Cocktails & Popcorn: Unidentified Leaked To Archer Jr.'s Attorney That He Is Not Under Investigation

"Dude, you good. Have a cocktail." said The Unidentified Prosecutor.

Hold on a minute.

You mean to tell me that "an unidentified prosecutor" with the U.S. Attorney's Office leaked?

Egad!  I should file a formal complaint....or maybe I already did...

In the spirit of fuchsia...

Dear Matt & Peter,  

Your prosecutor, named "Unidentified" usurped your powers and spoke on behalf of the U.S Department of Justice, without asking permission or telling you, or even telling Jeffy, first. 

Unidentified was naughty.  

At least Lemisch was man enough to give his real name. 

Perhaps, I should lodge a formal complaint with the Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission, but I believe it would be a waste of due process because Unidentified may not be a licensed attorney in the state. 

Maybe, I should file a FOIA with the Michigan Eastern District Attorney's Office for a list of "all federal prosecutors named 'Unidentified'?" 

Oh, you know what, I should file a constituency request through the 13th Congressional District Office under Karen Hass, to help me stop all this leaking from the DOJ by Unidentified. 

Unidentified should be held accountable in all this leaking of an ongoing investigation, that is never supposed to be confirmed by the investigators, because that is a breach of "attorney-client privilege", where the client is the United States. 

What else did Unidentified tell Archer, Jr.'s attorney? 

Unidentified should be investigated, just as soon as you find out who Unidentified is. 

Much love,  

Celestial Goddess of the Woodshed.

Feds not targeting Archer Jr. in corruption probe, lawyer says

Detroit — Federal prosecutors have assured businessman Dennis Archer Jr. that he is not a target of an ongoing public corruption investigation, according to a federal court filing Tuesday.

Archer received the assurance Friday, one week after a lawyer in a civil lawsuit claimed prosecutors were interested in the businessman amid a grand jury investigation into whether Detroit City Councilman Gabe Leland extorted people for cash.

In the lawsuit, Christopher Williams, an owner of the shuttered Centre Park Bar in Harmonie Park, alleged city officials and Archer Jr. conspired to allow Archer Jr. to acquire the property near Randolph and Gratiot. The lawsuit also alleged Archer Jr. bribed local officials, including Mayor Mike Duggan and members of Detroit City Council.

Williams' attorney, Andrew Paterson, said he has received multiple subpoenas for testimony and documents relating to an "ongoing federal criminal investigation" of Leland. Prosecutors also asked him to provide a copy of Archer's deposition in a related civil lawsuit, during which the businessman was questioned about Leland and the mayor.

The claim prompted Archer's lawyer, Derek Mullins, to contact an unidentified prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney's Office's public corruption unit Friday.

". . . during that conversation, the Assistant United States Attorney that counsel spoke with indicated that Mr. Archer is not the target of any investigation," Mullins wrote. "Accordingly, plaintiff’s assertion that Mr. Archer will be the target of a federal grand jury investigation in the very immediate future is baseless."

The grand jury has issued at least six subpoenas during a corruption investigation first revealed by The Detroit News last year.

An Aug. 8 subpoena obtained by The News indicated federal investigators also sought documents involving Leland, Centre Park Bar and whether the councilman had extorted cash, booze and food.

The Aug. 8 subpoena comes one month after Kenneth Scott Bridgewater, a co-owner of Centre Park Bar, sued Leland in federal court. Bridgewater claimed the Detroit councilman demanded more than $5,000 in free club access, drinks and food in exchange for help in a dispute with city officials.

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Lemisch's Leaks - Matt Schneider Is Back & So Are Detroit Public Corruption Investigations

"He leaked."
"Who leaked?"
"We all leaked."

What we have here, Detroit, is a situation of a leak.

It is never a good thing to have your name smeared in the public record.

The Detroit News is a keeper of the public record, so for them to publish information taken from an unsealed court document, which, mind you, was immediately resealed that same day, to me, is nothing more than a leak.

If this information is supposed to be sealed, should not have the Detroit News known it was supposed to be sealed, by conferring with its legal team before illumminating these public figures in a false light?

This is not good because it is a leak.

How come the name of the "non-governmental attorney" who filed the unsealed wiretap application was not identified in this publication, below?

There are even rumors floating around that there are other names listed, but, since the public must rely upon the initial reporting of The Detroit News, I guess we must just take the word of the media for it.

Then, I have an issue with PACER.

PACER criminal sealed documents are not accessible electronically which means the application for the wiretap was manually uploaded as a separate document.

Then, Dan Lemisch, puts out a mundane statement to the leaking.

“Certain sensitive investigative documents were inadvertently filed on the public docket by a non-governmental attorney,” acting U.S. Attorney Daniel Lemisch told The News in a statement Tuesday. “There’s a reason why such documents are filed under seal. They may contain allegations against individuals, including public officials, that never rise to the level of criminality. It’s unfair to impugn the character of anyone, especially a public official, with an investigative document that the public official never gets to contest in open court. That’s the reason why these documents should be, and now are, back under seal.”

Mathew Schneider

And now, a few days later, we welcome Matthew Schneider, filling the vacancy of Lemisch, purusant to the 120 day rule, I guess.

Welcome back, Matt.

Daniel L. Lemisch was appointed Acting U.S. Attorney on March 11, 2017.

See, POTUS has yet to appoint any U.S. District Attorneys, and I think I know the reason why.

Fraud.

Hmmmmmm, what better way to vacate a post than with a leak.

What better way to expedite an investigation of fraud than to watch them scatter like roaches when the light comes on in a filthy kitchen?

If I have uttered this deduction in error, then correct me in the comments, below.

Stay tuned.

(WJBK) - A Wayne County judge is coming forward to clear her name after some high profile people came up in connection with a corruption investigation in Wayne and Macomb Counties.

Wayne County Judge Vonda Evans' name, along with more than a dozen others, was accidentally released in an online FBI document connected to a federal corruption probe.

Attorney Todd Perkins speaking on behalf Evans says he was contacted Tuesday by the U.S attorney's office, which confirmed Judge Evans was not a target or suspect in that case.

"She is relieved. She understands the process. She understands what happens in the legal arena, and what happens in investigations and being a part of that she understands," Perkins said.

The records accidentally filed by another attorney were federal wiretap documents, which contained a list of officials at one point considered "target subjects." The affidavit was filed to seek wiretapping approval for towing businessman Gasper Fiore, who recently pleaded guilty to bribery.

Besides Judge Evans, others named included Wayne County Sheriff Benny Naploeon, Detroit City Councilman Gabe Leland, and former State Reps Brian Banks and Albera Tinsley-Talabi.

FOX 2 is told soon as the mistake was discovered the documents were immediately re-sealed. But there were several high profile people on that list isn't there questions as to why they were being targeted in the first place?

"That's what the general public would typically want to know but as a lawyer these are things that happen in this forum. The government investigates individuals and during the course of an investigation, they fare it out someone who they're going to prosecute and someone who they're not going to prosecute," Perkins said.

In a statement acting U.S. attorney Dan Lemisch told Fox 2:

"There's a reason why such documents are filed under seal. They may contain allegations against individuals, including public officials, that never rise to the level of criminality. It is unfair to impugn the character of anyone."

http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/wayne-county-judge-vonda-evans-not-a-target-of-corruption-probe-attorney-says

Celia Washington Detroit Federal Bribery Plea Deal 17-CR-20662 by Beverly Tran on Scribd

All one would have to do is replace the names and change the narrative of the offense.

Stay tuned.

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Detroit DOJ Makes $26 Million Bust And Did Not Invite Me To Party

Hey DOJ, Stop Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare!!!!!
They launder it through political campaigns!!!!
Then launder it again through non-profits!!!!
Then they launder it again through real properties!!!!

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who had been consistently calling out Medicaid fraud in child welfare to fund political campaigns.

Consistently, vociferously, for years, yet she was ignored.

Then one day, the lovely Downtown Detroit boys and girls with big shiney badges had a party and forgot to invite me.

Saddy face.

So, what had happened was....

I decided to snitch on Johnny because he was a really naughty boy.

Little Johnny was laundering lots of his ill-gotten gains of Medicare (and Medicaid, too) false claims through political campaigns, like the Committee To Elect Judge Shelia Johnson Supreme Court.

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CTE JDG SHELIA JOHNSON SUPREME COURT  515806-CAN

DIRECT

JOHN TROTTER 20905 GREENFIELD PHYSICIAN-JTPFS MGT LLC

SOUTHFIELD MI 48075-0000

05/29/12

$3,400.00

Judge Shelia Johnson had no idea of what was going on and the amounts far exceeded what were reported to the Michigan Secretary of State Campaign Finance.

She was being used.

The meanies like to use people like her.

The Treasurer of her campaign was Jim Lancaster.

Jim Lancaster worked with Ed Sarpolus.

Jim Lancaster, Ed Sarpolus and William Isaac Robinson were really, really, really, super mean to my Sweetie.

So were a few more individuals in the Ivory Tower of Congress, the Michigan Democratic Party, the Democratic National Committee, and another jack-legged non-profit, of whom I shall not name at this time, continue being mean to my Sweetie, but you can watch the video, below, to get an idea of how the fraud scheme of Medicaid in political campaigns operates.

The moral of the story is...

Do not be mean to my Sweetie, period.

Besides, I know what they did with the money and the lovely boys and girls with pretty shiney badges, all over the world already know, too, because I have a really big mouth and I am going to make sure they never forget to invite me to another party, ever again.

Stay tuned.

Michigan Doctor and Owner of Medical Billing Company Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for $26 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

A Detroit-area doctor was sentenced to 180 months in prison today for his role in a $26 million health care fraud scheme that involved billing Medicare for nerve block injections that were never provided and efforts to circumvent Medicare’s investigation of the fraudulent scheme.  A co-conspirator who owned a medical billing company was previously sentenced to 10 years in prison. 

Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Acting U.S. Attorney Daniel L. Lemisch of the Eastern District of Michigan, Special Agent in Charge David P. Gelios of the FBI’s Detroit Division, Special Agent in Charge Lamont Pugh III of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General’s (HHS-OIG) Chicago Regional Office and Special Agent in Charge Manny Muriel of Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) made the announcement.

Johnny Trotter M.D., 42, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge George C. Steeh of the Eastern District of Michigan.  The owner of the medical billing company, Elaine Lovett, 61, of Detroit, was sentenced by Judge Steeh on Sept. 26.  Judge Steeh also ordered each defendant to pay $9,199,946 in restitution and scheduled a hearing tomorrow on forfeiture.  Trotter and Lovett were convicted in April 2017 after a four-week jury trial of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, and three counts of health care fraud.  Trotter was remanded to custody pending a detention hearing tomorrow.      

According to the evidence presented at trial, from May 2008 until May 2014, Trotter and Lovett knowingly submitted fraudulent bills for services that they knew had not been provided, mainly nerve block injections.  Additionally, after Medicare imposed a requirement in 2009 that required Trotter’s claims to undergo a medical review prior to payment, Trotter and Lovett conspired to circumvent Medicare’s fraud investigation of Trotter by creating sham medical practices, the evidence showed.  To continue to receive payment for services that were not provided, Trotter and Lovett concealed their involvement with these practices from Medicare, and instead recruited their family members and employees to serve as straw owners of the companies, the evidence further showed.  

The FBI, HHS-OIG and IRS-CI investigated the case, which was brought as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force under the supervision of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.  Fraud Section Assistant Chiefs Malisa Dubal and Allan Medina, as well as Trial Attorneys Tom Tynan and Jacob Foster, prosecuted the case. 

The Fraud Section leads the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, which is part of a joint initiative between the Department of Justice and HHS to focus their efforts to prevent and deter fraud and enforce current anti-fraud laws around the country.  The Medicare Fraud Strike Force operates in nine locations nationwide.  Since its inception in March 2007, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force has charged over 3,500 defendants who collectively have falsely billed the Medicare program for over $12.5 billion. 

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Detroit Land Bank Authority Rumors: Judge Columbo, Mortgage Fraud & Voting Rights, 8-12-2017

What?

Voter packing in Detroit?

An issue with absentee ballots with the City Clerk's Office?

The Detroit Land Bank involved in voter fraud?

Nooooooooo.....I find this hard to believe..... (extreme sarcasm intended).

Election challenger: Detroit’s votes may be poisoned

Detroit — A registered election challenger is asking a Wayne County Circuit judge to throw out all city absentee ballots from Tuesday’s primary on claims they are tainted.

Like that is going to happen.  The City and the County are going to argue that it is too late, too much money, blah, blah, blah.

How do I know?

Been there, done that, bought the rhinestone t-shirt.

Anita Belle of Detroit filed an emergency complaint Wednesday asking Chief Judge Robert Colombo Jr. to stop the Detroit Election Commission from using the results of all absentee ballots after she contends challenges sought were unfairly denied and Belle herself was forced out of the absentee counting room inside Cobo Hall.

Chief Judge Robert Columbo, Jr.?

ROFLMAO!!!!

Hold on, I need a personal moment, here.

via GIPHY

(Me laughing at the thought of a fair, unbiased adjudication of the issues with Detroit Land Bank Authority in front of Robert Columbo)

Belle said her certified group, the Voting Justice Committee, intended to challenge the eligibility of nearly 1,200 registered voters using addresses that were vacant lots owned by the Detroit Land Bank. But Belle said election workers denied the group.

Ok, here we go.

Chief Judge Robert Columbo, Jr. needs to voluntarily recuse himself from hearing the case because he has a long, quite long, and illustrious career issuing fraudulent rulings on behalf of Mike Duggan, Mayor Mike Duggan, and the Detroit Land Bank Authority, in quiet title actions.

As a matter of fact, the entire case needs to referred to the U.S. Department of Justice, Voting Rights Division, or the Affirmative Litigation Division, because, something tells me, that just might end up being the proper jurisdiction to investigate.

Whoops, looks like I just referred the matter. (snicker). #DOJ #FBI #votingrights 

Judge Robert J. Columbo, in his capacity of Chief Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan, issued order for DOCKET DIRECTIVE 2014 – 26 on September 2, 2014, granting the Detroit Land Bank Authority (DLBA) special procedures in all civil actions for Expedited Quiet Title and Foreclosure Proceedings without requiring the DLBA to demonstrate it was “duly organized” or “validly existing” corporation “in good standing” in its state of incorporation to conduct business and “duly qualified” to conduct business with federal, state or local governments or to conduct business in other states.

Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission Request for Investigation of Judge Robert Columbo, Jr. by Beverly Tran on Scribd

What happened to my Michigan Judicial Tenure Grievance?

They told me I had to get an attorney because there was nothing they could do.

TRANSLATION: WE AIN'T GONNA TOUCH THIS ONE.  THE FEDS ARE ON IT.

Here is the place where the readers of disbelief, (a.k.a. Detroit Land Bank Authority defenders) will take great offense of my judicial allegations of fraud, so, just for moment of self-entertainment, I shall digress and tell the tale of Columbo and real estate fraud in Detroit, again.

Once upon a time, there was an attorney by the name of Vanessa Fluker who had a case pending before Columbo about fraudulent mortgage foreclosures.

To cut to the chase, Columbo, who had a mortgage with a defendant bank in one of Fluker's case, refused to recuse himself, and sanctioned her in this challenge for daring to even make such accusations into the public record as a "vexatious appeal" on eviction of her client. (notice the age and wheelchair of the client being evicted.)

Eventually, in appeal, the sanctions were lifted, but Columbo was then, put on public record of being baisedly friendly to those mortgage fraud schemes, including those NSP 2 mortgage fraud schemes of the then burgeoning Detroit Land Bank Authority.
Deutsche Bank and MortgageIT unit sued for mortgage fraud

“Supervisors with the Detroit City Clerk’s Office deprived me of the right to challenge the election by prohibiting challengers from being present when the signatures on the returned absentee ballots were compared against the signatures contained on the state’s Qualified Voter File,” Belle said during a news conference outside City Hall on Thursday evening.

“Supervisors with the Detroit City Clerk’s Office also deprived me of the right to challenge the election by claiming that any and all use of my cell phone — even to tell time or to talk to their own staff — was disruptive.”

Ultimately, Belle said supervisors with the clerk’s office and Detroit police removed her from the premises for using her phone to call the clerk’s office.

The lawsuit targets the city’s Election Commission — comprised of three members including Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey, Detroit Corporation Counsel Melvin Butch Hollowell and Council President Brenda Jones — as well as Winfrey independently as clerk and chair of the commission.

Reached Thursday, Winfrey said she was unaware of Belle’s complaint. Hollowell said the lawsuit had not been served to the city. If it is, the city will respond in court, he said.

Rumor has it Hollowell slides all cases dealing with Detroit Land Bank Authority to a special "out-box" for Clark Hill, the same Clark Hill law firm which handles the Detroit Bankruptcy case.

Golly geeze, I know a city where the entire ballot verification process, from state to finish, is done in complete secrecy, with some of the same familiar names involved, including Wayne County, but hey, what do I know?

Belle said the group intended to challenge the residency of registered voters, particularly absentee ballots mailed to such voters, “because ballots mailed to vacant lots most likely would not have a mailbox and would thus be returned to the City Clerk’s office as undeliverable.”

One would have to discover if those absentee ballots were even "mailed" or just picked up and returned by mail.

That would be mail fraud.  That would be a federal issue. #DOJ

Whoever the attorney is to be filing this original complaint on behalf of Belle, I hope sticks in a federal claim so these Detroit election officials will be forced to remove it.

I will try and secure a copy of the complaint and update.

Daniel Lemisch, Acting U.S. Attorney
Michigan Easter District

If not, I am sure my #Superfans will be monitoring, and, if not, I will be, oh, reporting on it, too, just to make their lives a bit more pleasurable!

I like making my #Superfans smile.

“Consequently, in the event that such ballots were found to be voted upon, the plaintiff intended to allege that employees of the city clerk, who had access to and custody of these ballots, violated numerous state and federal laws and thereby diluted the vote of the true residents of Detroit and thus rigged the election,” the lawsuit reads.

Yuppers, absolutely.  But then again, perhaps t'was not the employees, but an official.  

Sounds like another reason for federal intervention. #DOJ

“Because it is now possible that the well of absentee ballots is poisoned by as many as nearly 1,200 indistinguishable ballots cast by nonresidents, there is no repair but to ask Judge Colombo to throw out all of the absentee ballots,” Belle said Thursday. “... challengers are not pesky mosquitoes sucking the blood out of elections. We’re volunteers who make sure that the right vote is counted right.”

Belle is also asking the judge to refer the matter to the appropriate authorities for a criminal investigation, she said.

#DOJ #FBI

Anita Belle, meet Daniel Lemisch, Dan, meet Anita.

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