December, 2018 - Frank Report

NYC Lawyer With Contacts: On Peterson, Betancourt, Tighe and Parlato

December 31, 2018

By A NYC Lawyer with Contacts: Leaving aside everything else he says, Jeffrey Peterson has never said in his lawsuit that there is a NXIVM connection to the alleged threats against him. A couple of times he says Emiliano Salinas suggested Peterson…

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Bronfman-friendly AUSA Antony Bruce went after motor cycle club with informant who created crimes

by Frank Parlato

December 31, 2018

Former Assistant US Attorney Anthony M. Bruce was probably the perfect man to use to indict me. It was almost as if, given the evidence against me, no other AUSA would indict me for allegedly defrauding the Bronfmans. But Bruce had a…

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Agnifilo blasts government, says DOJ ‘constructed criminal case from media and Hollywood-driven detritus’

by Frank Parlato

December 31, 2018

Marc Agniflo has pretty much summed up the weakness, he says, of the case against NXIVM and the government’s foolish notion to pursue it – in a memorandum of law filed on Dec. 28. The estimable lawyer for Keith Raniere writes: “Everything…

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Burke and Sandweg – two high-profile Obama lawyers – represent Nxivm in suspicious visa dealings

by Frank Parlato

December 31, 2018

By Stated For the Record Let’s be clear about this: A former United States Attorney, Dennis K. Burke, who resigned in a weapons trafficking scandal involving Mexican cartels, is now working for a Mexican political family frequently accused in the media of…

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Illegal efforts to get Marianna Fernandez in US may get her indicted –Dennis Burke implicated by government in fraud

by Frank Parlato

December 30, 2018

Arizona Mafia leader, attorney Dennis Burke used his firm, Frontier Solutions, to try to fraudulently obtain a visa for Marianna Fernandez, the government claims. This is “evidenced by the significant omissions in the letters written by lawyers for Frontier Solutions on her…

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Tangled Web: Keith Raniere/Clare Bronfman/Marianna Fernandez/Dennis Burke Ménage à Quatre

by K.R. Claviger

December 29, 2018

It’s hard to know where to begin with this latest convolution in the case of The U.S. v. Raniere Et Al… But let’s give it a try. Last night, I gave an overview of the most recent filing by the prosecution in…

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Niagara Barrister: Govt. filings suggest Betancourt will be indicted

by Frank Parlato

December 29, 2018

By Niagara Barrister The U.S. government’s memorandum of law filed 2018/12/28 as document 256mentions an, evidently never before named, heretofore unindicted co-conspirator (“CC”) in Mexico. [Ibid at p.12, pageid 1901.] The memorandum substitutes “CC” numerous times for the true name of the…

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Scott Johnson responds to Heidi on Tighe, O’Hara, and Parlato

by Frank Parlato

December 29, 2018

Scott Johnson has done a line by line commentary on a recent post by Heidi Hutchinson. The post by Heidi is in bold. Scott’s comments are in regular type. There was a website, Scott. Scott Johnson [SJ] There are millions, perhaps billions,…

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Department Of Justice Prosecutors care little about justice; convictions – whether of the innocent or guilty – are their goal

by Frank Parlato

December 29, 2018

“Reality,” a commenter wrote, “Look at history and tell me how many times the Feds lose cases when there are so many financial crimes involved and so much fed money being spent to investigate.” It’s true, the Feds, that is the Department…

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Heidi: On Joe O’Hara, John Tighe and Frank Parlato — ‘In the interest of justice, Scott – STFU’

by Frank Parlato

December 29, 2018

By Heidi Hutchinson In reply to Scott Johnson (@ScottTexJohnson). There was a website, Scott. A blog, in fact, that covered corrupt NY politics and NX down to publishing pics of NX insiders and celebs deal-making and partying with the likes of Sir Richard…

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DOJ: NXIVM’s Mexican Attorneys Engaged In Criminal Activities With Raniere and Bronfman; Dennis Burke also mentioned

by K.R. Claviger

December 29, 2018

In what has otherwise been a relatively quiet week in the U.S. v. Raniere Et Al case, the prosecution dropped a whole boatload of whoop-ass on the defendants in several filings today. Tonight, we’ll look at the “Government’s Memorandum Of Law Regarding…

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‘Victims’ step forward to accuse former AUSA Anthony Bruce of corruption

by Frank Parlato

December 29, 2018

This publication began seeking people wrongly accused of crimes by former Assistant US Attorney Anthony M. Bruce, who retired after 38 years with the US Attorney’s office, Western District of NY. Public service announcements also appeared in Artvoice, the Niagara Falls Reporter,…

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Mack’s lawyers say releasing ’embarrassing collateral’ is not serious harm to slaves – so there can be no forced labor charges

by Frank Parlato

December 28, 2018

See more at The New York Post. Allison Mack’s lawyers are arguing that she and other slave masters holding “collateral” on slaves, then ordering them to work for free or to seduce Keith Raniere – is not forced labor. In court papers…

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Heidi: ‘I can’t say enough good about Joe O’Hara’

by Frank Parlato

December 28, 2018

By Heidi Hutchinson I can’t say enough good about Joe O’Hara, what he’s done and suffered enormously for to help NX victims — of whom there would be far more and in far worse shape had not Joe O’Hara manned up for…

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Guest View: Nancy and Clare compete for 2nd ‘least sympathetic’ defendant

by Frank Parlato

December 28, 2018

By Hot Sauce and Pizza, Pussy sans Garlic Nancy Salzman had better cut a deal and become part of the government’s knife which is surgically going to cut out the public cancer that has manifested itself in the form of Keith and…

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Shadow: Susan Dones sounded an early alarm about Raniere and his gangsters

by Frank Parlato

December 27, 2018

By Shadow State 1958 My last post concerned NXIVM’s 20 Year War Against Truth. This post will do a quick overview of NXIVM’s War Against America’s Justice system. One commenter wrote in response to me, “This is just pure paranoia.” So I’ve gone…

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My view on Joe O’Hara and the importance of his work in taking Nxivm down

by Frank Parlato

December 27, 2018

By Frank Parlato My publishing of Scott Johnson’s rebuttal in response to Joe O’Hara’s post should NOT be interpreted as a slight to what Joe O’Hara has done to unhinge Nxivm over the long years. He was behind many news stories in…

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‘Is it just me?’ Scott Johnson responds to Joe O’Hara

by Frank Parlato

December 27, 2018

While many are calling for Scott Johnson to be banned, in the interest of fairness, I have chosen to publish his latest comment. It is only fair since the article he commented on, is in part about him. Scott Johnson has done,…

December 2018