed exemptions, subject to disclosure under the ORA. Should any of the submitted records be deemed disclosable, the Court will notify counsel for Defendant so that Defendant may file an ex parte pleading justifying the exemption. Any such pleadings will be filed under seal in this case, as will all the submitted materials.

    SO ORDERED this 7th day of March 2025. 

    1 Plaintiff’s request also extended to employees of Smith and the Committee. 2 Defendant has asserted as bases for non-disclosure open investigation (subsection (a)(4)), attorney-client privilege (subsection (a)(41)), and work product (subsection (a)(42)).

    “Fani Willis can’t be trusted. Every time we go back to court there are new excuses and new documents that she said never existed,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. 

    Thanks to this lawsuit, Willis finally admitted to having records showing communications with the January 6 Committee but refused to release all but one document in response to the court order that found her in default. She cited a series of legal exemptions to justify the withholding of communications with the January 6 Committee. The only document she did release is one already-public letter to January 6 Committee Chairman Benny Thompson (D-MS). The court also awarded Judicial Watch $21,578 “attorney’s fees and costs.” (Willis’ operation made the payment to Judicial Watch 10 days after the court-ordered deadline.) 

    Judicial Watch subsequently filed a motion, asking the court to conduct a private inspection of any records found.

    Judicial Watch had argued:

    Willis by her own admission conducted at least three searches before finding any responsive records not already supplied by [Judicial Watch]. She did not even bother to conduct a search until the Complaint was filed. Her records custodian says he does not know the Cellebrite [digital investigations] equipment he apparently had a hand in ordering can be used to search cell phone texts and other data…. Moreover, the custodian had no standard practice for conducting searches and keeps no records of the methods used in a given search.

    Judicial Watch is assisted in the case by John Monroe of John Monroe Law in Georgia.

    Judicial Watch has several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits on the lawfare targeting Trump:

    In February 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal court to allow the agency to keep secret the names of top staffers working in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office that is targeting former President Donald Trump and other Americans.

    (Before his appointment to investigate and prosecute Trump, Specia Counsel Jack Smith previously was at the center of several controversial issues, the IRS scandal among them. In 2014, a Judicial Watch investigation revealed that top IRS officials had been in communication with Jack Smith’s then-Public Integrity Section about a plan to launch criminal investigations into conservative tax-exempt groups. Read more here.)

    In January 2024, Judicial Watch filed lawsuit against Fulton County, Georgia, for records regarding the hiring of Nathan Wade as a special prosecutor by District Attorney Fani Willis. Wade was hired to pursue unprecedented criminal investigations and prosecutions against former President Trump and others over the 2020 election disputes.

    In October 2023, Judicial Watch sued the DOJ for records and communications between the Office of U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith and the Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney’s office regarding requests/receipt of federal funding/assistance in the investigation of former President Trump and his 18 codefendants in the Fulton County indictment of August 14, 2023. To date, the DOJ is refusing to confirm or deny the existence of records, claiming that to do so would interfere with enforcement proceedings. Judicial Watch’s litigation challenging this is continuing.

    Through the New York Freedom of Information Law, in July 2023, Judicial Watch received the engagement letter showing New York County District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg paid $900 per hour for partners and $500 per hour for associates to the Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher law firm for the purpose of suing Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) in an effort to shut down the House Judiciary Committee’s oversight investigation into Bragg’s unprecedented indictment of former President Donald Trump.

    In his book Rights and Freedoms in Peril Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton details a long chain of abuses officials and politicians have made against the American people and calls readers to battle for “the soul and survival of America.”

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    Source: Judicial Watch

  • US lawyer jailed for faking Kirkland & Ellis experience to land six-figure legal roles

    Also posed as a former footballer and ex-Marine

    A disbarred US lawyer who falsely claimed to have worked at top law firm Kirkland & Ellis has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after using a string of fake identities in a bid to secure high-paying legal jobs across the country.

    Richard Louis Crosby III, 37, from Ohio, posed as “Richard Williams” and told law firm recruiters he had previously worked at Kirkland & Ellis during a July 2023 interview. When pressed to provide verification of his former colleagues at the elite outfit, he quickly withdrew his application.

    This was one chapter in a multi-year scheme that saw Crosby assume false identities — including those of a deceased man, his elderly father, and his girlfriend — to obtain roles at seven law firms, despite being disbarred in Ohio and facing criminal charges concerning “stealing client funds”, according to the US Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Ohio.

    According to court filings, Crosby created fake email addresses, forged documentation, and doctored a screenshot of a bar membership directory to support his claims of being licensed attorney.

    In total, Crosby secured multiple six-figure legal roles across Washington, California, Florida, and Michigan under the alias Richard Williams.

    In September 2023, just a month before his arrest on federal charges, Crosby applied for a position at a California law firm using another alias. He falsely claimed to have played football for the University of Michigan and served as a US Marine. The firm hired him with a $250,000 (£193,000) annual salary, unaware that he had submitted the Social Security number of a deceased North Carolina man in his tax paperwork.

    His actions began to unravel in April 2023 when one of his employers was contacted by a child support investigator, revealing Crosby’s real identity. He was subsequently fired and later arrested on federal charges.

    Last week, a US judge sentenced Crosby to 37 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay nearly $171,000 (£132,000) in compensation and complete 300 hours of community service.

    The post US lawyer jailed for faking Kirkland & Ellis experience to land six-figure legal roles appeared first on Legal Cheek.

    Source: Legal Cheek

  • Denver man pleads guilty to killing his intimate partner of 10 years and kidnapping her grandson

    DENVER (TCN) — A man will spend six decades behind bars for fatally shooting his girlfriend of 10 years before abducting her 2-year-old grandson, who was next to her at the time.

    The Denver District Attorney’s Office announced March 11 that Clemente Flores-Hernandez pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree assault in connection with the death of his longtime girlfriend, 44-year-old Karol Bedoya. Flores-Hernandez subsequently received a sentence of 60 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections.

    According to prosecutors, on Feb. 24, 2023, Flores-Hernandez fatally shot Bedoya at close range while she was sitting on her couch watching television near her 2-year-old grandson. Bedoya’s adult son heard the gunshots, ran up from the basement, and got into a physical fight with the defendant. Flores-Hernandez reportedly strangled the man until he collapsed.

    The district attorney’s office said Flores-Hernandez then kidnapped the young boy, placed him in his vehicle, and drove off. The Colorado State Patrol and officials with the Adams County Sheriff’s Office took him into custody approximately 30 miles east of Denver following a high-speed chase.

    According to a probable cause statement from the Denver Police Department, Flores-Hernandez exited the car with Bedoya’s grandson in his arms, and prosecutors said the boy was unharmed.

    District attorney John Walsh said, “Karol Bedoya’s murder is yet another terrible reminder of the tragic toll domestic violence takes on our community and our families. We hope that today’s guilty plea and sentence provide some measure of comfort to Karol’s family and friends.” 

    • Clemente Flores-Hernandez Pleads Guilty to Second-Degree Murder – Denver District Attorney’s Office
    • Denver man accused of fatally shooting girlfriend and abducting her grandson, 2/27/2023 – TCN
    • Probable Cause Statement — Denver Police Department

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • The constitutional option: Impeachment of activist judges

    From The Washington Examiner by Tom Fitton:

    Many are asking if federal judges can be impeached as a consequence of judicial activism,  deciding a case based on their personal preferences rather than what is stated in the Constitution, statutes, and applicable precedent and in usurpation of legislative and executive power. The answer is yes.

    A series of extreme and activist decisions against President Donald Trump’s constitutional authority exercised through the Department of Government Efficiency and his appointees such as Elon Musk have brought the question to the fore.

    But Article II, Section 1, Clause 1 of the Constitution unambiguously states, “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.” In explaining what’s also known as the “vesting clause,” White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said, “A president is elected by the whole American people. He’s the only official in the entire government elected by the entire nation. Judges are appointed. Members of Congress are elected at the district or state level.”

    Read more here…

    Source: Judicial Watch

  • Why AI probably won’t disrupt law firms any time soon

    The idea that 25 year-old rookie solicitors earning nearly £200,000 are ripe for replacement by tech is appealing, but likely to be wrong

    In 2017 I remember a partner at a large City of London law firm telling me confidently that trainee numbers were about to be decimated due to AI, then in its ‘machine learning’ incarnation.

    Within five years, the partner asserted, trainee solicitors would number a mere third of what they are today, as all but the very best law graduates find themselves forced to settle for a life of tech-enabled paralegaldom. Partners, she added, would be fine.

    Eight years on and legal trainee numbers are at record highs — and so are the salaries. As Legal Cheek’s Firm’s Most List documents, newly qualified solicitors at several US firms in London can expect to earn as much as £180,000, while the Magic Circle all pay a base rate of £150,000 these days. Even with inflation that’s a big jump on 2017 levels, when most of the top firms paid NQs well below £100k. Certainly, these figures suggest that the age-old corporate law firm pyramid model — which sees large numbers of trainees recruited and trained before a high rate of attrition kicks in as a lucky and hard-working few make to the partnership — is still doing rather well.

    But now those conversations about AI disrupting law firms are back, as the latest version of the technology, ChatGPT-style generative AI, works its way into legal tech products. At an AI breakfast for journalists this week hosted by Simmons & Simmons, the partners knew better than to make wild predictions, but the vibe was similar to 2017. There was talk about lawyers learning to code, a cheerily unnerving emphasis on “adaptability” and even an admission that “we might need to rethink the commercial model for training junior lawyers because less of their time might be capable of being monetised”.

    But a story told by senior partner Julian Taylor suggested that the need for such rethinking may be some way off. Taylor, an employment lawyer when not steering the Simmons & Simmons ship, relayed how he was recently having a late afternoon call with a client when a twist in the case saw a new 40+ page document come in that required swift analysis. Before the advent of Simmons’ new generative AI tool ‘Percy’ (named after one of the twin brothers who co-founded the firm in 1896), that would have meant a long evening for an unlucky junior associate. But with Percy, Taylor was able to upload the document to be analysed and have a pithy summary emailed over to the impressed client while still on the phone with them. How much did he charge for this wizardry?

    The 2025 Legal Cheek Firms Most List

    “Nothing,” he revealed, adding: “Maybe the lesson from AI is that law firms are moving to a charitable model!”

    The unspoken bit was that the document surely had to be read by the junior associate, and possibly other Simmons lawyers working on the case, just not that evening. And I don’t doubt that they charged for their time doing so.

    Indeed, as Taylor went on to note, his corporate clients consistently tell him that they “don’t completely trust” AI and want people (i.e. the top percentage of grads that leading law firms fight it out over each year) handling the big-money, high-stakes cases and deals they send his firm’s way. In other words, AI might be fun, impressive, useful on the margins and even helpful for lawyer wellbeing, but it’s not what clients go to Simmons & Simmons — and other top law firms — for.

    For those truly interested in the disruption of legal services, the place to focus on is the clients themselves. For it’s at these big companies where legal is of course not a generator of revenue, but a cost to the business, meaning real incentives lie to embrace AI to reduce spend on lawyers. What’s more, in-house legal teams tend to focus on more routine tasks where the odd AI hallucination may be less likely to result in a professional negligence claim.

    As tempting as the idea may be that 25 year-old private practice lawyers earning close to £200,000 are ripe for replacement by tech, the reality is that it may be the mid-career lawyers who’ve stepped off the law firm gravy train to move in-house who find themselves most exposed.

    The post Why AI probably won’t disrupt law firms any time soon appeared first on Legal Cheek.

    Source: Legal Cheek

  • 'Ghost Adventures' star’s wife allegedly plotted his death with inmate she saw in true crime documentary

    LAS VEGAS (TCN) — A 32-year-old woman is facing charges for allegedly communicating with a prison inmate and working with him to solicit the murder of her husband, a star of the television show “Ghost Adventures.”

    Clark County court records show Victoria Goodwin was charged with solicitation to commit murder and conspiracy to commit murder on March 6. A judge set her bail at $100,000.

    According to the arrest report cited by KSNV-TV, Goodwin reportedly contacted Grant Amato, a 35-year-old man serving life in prison in Florida for three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of his parents and brother.

    Goodwin reportedly used the name “Victoria Candie” in their correspondences, which included messages about them being in love. Goodwin allegedly learned about Amato from a true crime documentary that detailed the murders he committed and how he stole money from his family after falling in love with an Eastern European camera model.

    In their messages, Goodwin allegedly told Amato that her husband, Aaron Goodwin, wouldn’t get a divorce. She reportedly asked if she was a “bad person” because she “chose to end his existence. Not divorce.”

    KSNV reports Goodwin informed Amato that her husband would be in Barstow, California, so Amato allegedly replied that he would reach out to someone “who will be taking care of the situation.” She reportedly saved $11,000 for “when the job is finished.”

    NBC News reports on Oct. 2, Amato and Goodwin reportedly discussed their plans for the hit, and Goodwin said in a message that she was “so anxious LOLOL.”

    Amato allegedly reached out to a hit man on Oct. 3 and told him he would call Aaron Goodwin as a distraction. Later that day, Amato reportedly texted him, “I need to know what is going on. Can I get an update. Was it done?” Officials from the Florida Department of Corrections reportedly seized his phone that day. They contacted law enforcement in Nevada on March 4.

    Following Goodwin’s arrest on March 6, she reportedly told detectives she and her husband were “going through problems in their marriage,” though she claimed she did not want him dead.

    Aaron Goodwin has appeared in over 300 episodes of “Ghost Adventures.” The couple wed in August 2022.

    Court records show Goodwin was ordered not to have contact with her husband.

    • State of Nevada vs. Victoria Goodwin
    • Arrest report: Wife of ‘Ghost Adventures’ star plotted his murder from Las Vegas – KSNV
    • Wife of ‘Ghost Adventures’ star Aaron Goodwin accused of hiring a hitman to kill him – NBC News

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Georgia judge slams Fani Willis deceit in Trump case

    From The Washington Examiner:

    A Georgia judge has ripped Trump critic and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for falsely denying having records of conversations with one-time federal Trump prosecutor Jack Smith and demanded that she turn them over.

    In a strongly worded order shared with Secrets, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert C.I. McBurney gave Washington-based Judicial Watch its latest victory in its bid to dig deep into the effort by Smith and Willis to take down President Donald Trump before the 2024 election.

    “Fani Willis can’t be trusted. Every time we go back to court there are new excuses and new documents that she said never existed,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.

    Read more here…

    Source: Judicial Watch

  • SQE results day reactions are taking over TikTok — and it’s emotional chaos

    ‘POV: you just opened your SQE1 results and…’

    Earlier this week, aspiring solicitors across the country received their results for the first stage of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE). But this year, checking results wasn’t the only thing on their minds—many chose to record the moment and share it on social media!

    In true 2025 fashion, the exam day drama has spilled over onto TikTok, with videos showing the highs, lows and unfiltered stress of SQE1 results day racking up thousands of views.

    Some TikTokers nervously filmed their screens, visibly shaking as they opened their results. Others screamed, cried or collapsed in relief when the word “PASS” (or not) appeared.

    @legallystef Never thought I’d post myself ugly crying on the internet, but at least it’s happy tears THANK YOU GOD!!! Congratulations to everyone who passed and so sorry to those of you who didn’t, but your journey is not over yet! #lawstudent #exams #sqe #examresults #sqe1 #lawschool ♬ 7 years latch – favsoundds

    One student nervously checks her screen for the results, before breaking down in tears of joy after passing.

    @issssaayyy12Open my SQE 1 results with me – these exams were genuinely the hardest things I’ve ever done in my life so I’m feeling extremely proud of myself ♬ suara asli – favmusicvibes

    Another recorded the moment they found out they didn’t pass, letting her followers know that “it wasn’t meant to be this time – remember that’s okay!”.

    @kiraa_gulliver Nerves are in full swing ! Good luck everyone ! ##sqe1##sqeresults##law##lawschool##lawyersoftiktok ♬ original sound – shavie

    This TikTok trend follows a growing culture of law students sharing their SQE journeys online — from prep course reviews to “day in the life” vlogs and brutally honest debriefs. But the results day clips might just be the rawest content yet.

    @austindoeslaw no more multiple choice questions for SQE1 anymore, big big step on the way to becoming a lawyer #sqe1 #sqe1results #lawstudent ♬ original sound – austin

    Legal Cheek has previously reported on the chaos that can follow when results go wrong — including a rounding error last year which led to some students being wrongly told they’d failed, with firms even pulling training contracts as a result.

    The SQE Hub: Your ultimate resource for all things SQE

    And the SQE isn’t exactly getting cheaper. As reported this week, exam fees are set to rise again in September 2025. SQE1 will go up to £1,934 and SQE2 to £2,974, taking the total cost to nearly £5k — just for the assessments. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) says the price hike is to cover inflation and translating the exams into Welsh.

    So while TikTok might be the place to laugh (or cry) through SQE1 results day, it’s also a reminder that qualifying as a solicitor can be an expensive — and emotional — rollercoaster.

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    Source: Legal Cheek

  • Evidence blunder haunts OnlyFans murder trial; Hit man links celebrity stylist’s wife to slaying – TCN Sidebar

    In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Gene Rossi joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss the slimming chances of Erik and Lyle Menendez’s resentencing after Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman reverses course, leaked evidence that could make a prosecutor a witness in OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney’s murder trial, and testimony of an alleged hit man linking Monica Sementilli to the fatal stabbing of her husband, celebrity hairstylist Fabio Sementilli.

    YouTube: Evidence blunder haunts OnlyFans murder trial; Hit man links celebrity stylist’s wife to slaying – TCN Sidebar

    Source: True Crime Daily

  • Soros-Funded Charity Sues U.S. Over Budget Cuts at Tribal University Plagued by Fraud, Corruption

    A federal lawsuit filed by yet another George Soros-funded group highlights how the Trump administration’s swift crackdown on wasteful government spending is enraging leftists whose coffers have long been replenished with taxpayer dollars. The case involves a tribal college in Lawrence, Kansas called Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) with an enrollment of 901 and a long history of financial mismanagement and corruption. The school has been plagued by a multitude of scandals including payroll fraud, millions in unaccounted for donations as well as allegations of bullying, theft, sexual assault, workplace harassment and other abuses. More on that will be covered later in this story with documents obtained by Judicial Watch involving “the premier tribal university in the United States” despite a dreadful graduation rate of just 41%.

    As part of the Trump administration’s effort to reduce the federal workforce and cut back on unnecessary spending, Haskell’s budget was slashed along with another college that serves Native American students. About a quarter of the university’s staff was laid off, including custodians, professors, and others, though some were subsequently reinstated. The school also postponed its welcome back pow-wow, was forced to close the student success center and financial aid was delayed for students, all members of federally recognized tribes. This month a coalition of tribal nations and students sued the federal government over the budget cuts, alleging that the loss of staff violates tribal rights to prioritize the fields of study in schools, native students’ rights to receive an adequate post-secondary education and the Bureau of Indian Education’s (BIE) obligation to maintain school health and safety. The staff reductions also occurred without notifying or consulting tribal nations, which the plaintiffs claim is required by law.

    The complaint was filed in United States District Court for the District of Columbia by the Native American Rights Fund (NARF), a leftwing advocacy group whose cases include trying to stop the Keystone XL pipeline between Canada and the United States, native voting rights, fighting the development of public land and Indian mascots the group claims negatively affect the way native youths view themselves. NARF has received at least $1.75 million from Soros’ Open Society Foundations (OSF) since 2019, including $1 million in 2022. Just a few weeks ago Judicial Watch reported that a different Soros-funded nonprofit sued the Trump administration for freezing the funds of another charity, also bankrolled by the leftwing billionaire, that receives millions of dollars from the beleaguered United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Soros spends a fortune to promote his radical globalist agenda and, incredibly, American taxpayers have partially financed the ventures. A few years ago Judicial Watch published a special report on the financial and staffing nexus between OSF and the U.S. government, documenting tens of millions of American taxpayer dollars that have gone to the Hungarian philanthropist’s programs both domestically and abroad.

    The HINU funding cut appears to be part of a much-needed plan to finally curb wasteful government spending, which has run amok in recent years. In congressional testimony last summer, the university’s former president, Dr. Ronald J. Graham, told federal lawmakers about the ongoing fraud, waste, abuse, and criminal conduct at the school and the retaliation he suffered for reporting it. Millions of dollars in donations were unaccounted for, half a million dollars in contracts mismanaged and hundreds of instances of payroll fraud in which employees, including professors, were paid for jobs they did not perform. The BIE, the government agency responsible for providing tribes with quality education, quickly retaliated and opened an investigation into Graham for reporting the pervasive corruption and fraud at its premiere university. The former HINU president also received death threats after reporting the wrongdoing, was abruptly terminated without any notice and ordered off the campus within an hour.

    Last year the BIE’s umbrella agency, the Department of the Interior (DOI) published a scathing report after investigating allegations of harassment, bullying, nepotism, theft, sexual assault, fraud, waste and abuse and drinking on the HINU campus. The document contains redactions throughout its 80 pages, but enough information is available to illustrate the serious problems that prevail at the tribal university in northeast Kansas.

    Source: Judicial Watch