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Ask Frank: What Did Raniere Do?

April 4, 2026

Dear Frank, You told Alex who Keith Raniere is. What I need to know is what he actually did. My professor Steven Hassan says the BITE model explains it. What did he do to people? I kind of dig the dude though…

Sandusky

Judge Skerda Rescinded Sandusky Dismissal

by Frank Parlato

April 4, 2026

Judge Skerda and the Sandusky PCRA Pennsylvania Rule 907 requires a judge to issue a Notice of Intent to Dismiss and give a petitioner 20 days to respond before dismissing a post-conviction petition without a hearing. The rule exists to let the…

Grillo

FBI Informant PT 2: The Clark Family Buz

by Frank Parlato

April 3, 2026

James D. Clark did not invent the gold dealer fraud scheme. He inherited it — from a father who went to prison for securities fraud and a business partner who owed $7.5 million in restitution to 4,200 victims and paid $4,030. When…

General·NXIVM

Ask Frank: Who Is Keith Raniere?

by Frank Parlato

April 3, 2026

Dear Frank, I have to do a college paper on a cult. My professor Steven Hassan says everyone — including you — is either in a cult or is a cult leader. I decided I would write about Keith Raniere. Could you…

Featured·Grillo·Investigations

James D. Clark FBI Informant: Pt 1: The Trade

by Frank Parlato

April 2, 2026

THE INFORMANT SERIES How James D. Clark Cheated Retirees, Dodged a Federal Fraud Investigation, and Bought His Freedom With Leo Grillo PART ONE: THE TRADE It is not often that we get inside the FBI to see how its informants work. Happily,…

Featured·Investigations

Ambrose Has Until April 14. His Options Are All Bad.

by Frank Parlato

April 1, 2026

Christopher Ambrose has 13 days to decide how to respond to a federal judge’s order requiring him to produce his bank records. U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala on Tuesday ordered Ambrose to file monthly statements for March 2025 covering every financial…

Department of Justice·Featured·OneTaste

The Corrupt Judge on Trial: How Diane Gujarati Set A New Dangerous Precedent During The OneTaste Case

by Frank Parlato

March 31, 2026

By Troy Smith A 2025 federal trial — a single charge of forced labor conspiracy without the underlying charge of forced labor, known by many as the OneTaste trial — is our textbook case for testing whether a judge can be entirely…

OneTaste

OneTaste Founder Gets Prison in First Brainwashing Conviction in US History

by Frank Parlato

March 30, 2026

Nicole Daedone got 9 years. Rachel Cherwitz got 78 months. Every witness said she was free to leave. Every witness signed consent forms. The government's answer: they were brainwashed. United States v. Cherwitz is the first federal criminal conviction in American history…

OneTaste

Can OneTaste Case Be Used Against Trump?

by Frank Parlato

March 28, 2026

Will a Brooklyn Federal Prosecution Make It Possible to Prosecute Trump for Running a Cult? On March 30, 2026, in a federal courthouse in Brooklyn, Judge Diane Gujarati will sentence two women for a crime the jury was told it did not…

Featured·Investigations

Erie County’s Poor May Lose Their Lawyers

by Frank Parlato

March 26, 2026

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz wants to replace or drastically reduce the Assigned Counsel Program with either a government-run public defender’s office or an expansion of the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo. He thinks it will save money. Or if he doesn’t…

Sandusky

He Guessed. Fisher Nodded. Sandusky Went to Prison.

by Guest View

March 21, 2026

By Orson Voss A jury convicted Sandusky of abusing ten boys. Eight of those 10 boys testified in the courtroom to confront Sandusky. There were two boys whom the prosecution couldn’t locate. Only God knows where they are. Or who they are. …

NXIVM

Eight Years a Jailbird: Happy VJ-Day, Keith

by Guest View

March 18, 2026

Happy VJ-Day, Vanguard — Eight Years a Jailbird On March 25, 2018, a king became a convict in a single day. Bangkok marks the anniversary. By Bangkok We are very close to a special anniversary. VJ-Day (Vanguard-Jailbird Day) On March 25th, Vanguard…

NXIVM

Your Assignment Is to Seduce Keith

by Frank Parlato

March 15, 2026

The Trial of Keith Raniere: Day 1, Part 4 — Sylvie Takes the Stand May 7, 2019 — United States Courthouse, Brooklyn, New York After Marc Agnifilo sat down, prosecutor Moira Penza called the government’s first witness. “The Government calls the witness…

Sandusky

The 25 Minutes That Could Free Jerry Sandusky

by Frank Parlato

March 9, 2026

A Centre County judge threw out Jerry Sandusky’s bid for a new trial on February 27, 2026, without seeing key evidence in the case. That evidence is an affidavit from Jasmine Rittmeyer, the estranged wife of Victim 10 — Ryan Rittmeyer. In…

OneTaste

OneTaste and the FBI’s Scorecard

by Frank Parlato

March 8, 2026

The Epstein Inversion: OneTaste Case Is the Opposite of What You Think Two investigative articles. Five months apart. Both were published in 2018, both about sex. Both triggered outrage. One of them was about Jeffrey Epstein, a man who trafficked more than…

Criminal Justice·Featured·Investigations·Legal Issues·Sandusky·Wrongful Convictions

The Stench from the Bench

by Ralph Cipriano

March 8, 2026

Senior Judge Maureen Skerda pulls a dirty trick to bury the Penn State prosecutors scandal In the Penn State sex abuse case, there’s a bonafide scandal involving the two top prosecutors who sent Jerry Sandusky to prison taking control of a $20…

NXIVM

Raniere Trial #3: Fighting to the Last Breath

by Frank Parlato

March 7, 2026

All paintings by MK10ART The Trial of Keith Raniere: Day 1, Part 3 — “My Island Home” May 7, 2019 — United States Courthouse, Brooklyn, New York This is the third installment covering Day 1 of the Keith Raniere federal trial. In…

OneTaste

What the FBI Told Itself About OneTaste

by Frank Parlato

March 7, 2026

Inside the FBI, the case became a matter of pride. An internal briefing ranked OneTaste alongside Epstein and NXIVM as one of the Bureau's most important human trafficking investigations. The New York office used that ranking to justify a High Performing rating…