Maintaining Separation of Powers: The Critical Influence of the DOJ on Americans' Future Sovereignty

 1.  Do you support Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General at this point in time?

Answer:  It is necessary to understand that the President may come under tremendous pressure in the future with regard to domestic politics and the actions of the DOJ.

It actually helps the President to support the nation if he has some opposition within the DOJ, allowing him to express to our adversaries that he cannot rule by fiat,  and that there are democratic structures within the government that prevent him from making unilateral decisions.

2.  Will Todd Blanche embody that protective opposition for the national interest?

Answer:  As the President's personal attorney, I don't think he will be well positioned to do so, no.

In critical matters, we require a degree of equipoise between the DOJ and the Executive Branch.

The DOJ needs to be able to push back at the right time, on the right issues, in order to contribute to the national security interests and the human rights interest of the country as a whole.

And this would be true even and especially if we entered into a period of crisis at some time.

3.  You feel that we need a more productive balance between various branches of government.

Answer:  Clearly, this is why the Constitution is viewed as the unique historical document that it is -- because the balance of power between co-equal branches of government is so finely delineated.

The DOJ is not one of those branches by itself, but it profoundly contributes to the judicial, legislative and executive branches through its ongoing assessments of complex legal matters affecting the American public, and, indeed our shared future.

So, we need the DOJ to stand separate from the three branches of government, with an independent approach to some of the nation's most pressing problems.

And, as I said, that opposition will help the President to govern, not hinder him.

4.  You mentioned that others may be pressuring our government in ways that are inappropriate in the future.

Answer:  Now, and in the future, yes.  And this will increasingly be an issue for our sovereign governance.  We can regard the architecture of opposition within the U.S. government as offering us a measure of protection from undue external influences.  So, we need to recognize that gift and we need to preserve it.

5.  Will your case serve the American people to greater degree if there is a confirmed Attorney General who is determined to uphold certain judicial standards, even under duress?

Answer:  Unquestionably.  Yes.  We need someone in the role who is capable of withstanding tremendous external attempts to influence him or her.  And the whole country will benefit immeasurably from that fortitude and commitment.

6.  You are not making this commentary as a political observation?

Answer:  No, I am simply speaking about the architecture of governance within the United States.  We have never had an Attorney General before who has served as the personal attorney for a sitting President.  So, this is really a point of view that is informed by the structure of our governance, and not influenced in any manner by political parties.

7.  Thank you for your thoughts regarding this issue, which will have a profound impact on the human rights of Americans over the long term.

Answer:  You are most welcome.

Lane MacWilliams

Emails to the OIG Hotline

 OIG Hotline, please see the following emails sent to your Office's attention.   Please note that this list is not complete.

June 6, 2026

• ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: KPM Texts, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 3:01 PM Pacific time.
• ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: GTM Texts, sent at 2:31 PM Pacific time.
• ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: KPM Texts, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 7:22 AM Pacific time.

June 5, 2026

• ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Health Update, June 5, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 11:04 PM and 11:38 PM Pacific time.
• ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Dog Walking, sent at 9:54 PM Pacific time.
• ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Touching Base, sent at 9:40 PM Pacific time.
• ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Time Sensitive Complaint Request Court Review, sent at 9:21 PM Pacific time.
• ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Meeting Request..., sent at 7:56 PM Pacific time.
• ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Battling False Claims, sent at 7:23 PM Pacific time.
• ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Fwd: Additional Information Re: Boys, please respond as soon as you can, sent at 4:50 AM Pacific time.

Time Sensitive Complaint Requesting Court Review

 OIG Hotline, please be informed that the FBI appears to disclose the defiance of a recent Court Order regarding my case, specifying that funds awarded through adjudication of my complaints against the FBI and its affiliates are not to be invaded for any reason.

If this allegation is correct, please consider this to be a complaint requesting an immediate Court review of potential contempt of court regarding this critical matter.

Thank you for your support.

Most sincerely,

Lane MacWilliams

Preserving the United States' Study of the Oceans

 OIG Hotline, there are many reasons why the ongoing engagement of the United States in the monitoring of the world's oceans is critical to U.S. territorial integrity and independence, and indeed, to the long term sovereignty of Americans as a whole.

Some of these reasons are classified and are best not delineated here in detail.  If your agency requires evidence to support these assertions, please request specific information from the DoD regarding this matter.

My father, Dr. Richard P. Von Herzen, a highly honorable man and a world-renowned geophysicist in oceanography, believed wholeheartedly that the oceans were central to the environmental preservation of the planet in its entirety.

My father, along with his professional accomplishments, was a stellar example of the highest character and integrity in his parenting.  Combined with my mother's passionate defense of the vulnerable, he ensured that I knew the power of living with honor every day of one's life, of exercising restraint when restraint is possible, and of having the courage to lead when others might be unable to do so.

It has recently been made known to me that the National Science Foundation has been directed to discontinue the Ocean Observatories Initiative.  Undoubtedly, other funding for critical ocean research will follow.

Therefore, I make the following request:  

Please provide the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution with an independent endowment of 50 billion dollars with the provision that WHOI will manage the continuation of the Ocean Observatories Initiative in every regard, without diminishment or withdrawal of instrumentation or data gathering.  If it is decided that the United States would benefit from expansion of instrumentation deployments and data gathering through OOI, WHOI should be encouraged to provide the resources necessary to accomplish this advancement.

WHOI should not spend more than 5% of the endowment on operating expenses in any given year.

The Institution should be encouraged to access expert investment advice to allow its endowment to weather any inflationary circumstances or economic instability.

If it is determined that this allotment of funds represents a conflict of interest on my part that is unacceptable or improper on any legal or ethical grounds, whether through federal or state law or guidelines, please disallow this request in its entirety.

I do not require or, indeed, desire credit for this financial donation.  It would please me to honor my father by having his name, Dr. Richard P. Von Herzen, associated with the endowment for WHOI and the OOI if it is determined by others that this does not represent undue conflict of interest.  Otherwise, please render the gift anonymous.

I rely upon your good work to ensure that this designation meets all ethical and legal standards required by federal and state law and guidelines.

My intent is to ensure that we continue to monitor and study the ocean environment as a critical part of the Earth's fragile and irreplaceable balance of life, and, specifically, to support the ecological, territorial, and sovereign interests of the United States in doing so.

Thank you for allowing me to extend this request to your Office on behalf of the interests of Americans' long term sovereignty.

Most sincerely,

Lane MacWilliams

Email to the OIG Hotline

 June 5, 2026

• ATTN: OIG HOTLINE Re: Current Status, June 4, 2026, Conditionally Confidential, sent at 12:38 PM Pacific time.

 OIG Hotline, please provide a complete set of records regarding my case to the French journalism consortium known as Forbidden Stories.  https://forbiddenstories.org/safebox/tutorial/ 

This is the journalism collective which successfully reported on Pegasus hacks enabled by NSO, despite fierce resistance from the FBI regarding that information.

Because there may be powerful financial incentives within the United States for the full documentation of my case to be suppressed, it may be necessary to seek out journalistic support on an international basis.  More eyes on this case means that Americans' long term sovereignty has a greater chance of being defended with all due rigor and resources.

Thank you for providing information to this journalism collective at the earliest possible time.

Most sincerely,

Lane MacWilliams

Email to Ms. Lauren Wells, Judicial Assistant to the Honorable Judge Roberta J. McVickers

Email to Ms. Lauren Wells, Judicial Assistant to the Honorable Judge Roberta J. McVickers

Sent on June 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM Pacific time, with a copy to the OIG Hotline of the U.S. DOJ at 6:48 PM Pacific time.

Thank you for your outreach, Ms. Wells.  Please be informed that this communication is copied to the Court Clerk's Office.

Has the Court been contacted by the Office of the Inspector General Hotline of the U.S. Department of Justice regarding my case?

If there is not a current and active investigation of FBI malfeasance by the OIG Hotline pertaining to my name change request, I regret that I will need to withdraw this petition immediately.

The FBI appears to have threatened to utilize this Court proceeding as a public anchor of defamation regarding false allegations about which I have not been informed, despite my assiduous and ongoing requests through public records acts, including through the Arizona Attorney General's Office, which has yet to reply to my inquiry.

Further, it appears that the DOJ has not yet been adequately supported in upholding a Supreme Court ruling in my case, specifying that all documentation regarding adjudication of my case be provided to me.

So, the withholding of information regarding false allegations and adjudication of which I have not been informed appears to have violation both federal and state laws.

Given this failure, I do not feel that I can be in any manner informed in speaking to the Honorable Judge McVickers about her questions.

They are also my own.  Mainly we need to understand why the federal government appears to have undertaken broad-scale initiatives that cast honorable Americans as "targets of interest" without their knowledge through the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative and other corrupted programs.

My work as a human rights advocate has specifically focused on knowingly falsified law enforcement reporting by the FBI against the honorable American public, consisting of false documentation which appears to include spurious allegations of terrorism, espionage, human trafficking, child predation, animal abuse, and more.  Many of these false accusations appear to be augmented by AI-generated video, audio and still photos, false witness statements, false DNA evidence, etc.  So, the material is highly defamatory and damaging to the honorable public, and certainly, the FBI should not be supported in placing any of this scurrilous material in the public view through court proceedings in which a petitioner is completely unprotected from wrongful harm by the agency.

Please forward to me any and all documentation required for me to withdraw by name change petition, given the apparent improper FBI involvement in this proceeding.

And please ensure that no defamatory information from the FBI or its affiliates will be allowed to attach to this case.

My advocacy in defense of Americans' long term sovereignty should be allowed to continue, and that cannot happen if the FBI is permitted to make a mockery of what should have been a straightforward court approval of a name change request, completed within several days of filing.

Finally, Ms. Wells, I must state that I am in receipt of your request for confidentiality regarding this matter.  However, you and the Honorable Judge McVickers should be informed that all documentation regarding this case will be made part of a complete repository of my papers to be made available to the American public in perpetuity due to the importance of current threats to Americans' sovereignty as posed by the FBI, including the agency's wrongful pressure toward the American judiciary.

Thank you very much for your ethical and conscientious engagement with this matter, and please express my appreciation to the Honorable Judge McVickers for her attention to these concerns.

Sincerely yours, 

Lane MacWilliams