LESSON: Regardless of the perfect and conscientious life you think you lead, this may happen to you next Tuesday. As a successful business leader, you must take a step back and understand the inside reality of how the DOJ & Federal Court System actually works. Knowledge is power, and possibly the protection you may need to be better prepared than I was. 100% true facts below – Part III.
The lesson below is an excerpt from my upcoming book, Icarus: Zero to a Billion to Zero, January 2026, Ash Press.
In the spirit of the massive new movement to bring transparency and accountability to the bloated United States Government, I want to release more true-life-experience facts and observations of the system. In Part III we continue our education for, many times, an unsuspecting, vulnerable business leadership group. Protect your success!
11. The more successful you are, the more the government will leverage your wealth and success against you – as if it’s a crime. Of course, the narrative is that if you achieved great success, you must have cheated – from kindergarten to the end of our careers this lie works on humans every time. While I spent 5 weeks attempting to explain hedge fund accounting to a jury of honorable shipyard workers, housewives, and a Baptist minister, the smarter government posted pictures of my automobiles and homes every day on the courtroom large screens, plus flew in the Bellagio blackjack pit boss to testify to how much money I gambled on each hand of blackjack while on golf trips with my Air Force buddies. Prepare for this. If not already, please read Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. Mandatory.
12. Never select a federal defense attorney who works in your district. He will only defend you so far, and will never truly “go to the mat,” as he works year-round with the judge and prosecutors. Even in a wildly bizarre trial spectacle like mine, he will protect his job before he protects you. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals drafted a rare, scathing rebuke of my trial judge, Robert Doumar, stating, “Interference in this case went beyond the pale,” Here there was much more than an appearance of improper interference,” “At some point, repeated injudicious conduct must be recognized by this Court,” and many pages more. Yet, my defense attorney, James Broccoletti never once objected against the judge for over 5 weeks, so the Appeals Court said it was not preserved so they cannot overturn the verdict. Even today it’s hard for me to believe it as I write it.
13. If you are convicted (98% are), you will have the opportunity to present an allocution, your time to speak to the judge before the sentence is handed down. The defense attorneys tell you to cry and bawl your eyes out to show your great remorse and guilt, and 99% of defendants do as they are scared to death at this point. This is then used by the federal judge to create a theatrical show and tell the courtroom over and over what a horrific person you are, instead of simply giving the ruling. This is part of the psyops government control of the masses, no different than public hangings in England or executions by the church. At my trial allocution, I explained (hiding great fear) that I was incredibly sorry for the deleterious effects of this entire debacle and how so many others were dragged into this end effect, yet I will not to admit to things that never happened, to include actions by my teammates (see Hank Rearden’s speech to the court in Atlas Shrugged, yet mine much less bold or eloquent). And for this, the judge and prosecutors ranted about my lack of remorse and “scorched earth, take no prisoners strategy” for over 7 years. Do not let yourself be controlled.
Protect your success. Knowledge is power. Take care of your family. Have a great week!
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