THE FALSE NARRATIVE

As those intimately familiar with the American criminal justice system are well aware, an astonishing 97% of defendants—according to the Department of Justice—plead guilty, often irrespective of actual culpability, a consequence of systemic coercion and the immense leverage wielded by prosecutorial authorities. What distinguishes my case, however, is not merely the severity of the government’s treatment, but the far more deceptive role played by the corporate media apparatus—an entity that did not merely report but actively engaged in a campaign of calculated misrepresentation and outright disinformation, proving itself the more determined adversary.

It is scarcely worth my attention to address the multitude of falsehoods propagated across various publications, particularly when such claims rest entirely on unverifiable information and anonymous sources—elements that call into question not only the credibility of these reports but the very legitimacy of the outlets disseminating them. Many failed even to correctly state the charges against me, omitting entirely that the FBI never so much as accused me of fraud or financial crimes in any capacity. Worse still, these publications deliberately misled the public by deceptively using phrases like “the feds say” to create the illusion of direct government allegations when, in reality, the FBI had merely documented unverified witness statements. Indeed, given the breadth of allegations leveled against me—ranging from financial misconduct to would-be unlawful claims of intelligence affiliations—one might reasonably ask why, despite extensive scrutiny by federal agencies and prosecutors, none of these accusations ever materialized into formal charges. The answer to that question is as revealing as it is inconvenient for those who sought to weaponize these narratives for their own ends.