1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,759 Speaker 1: Welcome back to The Michael con Show. On our continued 2 00:00:02,839 --> 00:00:06,040 journey to two hundred and fifty thousand subscribers, We're almost 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:09,359 there thanks to your help, so hit subscribe and watch now. 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:13,199 This episode is different than anything you're going to see 5 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,559 on television. It's different than anything that you're going to 6 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:20,199 be able to read about because it's personal to me 7 00:00:20,879 --> 00:00:24,320 and it could be very important to you. This morning, 8 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,559 I got the craziest email, the craziest from my buddy, 9 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:30,920 Jeffrey k Levine, lawyer, friend of mine since we were 10 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:33,600 in junior high school. He's the lawyer that came with 11 00:00:33,719 --> 00:00:38,359 me when I was unconstitutionally remanded. For the past four years, 12 00:00:38,439 --> 00:00:41,479 jeff and I have been working the Bureau prisoned via 13 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:46,719 a Foyer request a freedom of information. We've been pushing 14 00:00:46,759 --> 00:00:50,359 and pushing. Finally, they sent late last night a dump 15 00:00:50,399 --> 00:00:53,719 of like four hundred documents, and while I started going 16 00:00:53,799 --> 00:00:57,640 through them, I got to the second document. And you're 17 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,960 not going to believe what this document says. I mean, 18 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,319 this is so crazy. I want to show you what 19 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:11,000 the real Federal Location Monitoring Program participation agreement looks like. 20 00:01:11,799 --> 00:01:16,079 And it's important because you'll understand based upon the email. 21 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:18,879 What the hell was going on here? So this is 22 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:22,680 the Federal Location Monitoring Agreement and this is the real one, 23 00:01:22,799 --> 00:01:25,200 And how do you know it's the real one? Next 24 00:01:25,239 --> 00:01:27,760 to life you see at the top left there is 25 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:32,799 a Federal identification number on top of that. This document 26 00:01:32,879 --> 00:01:37,840 has like sixteen or eighteen different paragraphs. Now, I want 27 00:01:37,879 --> 00:01:40,879 to show you what the fake one looks like. As 28 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:43,239 many people like this is the counterfeit. How do you 29 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:47,400 know it's counterfeit? First and foremost, there's no federal ID 30 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:51,040 number attached to it. Notice there's nothing on the top 31 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:55,560 left corner. And here's the second page to that. This 32 00:01:55,640 --> 00:01:59,799 one signed by Patrick McFarlane, who's the residential re entry 33 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:04,560 manager over at mcc Now, I want to show you 34 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:08,360 why this is important because in the fake document it 35 00:02:08,439 --> 00:02:13,840 turns around and makes me agree. Here's the first paragraph. 36 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:20,159 No engagement of any kind with the media, including print, TV, film, books, 37 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,319 or any other form of media slash news. Prohibition from 38 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,560 all social media platforms, no posting on social media, and 39 00:02:28,719 --> 00:02:32,400 a requirement that you communicate with friends and family to 40 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:36,680 exercise discretion in not posting on your behalf or posting 41 00:02:36,879 --> 00:02:40,439 any information about you. The purpose is to avoid get 42 00:02:40,439 --> 00:02:44,360 a load of shit glamorizing or bringing publicity to your 43 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:48,919 status as a sentenced inmates serving a custodial term in 44 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:54,199 the community. Now, this is just nuts. You want to 45 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:57,479 talk about a complete and total violation of someone's First 46 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:02,400 Amendment constitutional right. Alvin ca hellesteem federal judge twenty five 47 00:03:02,479 --> 00:03:05,319 years turned around and ended up on a habeas petition 48 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:10,560 having me released after another sixteen days of solitary confinement, 49 00:03:10,759 --> 00:03:13,840 bringing it up to fifty one days. But this is 50 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:19,199 where things got really weird. The email, the email that 51 00:03:19,319 --> 00:03:23,360 I received says this, this is the document, all right, 52 00:03:24,159 --> 00:03:30,759 first part, this is literally Reuter's two public affairs at 53 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:35,159 the Bureau of Prison questions regarding me, Michaelavananti and Paul 54 00:03:35,159 --> 00:03:39,039 Manifford as well, and gentleman by the name of Emery. 55 00:03:39,479 --> 00:03:43,759 You said earlier that Cohen didn't agree to electronic monitoring. 56 00:03:44,280 --> 00:03:47,599 At what point did this occur? Our understanding is that 57 00:03:47,639 --> 00:03:49,759 he was at the courthouse to review the terms of 58 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,639 agreement and he never even got a chance to object. Also, 59 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:57,840 the Bureau Prison policy of pre approved of media interviews 60 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,439 is not what BOP was asking Cohen to say sign. 61 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:03,800 He was asked to sign a document that says he 62 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:07,080 would have no engagement with the media, which is different 63 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:12,280 from saying he needs approval before engaging with the media. Finally, 64 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:15,759 the wording of the terms presented to Cohen explicitly says 65 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,279 there is to be no engagement of any kind, including 66 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:23,040 through books. The plain reading of this means he cannot 67 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,279 release a book as means of communicating. There is no 68 00:04:26,399 --> 00:04:29,480 need to reach a legal conclusion here. Are you suggesting 69 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:33,160 that this requires him to get prior approval from Bureau 70 00:04:33,199 --> 00:04:36,759 of Prison before publishing, because that is clearly not what 71 00:04:36,879 --> 00:04:40,920 the terms say. Best. So and so but then says PS, 72 00:04:41,199 --> 00:04:43,720 I have filed a foyer as you suggested, but I 73 00:04:43,759 --> 00:04:47,879 would urge the BOP to consider releasing the information outside 74 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,839 of FOYA, or at the very least provide us with 75 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,360 a number of inmates who are asked to sign terms 76 00:04:54,399 --> 00:04:58,439 similar to Cohen's terms, which go well beyond the usual 77 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,399 BOP policies on talking to the media. Now, again, this 78 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:05,680 is from somebody over at Reuter's, and I think I 79 00:05:05,759 --> 00:05:08,720 know who it is. But this is the important part. 80 00:05:09,519 --> 00:05:13,639 The preceding email from the Bureau of Prisons, and these 81 00:05:13,639 --> 00:05:16,480 are the folks that I will be talking about in 82 00:05:16,519 --> 00:05:20,759 about half a second, Hello to so and so. This 83 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,560 is the Reuter's journalist. Your characterization of what is occurring 84 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:28,920 prior restraint is a legal conclusion. While the applicable BOP 85 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,959 Policy Program Statement fifty three to fifty point twenty seven 86 00:05:33,120 --> 00:05:36,319 to which you are citing authorizes inmates to write and 87 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:40,079 publish manuscripts, it does not speak to the issue which 88 00:05:40,079 --> 00:05:43,480 you are raising, which is promotion of said manuscript via 89 00:05:43,519 --> 00:05:47,000 the media. We decline to comment further as to this 90 00:05:47,199 --> 00:05:51,399 aspect of your line of inquiry. Is very, very dangerous 91 00:05:51,439 --> 00:05:54,000 here because who are the people from the Bureau of 92 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:59,920 Prison that are actually involved in this communication. It's Hugh Horowin. 93 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,560 Hugh Horowitz, just so you know, is the acting director 94 00:06:04,879 --> 00:06:08,439 of the Federal Bureau of Prisons. He's the acting director. 95 00:06:09,519 --> 00:06:12,959 Then you have Emery Nelson, who is the public affairs 96 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,079 specialist for the Bureau of Prisons. So he's the guy 97 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:20,040 that's supposed to release the statements. But worse worse than that, 98 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:25,360 you had Sonia Thompson, the Assistant General Counsel for the BP. 99 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:32,279 Now here's where the question becomes problematic. When I filed 100 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:37,319 the Habeast petition, who's done via my attorney, Donia Perry. 101 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:41,160 You see here on television a lot. She filed this 102 00:06:41,199 --> 00:06:45,480 habeas petition for my release, which Judge, again Alvin k Helstein, 103 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:48,959 saw right through this bullshit, turned around and saw that 104 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:52,360 this has never happened before. There are no other inmates. 105 00:06:52,399 --> 00:06:56,279 This document doesn't exist, it's not part of the federal system, 106 00:06:56,439 --> 00:07:00,639 it doesn't have a federal ID number. It's counterfeit. So 107 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:06,160 explain how is it that I was unconstitutionally remanded? And 108 00:07:06,199 --> 00:07:10,879 when we filed the Habeast petition, government not just not 109 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:15,439 just the three individuals here, but also people that worked 110 00:07:15,439 --> 00:07:20,759 at Otisville and other members of government lied on their 111 00:07:20,839 --> 00:07:25,399 affidavits stating that this is common practice, that this is 112 00:07:25,439 --> 00:07:28,639 the same document that was used by others. It went 113 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:33,240 on to talk about how I had refused, never refused. 114 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:38,160 I wasn't even given an opportunity. So imagine you go 115 00:07:38,319 --> 00:07:41,600 there to review a document with your lawyer, my buddy Jeff, 116 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:45,240 and you don't get an opportunity to ask a single 117 00:07:45,319 --> 00:07:49,040 question off of the counterfeit document. It gets worse because 118 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:53,079 then I filed in order to ensure that this never 119 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:57,079 ever ever happens again. And I'm not pointing a finger 120 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:58,920 at Donald Trump here, I want to be clear, this 121 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:02,480 is Bill Barr. This is Bill Barr. Does Donald know 122 00:08:02,519 --> 00:08:05,319 about it? That's the one question if I ever had 123 00:08:05,319 --> 00:08:08,040 an opportunity to sit with him, that I would want 124 00:08:08,079 --> 00:08:11,079 to know the answer to were you involved in this? 125 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,920 Did you know that this was happening? Or did Bill 126 00:08:13,959 --> 00:08:16,480 Barr try to do this on his own sort of 127 00:08:16,519 --> 00:08:23,040 as a trophy, so to speak, and to give Donald 128 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:26,920 plausible deniability that he wasn't involved in the first and 129 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:32,120 only incarceration of an American citizen by his own country, 130 00:08:32,159 --> 00:08:34,879 making me a political prisoner because I refused to waive 131 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:38,159 my First Amendment constitutional rights. But where it gets worse 132 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:42,000 when I brought when I brought the lawsuit against the 133 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:47,080 United States of America, Trump, Bill Barr, the dojbop, they 134 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,840 lied again. They lied again, and they said that this 135 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:58,840 is actually this is legitimate. The document's a legitimate and 136 00:08:58,919 --> 00:09:02,120 they ended up defeating me on that case. So I 137 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:06,360 filed an appeal to the Second Circuit because it's important 138 00:09:06,639 --> 00:09:10,759 that this never ever happens to anyone ever again. It's 139 00:09:10,799 --> 00:09:14,039 why there's too many people running around right now, all 140 00:09:14,279 --> 00:09:19,840 anxiety and freaking out over what's going to happen in 141 00:09:19,879 --> 00:09:25,320 another forty six days when Trump ultimately takes office. I 142 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:30,240 filed the second circuit appeal and government lied again. They 143 00:09:30,279 --> 00:09:34,360 lied again about the facts and the circumstances, as outlined 144 00:09:34,519 --> 00:09:37,840 in the emails that I just read to you. I 145 00:09:37,879 --> 00:09:40,480 then took it all the way to the Supreme Court 146 00:09:40,759 --> 00:09:43,720 via a writ of Sir Shirari in order to say, 147 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:47,039 how is it possible? How is this not what Justice 148 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:51,440 Clarence Thomas was talking about of the most unusual circumstance. 149 00:09:51,799 --> 00:09:55,279 You see, I'm not asking for anybody's sympathy here. I 150 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:59,240 already went through this hell. I want to ensure that 151 00:09:59,399 --> 00:10:03,679 nothing like this ever happens again to anyone else, not 152 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,360 to you, not to journalists, not to folks in the media, 153 00:10:07,639 --> 00:10:13,120 to no one, because this is the most disgraceful violation 154 00:10:13,639 --> 00:10:16,919 of the United States Constitution of the first, the fourth, 155 00:10:17,039 --> 00:10:21,759 and the eighth Amendment, and it cannot stand. And that's 156 00:10:21,799 --> 00:10:25,080 why I will continuously bring this up. I am hoping 157 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,440 that there will be a Congressional investigation. I am hoping 158 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:32,159 that they bring that bloviated asshole Bill Barr before them 159 00:10:32,279 --> 00:10:36,960 and force him either to testify, provide answers, not take 160 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:42,480 the fifth provide answers or be incarcerated. Trust me, Bill 161 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,360 Barr will speak. He'll tell the whole story on who 162 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:50,120 was involved. You had that acting director, the public affairs specialists, 163 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:54,039 and the Sistant General Counsel to the BOP all involved 164 00:10:54,039 --> 00:10:57,679 with this. This came from higher up. This didn't come 165 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:01,080 from the blows like a Patrick mcfarran or an Enid 166 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:05,240 Phoebus or an Adam Pacoula, the lowest level folk that 167 00:11:05,240 --> 00:11:08,679 were there with me at the time. Now, this came 168 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:12,360 from higher up, and it's important and we can't forget 169 00:11:12,399 --> 00:11:15,840 it because we can never ever allow anything like this 170 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:20,960 to ever happen again. And as always, thanks for listening. 171 00:11:21,519 --> 00:11:24,360 Hey everyone, First of all, thanks for watching. I mean, 172 00:11:24,399 --> 00:11:28,279 we're going to be posting daily episodes with reactions and 173 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:32,080 talking about politics. We'll be talking about everything in fact, 174 00:11:32,279 --> 00:11:36,080 so please like and subscribe join us on this journey.