January, 2019 - Frank Report

Lauren makes desperate plea to not be tried with Raniere & Mack

January 31, 2019

Lauren Salzman has filed a motion seeking to be tried separately from her co-defendants, Keith Raniere and Allison Mack. All three are connected to DOS, the master-slave women’s group headed by Raniere – that branded women on their pubic region and required…

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One Night: Lesko came in to bail Penza out

by Frank Parlato

January 31, 2019

[Editor’s note: Frank Report publishes opinions of various readers who choose to comment. This does not mean I endorse their views. But, in the interest of advancing knowledge and promoting conversation, I nevertheless publish views that are speculative, debatable and some that…

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Crazy-time Is Over At MDC – Things Starting to Go Back To Normal

by K.R. Claviger

January 31, 2019

With the partial government shutdown finally over after 35 days, things are starting to return to normal at the Metropolitan Detention Center – and at all the other federal prisons around the country. For us, that means that we’ll, once again, be…

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Carlos Salinas reportedly offering $20 million to assassinate Mexican president

by Frank Parlato

January 31, 2019

There is big news breaking across Mexico on social media and in the Mexican media today. A known personality, “Comandante Cobra”, is reporting that the former President of Mexico, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, has offered Mexican cartels a $20 million bounty for…

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Sara Bronfman-Igtet admits Raniere’s claims of genius were ‘improbable’, ‘puffery’, which ‘no reasonable person should believe’

by Frank Parlato

January 31, 2019

Sara Bronfman-Igtet, through her New York attorneys, has admitted that Keith Raniere’s claims of superintelligence are “improbable statements”, “puffery,” and “incapable of being proven.” Her admissions contained in a memorandum of law used to support her motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit filed…

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Lesko for the prosecution

by Frank Parlato

January 30, 2019

The prosecution team in the Nxivm case has added a new attorney. His name is Mark J. Lesko, an assistant US Attorney with the Eastern District of NY. His communication to the court was short: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Assistant United States Attorney Mark…

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Roger Stone, a victim of politicized prosecution

by Frank Parlato

January 30, 2019

By Jim C. Your articles on Roger Stone have been very well reasoned, rational and detailed. I’d like to believe what you say is true. I think what you say will happen should happen, that Stone should be exonerated, but I’m afraid…

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The Life You Save — Keith’s hair dye may be killing him

by Frank Parlato

January 30, 2019

Guest View By Smith In a recent post, it was reported that Keith Raniere is dying his hair – with ballpoint pen ink. There was a push at federal prisons to ban common pens like Bic about five years ago; no clue…

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Pictures from Monday – Clare looking thinner than ever – said to be about 85 lbs

by Frank Parlato

January 30, 2019

Thanks to the Daily Mail, and Radar Online, we have pictures of all but two of the Nxivm defendants taken outside court, on Monday, January 28, 2019. The Daily Mail’s headline is humorous – calling Clare Bronfman – “El Cheapo: Billionaire heiress Clare Bronfman…

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Shadow: Allison Mack’s Greatest Champion

by Frank Parlato

January 29, 2019

By Shadow State 1958 A few weeks ago, Pea Onyu, spouse of Allison Mack, implored Sultan of Six to stop defending Kristin Kreuk and instead defend a more worthy person, Allison Mack. The article was Pea Onyu: Sultan should switch from defending Kristin…

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Keith is dying his hair in jail – with ink from ballpoint pens

by Frank Parlato

January 29, 2019

There is good news and bad news for the Vanguard and his followers. On the one hand, the Nxivm defendants’ trust fund is almost out of money – and the attorney for the chief financier, Clare Bronfman, told the judge she won’t…

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One Night: Nxivm lawyers will get paid one way or another

by Frank Parlato

January 29, 2019

By One Night in Bangkok This whole topic of the “Legal Trust” running dry, while certainly interesting and worthy of Frank’s commentary, is mostly just a NOTHING BURGER that won’t impact any of the main lawyers. Nobody’s gonna have to take a…

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Court Hearing: Trust fund almost out of money – attorneys questioned by judge – what will they do when trust fund runs out?

by Frank Parlato

January 28, 2019

A hearing was held today in Brooklyn federal court in the Nxivm case – called for by Judge Nicholas Garaufis – on the status of the Bronfman-funded trust fund that has been paying lawyers for the Nxivm defendants, except Clare Bronfman. During…

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One Night: The real reason Agnifilo made Raniere bail motion – to put ‘pressure’ on Penza

by Frank Parlato

January 28, 2019

By One Night in Bangkok Keith isn’t trying to SERIOUSLY get out of jail on bail with this motion. Marc Agnifilo is not stupid regardless of what people may think about his lack of morals. Thus, Marc’s not dumb enough to think…

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Whose fault is it? Timeline shows how Nxivm trial got delayed from October to April

by Frank Parlato

January 28, 2019

The timeline below explains the reason for the delay in the trial of Keith Raniere and the other five Nxivm defendants. In his bail motion, Marc Agnifilo blames the delay almost entirely on the prosecution but, as we shall see below, Raniere’s…

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Answers to Your 24 Questions about HiCaliber and Michelle Knuttila

by Frank Parlato

January 28, 2019

By Chuck Cross After reading your 24 Questions About HiCal I want to commend you for aiming to take a balanced look at both sides of this story. This is a journalistic requirement that is sadly lacking in today’s shock headline news culture. …

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Guest View: Stone indictment is political payback for Hillary Clinton and friends

by Frank Parlato

January 28, 2019

By Clueless in the Dark Roger Stone and two associates — conservative writer, Jerry Corsi, and left wing-comedian-turned-radio-host, Randy Credico, respectively named “Person 1” and “Person 2” in the Stone indictment — were on a quest to find out what WikiLeaks had…

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Shadow: What is Kathy Russell hiding about Allison Mack and DOS?

by Frank Parlato

January 27, 2019

By Shadow State 1958 The true story about Kathy Russell literally makes me sick to my stomach. The least culpable person is set up to take the fall for the fiendish Grifters of NXIVM. A woman who does the taxes for NXIVM and…

January 2019