MK10ART’s painting of Keith Alan Raniere in his prison cell.
Today is the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, the moment during the year when the path of the Sun in the sky is farthest north in the Northern Hemisphere.
It occurs either on June 20 or 21.
And yesterday, June 19, was Vangone Day, the moment in the year when we celebrate that Keith Alan Raniere is the farthest from being able to hurt people again. It was the day he was convicted by a jury of his peers – in 2019 – in Brooklyn federal court, following a six-week trial.
It took the jury, it seems, about 15 seconds to reach unanimity. They lingered a little to order what would be their last lunch together, then fill ed out the verdict forms.
Knowing they were sending an evil rascal to prison for decades to come, they must have enjoyed their last lunch after the lengthy trial.
As I recall, they began deliberations at 10 AM and around two [and this included lunch in between], they came into the courtroom. Raniere was unshackled and brought in exclaiming, “This is not justice,” and then the foreman read off justice to Raniere – guilty on all charges, – every count and every predicate act!
A lot has happened over the years on June 19th. For many readers of Frank Report, the most significant event is that Raniere, the cruel torturer of women, was convicted. We know it now as Vangone Day.
[Note: There is some dispute by scholars that Vangone Day is rightfully March 26, the day he was arrested and that June 19, is KARma day. Others hold that it is the reverse.]
Raniere has been in custody since he was arrested in Mexico on March 26, 2018, and then deported that same day to Texas, where FBI agents just happened to be waiting for him when he crossed over the border. They handcuffed him and then escorted him to a prison cell.
He was not granted bail and so, as of today, he has spent two years and almost three months in custody. He has been a slave of the government, never enjoying freedom of any kind, and frequently being abused in custody.
This is justice, for he made many women his slaves, stole their freedom, and abused them.
Since he was convicted of sex trafficking [minimum prison sentence 15 years] and a spate of racketeering-related felonies, he is unlikely to see freedom for decades, if ever. He will be 60 on August 26th. His odds of surviving prison and regaining freedom are small.
His chances on appeal, I think, are slim to none. He is appealing his verdict based on his allegation that two of the witnesses lied about not planning to be participants in a civil lawsuit against him, and that the judge cut off the cross-examination of one crucial witness, Lauren Salzman.
His birthday used to be celebrated by his followers for 10 days and was called Vanguard Week. It was celebrated in the Adirondacks, on the shores of Lake George in Silver Bay.
No more will doe-eyed female admirers wait for his beckoning and hop to his cabin bed there. If he has lovers now, they are male and likely, like he once was, the aggressor. The sex will be rude and crude and fast and he will be on his belly.
He went to trial for six weeks and stood trial alone. His five codefendants – Nancy Salzman, Allison Mack, Lauren Salzman, Clare Bronfman, and Kathy Russell – all took plea deals. None of them has been sentenced despite more than a year elapsing since his conviction.
His codefendants took pleas deals in April 2019, just before his trial started in May, leaving the rascal to stand trial all by himself. One of his codefendants, Lauren Salzman, testified against him. Several of his ex-followers testified against him.
Of course, for many, the conviction of Keith Raniere is not as important as other events that occurred on this day.
Most notably perhaps is Juneteenth.
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Cant wait for the sentencing!
Vangone…..
I hope Legalis moves on. She can still cause a number of people some headaches.
There are all kinds of dumb people out there who will do bad things, for the right price, and they are dumb enough to believe they can get away with it.
Legalis is back where she started, lonely and with no one in her life.
I’d feel bad for her if it wasn’t for the fact I know how vindictive and evil she is.
I wonder where Legalis and all the rest will be 10 years from now. Vanguard will most likely be dead.
In 10 years will any of the defendants find redemption?
As he sits in his cell, covered in fungus, I think that even he, with all his delusions, knows that he will never again walk upon this Earth as a free man. As the writers of the US Constitution were all known to have studied Plato, I’d like to share a thought-provoking quotation from him;
“When men have both done and suffered injustice and have had experience of both, not being able to avoid the one and obtain the other, they think that they had better agree among themselves to have neither; hence there arise laws and mutual covenants; and that which is ordained by law is termed by them lawful and just. This they affirm to be the origin and nature of justice;—it is a mean or compromise, between the best of all, which is to do injustice and not be punished, and the worst of all, which is to suffer injustice without the power of retaliation; and justice, being at a middle point between the two, is tolerated not as a good, but as the lesser evil…”
– The Republic
Plato, The Republic
Plato must have been on crack when he wrote that, why is the best of all to do injustice and not be punished? LOL
To anonymous 1:04 pm
“Plato must have been on crack when he wrote that, why is the best of all to do injustice and not be punished?”
All persons are egoistic and selfish; the only reason people do not always do the unjust thing is the fear of being caught and harmed.
Neitzche speaks. And that’s bullshit.
Who is Neitzche? The only person I know is the philosopher Nietsche, died † August 25, 1900.
Correct spelling: Friedrich Nietzsche
I guess that makes you king [redacted].
Wow, what an upringing you have… You must be a religious one!
NRA member too????
That is one reason, but not the only reason. Some people actually have morals and ethics. LOL
Scott,
“Morals and ethics.” Very clever and funny.
I wasn’t referring to you, NiceGuy 666. LOL
Actually, guilt is number 1 and fear of punishment is number 2
If fear of punishment was the only thing holding people back from criminality, the world would be an even bigger shit hole than it already is.
I think Plato is speaking from the perspective of justice as a human social construct, but not really as a general principle. The best a person can effectively get away with in society is to “do injustice and not be punished”. The worst is have injustice done against you and be unable to seek retribution for it.
The principle of justice is more general, and includes the notion of putting beings in their proper place. This presupposes a teleology, or purpose, and a hierarchical system of order which qualifies the concept of “proper” in which beings are where they are supposed to be. A particular being is said have a priority depending upon the ascendancy of their position intrinsic to such a system. If things aren’t put in their proper place, then order is not maintained, and “injustice” is the result. As the extent to which beings are out of order grows, so does the disorder, which can result in chaos in the social, moral, economic, environmental, natural, etc., or whatever other order exists. So for example, a husband can be unjust to his wife if he does not recognize what the term wife means in the context of husband/wife a relationship, or vice versa. A person can be unjust to his body if he gives and feeds it things that do it harm, e.g., tobacco in the form of cigarettes, more than minor contents of alcohol, drugs, unhealthy food, etc. Man can be unjust to his fellow man by being prejudicial based on superficial qualities such as skin color or place of origin. Man can be unjust to the environment by destroying forests and not replacing them, or wiping out animal species that exists in symbiotic relationships with other animals. Etc.
Munch, munch. Thanks for the overflowing ]redacted] I didn’t realize that Raniere has access to this website. LOL
Munch, munch. [redacted]
Scott I have a sneaking suspicion Actaeon is back…….
Frank, this is an example of someone going off on a tangent rather than answering the simple question. LOL
Very interesting comment. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
This should clear up the controversy: https://frankreport.com/2019/03/25/the-votes-are-in-and-we-have-two-winners/ LOL
Ironic: the day American slaves were freed is the same day the American turd was imprisoned. LOL