1. Are you still maintaining security measures when it comes to your mailbox?
Answer: I am. There's a security seal over the lock. And the box itself is alarmed. My husband will continue to use a body cam to film his retrieval of our mail periodically. He will be able to visually verify that the letter from Jim Mellano of AFE is still there. And he will film that verification. After that, he will affix a new security seal.
2. To whom does Jim Mellano's letter belong?
Answer: I conveyed ownership of that letter to the Investigations Division of the Office of the Inspector General Hotline. It belongs to OIG Hotline's investigators.
3. You are simply maintaining it, unreceived and unopened in your mailbox, in trust for OIG Hotline investigators until they take physical possession of it.
Answer: That is correct.
4. Jim Mellano stated that his letter contains nothing other than your 1099.
Answer: I realize that, and I certainly hope he's being honest in this regard. However, it is not my role to conjecture about the contents of a letter belonging to investigators of the OIG Hotline. When they take possession of the letter, they will see for themselves what it contains. That's what is so comforting about objective evidence. We all need to adhere to the facts when certain members of the far right are embracing disinformation and deceit. The truth stands, despite the attempts of the far right to subvert it.
5. Wasn't there a strange incident with your Cape Cod tenant, Viktor Goldmakher, when he sent you a letter that you believed was questionable?
Answer: I had received threats about the content of Viktor Goldmakher's letter as having been utilized to further the perpetration of falsified law enforcement reporting, so I arranged for the postal service officer to forward it to the OIG Hotline Investigations Division through a certified mailing.
6. You never touched Viktor Goldmakher's letter, but you directed the Menlo Park Post Office staff to forward it to investigators.
Answer: That's correct.
7. And what happened?
Answer: A day later, the letter was shown to be in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. simultaneously, according to USPS posted records.
8. What did you interpret that to mean?
Answer: It seemed clear that the location of the letter was being falsified. The possibility exists that Viktor Goldmakher's letter was neither in San Francisco nor in Washington, D.C. at that time, but rather, in the hands of FBI personnel who were altering its contents.
9. Evidence tampering may have occurred with regard to Viktor Goldmakher's letter.
Answer: Yes. It's possible.
10. So, in this case, with regard to the letter from Jim Mellano, you want OIG Hotline investigators to have the chance to take possession of the letter directly.
Answer: Yes, I do.
11. Do you think it may offer proof of the FBI's engagement in falsified law enforcement reporting for anti-demcratic objectives?
Answer: Again, it's best not to conjecture about territory that belongs to OIG Hotline investigators alone. I will simply say that I see my role as one in which I'm transferring to OIG Hotline investigators as much material as possible, so that they can pursue their investigation with as few obstacles as possible.
12. You have said that the body cam your husband is using to document his mail retrieval periodically, together with the micro SD card it contains, will also go to OIG Hotline investigators.
Answer: Yes, I have transferred ownership of the body camera and micro SD card to the OIG Hotline Investigations Division as well. So, they will be able to have documentary proof of how careful we are being in this situation.
13. Do you believe that your stalker, together with his FBI cohort, may have lied about certain details regarding Jim Mellano's letter?
Answer: I have been receiving extensive threats of false arrest. So, I think that lies may well have been attempted.. But that's the purpose of the body camera footage. The video on the micro SD card demonstrates the truth of the matter.
14. The letter in many ways represents a hot potato, doesn't it?
Answer: We're not accepting it. We're not handling it. We're not opening it. So, yes.
15. Jim Mellano sent you that letter against your express instructions, didn't he?
Answer: He did.
16. After that, the postal service deliverer ignored your request to forward it to the OIG Hotline Investigations Division, and placed it in your mail box anyway.
Answer: Yes, he did.
17. So, this letter came to you against your will, against your directives, and despite your precautions.
Answer: Exactly.
18. And now, you want to be sure OIG Hotline investigators have the benefit of examining it.
Answer: The letter belongs to them now. Yes, I want them to have it.
19. Even to the point of placing your life at risk.
Answer: Americans have to be willing to stand against autocracy through a peaceable insistence on the truth.
20. That takes courage.
Answer: Democracy does require courage, yes. The investigators of the OIG Hotline are demonstrating that courage. The Director of the ODNI is demonstrating that courage. President Biden himself is demonstrating that courage. Those of us who love democracy can manifest that same fortitude to stand with them.
21. The ideals of our nation are most meaningful if they represent the strength of character of real Americans. This is what you're saying.
Answer: Yes. And a few people may defend the rights of many. We always need to imagine that we ourselves may make contributions to the civil liberties of others. When we're able to do this, we're granted a rare privilege.
22. Do you hereby certify that the foregoing is true and correct?
Answer: Yes, I do.
Lane MacWilliams
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The FBI is a deeply divided agency. There are many FBI employees who view their vows to the Constitution with the utmost seriousness and honor, and who strive to defend the fundamentals of our democracy with courage, fortitude and commitment. The fact that some segments of the FBI appear to have embraced a lawless course is not a justification to assail the FBI in general. The safety of FBI agents should be protected, just as the safety of the American citizenry should be protected. As President Joseph R. Biden has so rightly expressed, violence is never justified in any circumstance. The rule of law must always be honored and upheld. It is our shared determination to preserve the civil liberties and human rights of ALL AMERICANS that renders the United States a democracy. We must never abandon this promise. All of our most cherished freedoms depend upon it.
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