Subject:  Simpler Explanations: the Forfeiture Racket
From:  Michael Williams 100705.1252@compuserve.com
Date:  27-Aug-95 16:58

STATEMENT OF FACTS RELATING TO UNLAWFUL SEIZURE OF MY ASSETS

1.      On 18. March 1988, I was arrested in my Colorado home by the Chicago F.B.I., 
who, at the time of my arrest, seized virtually all of my assets, including numerous items  unrelated to any potential criminal charges. These unreasonable seizures were in violation  of the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and, as they had the effect of excessive  fines, were in violation of the 8th Amendment. The fact that they occurred without benefit  of Due Process of Law was also a violation of the 5th Amendment. My arrest was  ordered by President George Bush as revenge for articles I had written and interviews I  had given exposing his many crimes, and for my personally convincing Senator Gary  Hart to re-enter the Presidential race George Bush's infamous Republican Party Dirty  Tricks Committee had forced him out of.

Note: On 13. December 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that people are entitled to  hearings before the government can seize their homes or other property. In June 1993,  the court ruled such seizures are subject to the Constitution's 8th Amendment protection  against excessive fines. Justice Kennedy wrote that the Constitution's due-process clause  requires property owners get notification and a chance for a hearing before seizures. 

2.      I was unlawfully removed from my state and, after being "lost in the System" for  two months, was taken to Chicago to face fabricated white collar crime charges.

3.      Due to my indigence, U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber appointed William
J. Stevens to represent me: he did nothing to defend my rights; he never filed any motions  in my behalf. His only goal from the beginning was to convince me to plea guilty.

4.      I was forced to remain in custody the entire duration of the lengthy proceedings  without a standard bail hearing. This was a violation of the 8th Amendment. 

5.      I was eventually accused of presiding over a corporation that did not pay a  computer paper bill on time. (This is not a crime).

6.      On 11. August 1988, William J. Stevens coerced me into pleading guilty to the  white collar crime charge by falsely informing me that my infant daughter was dying of  spinal meningitis, and that I would be allowed to visit her on her death bed if I pleaded  guilty. As it turned out, my daughter wasn't dying, and the crime I was coerced into  pleading guilty to was not even a crime.

7.      In December 1988, I was sentenced to two years in prison and five years  consecutive probation. 

8.      After my release from prison on 4. October 1988 (sic), I was exiled, harassed,  intimidated, bullied, threatened, beaten, blackmailed, extorted, shot at and then on 12.  June 1991 forced into exile in Switzerland.             

9.      On 24. February 1992, four years after the unlawful seizure, I suddenly received  a letter from the Chicago F.B.I. advising me I could pick up one item they had seized: my  computer. This was the first time they had admitted seizing anything. I have never  received a receipt for any of the unlawfully seized property. 

10.     On 2. March 1994, six years after the unlawful seizure, after Senator Dianne  Feinstein had made inquiries into my case, I suddenly received a Notice of Motion from  Chicago Assistant U.S. Attorney, Carol Davilo, advising me that on 10. March 1994, a  motion would be heard seeking the court's "legalization" of the FBI's unlawful seizure.  In an obvious attempt to secure a quick, easy default judgment, the motion was sent to me  here in Switzerland via sea, and not registered. I only received it by chance. This is  improper service.

11.     The F.B.I. seized a significant amount of property from me, including a coin and  rare stamp collection worth over $500,000,  although in the motion, they only admitted to  seizing around $30,000 in Canadian Maple Leaf one-ounce gold coins. 

12.     Since William J. Stevens refused to represent me at the hearing, and Judge  Leinenweber refused to appoint substitute counsel, I was forced to use money saved for  an essential operation to retain attorney Robert G. Clarke, who assured me he had never  heard of William J. Stevens

13.     It turned out that Robert G. Clarke did, indeed, know William J. Stevens. He is  his good friend, and serves on the same panel of appointed attorneys with him. He stood  mute at the hearing, and allowed Judge Leinenweber to grant the FBI's motion  WITHOUT ANY LEGAL ARGUMENT!

14.     Since I had no money to retain appellate counsel, I was forced to file my own  appeal and request appointed counsel from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh  Circuit. 

15.     Chief Judge Richard Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals refused to appoint  counsel to my case, forcing me to proceed In Pro Se, even though I am not an attorney.

16.     Virtually all of the motions I have filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals since the  appeal began in April 1994 have been denied as "frivolous" without any memorandum of  facts or law, or proper legal explanations or comments of any kind. I have even received  threats from the judge to impose "the most severe sanctions" against me if I "continue to  make scandalous statements against the F.B.I." (The "scandalous" statements are facts).

17.     My appellate brief is due on 10. September 1995. I have absolutely no idea how to prepare such a brief. All of the attorneys I have discussed the matter with say that it  would take an attorney 1 - 4 hours to prepare the brief, and, if properly done, citing the  "Austin" Supreme Court case and others, I would be certain to win. That means I would  receive between $30,000 and $500,000.

18.     I am willing to pay a generous contingency fee to an attorney experienced in this  area to assist me in preparing the appellate brief, or to prepare it for me. In other words,  an attorney could earn between $10,000 and $166,000 for 1 - 4 hours of work, not to  mention the fame and notoriety it would bring. That's not bad for an afternoon's work. 

19.     I do not know how to prepare an appellate brief. I cannot even attempt to. If I do  not file it prior to 10. September 1995, eight years of legal work will be wasted, and the  FBI will turn a United States court room into a Den of Thieves.

20.     I can prove everything included in this statement. Attorneys wishing to consider  assisting me can, if they desire, contact prominent attorney Robert F. Bourne to confirm  that everything in this statement is 100% true. Mr. Bourne may be reached at: 2550 Fifth  Ave., Suite 720, San Diego, CA   92103, Tel.: (619) 238-1124, Fax: (619) 231-0581.

21.     Please send e-mail to me at: Michael Williams   100705.1252@compuserve.com
