We, citizens of America, herewith exercise our right to
petition the Government for a redress of
grievances guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution,
to wit:
Whereas, the Code of Federal Regulations, 28 CFR 600.1 - Grounds for
appointing a Special Counsel, states that the Attorney General, or in cases in
which the Attorney General is recused, the Acting Attorney General, will
appoint a Special Counsel when he or she determines that criminal investigation
of a person or matter is warranted. And
Whereas, a Special Counsel was
appointed by the Acting Attorney General without identifying a person who had
committed a crime or a criminal matter that warranted investigation; instead,
the appointment was made to investigate a non-criminal national security matter.
And
Whereas, the appointment of a
Special Counsel, under the above circumstances, creates an unconstitutional
perversion of our criminal justice system, in that, any and all Americans who
have committed no crime can be investigated by a Special Counsel and presumed “guilty”
until proven “innocent” and, thereby, rendered vulnerable to search and
seizures of our persons, houses, paper and effects without probable cause—a
violation of our rights granted by the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.
And
Whereas, the Code of Federal Regulations, 28 CFR 45.2, states that a Justice
Department employee cannot participate in a “criminal investigation or
prosecution if he has a personal or political relationship with …Any person or
organization substantially involved in the conduct that is the subject of the
investigation or prosecution.” And
Whereas, in violation of 28 CFR 45.2, the Special
Counsel appointed by the Acting Attorney General has both a
personal and political relationship with a key witness, as well as has hired lawyers
to assist with the investigation who have made financial contributions to and
performed legal services for the individual deemed to have been harmed by the non-criminal
national security matter being investigated by the Special Counsel. And
Whereas, in light of the aforementioned, we, American
citizens, assert that the Special Counsel appointment by the Acting
Attorney General justifies this registration of our grievances with our
Government, in that this appointment, in summary:
Establishes the precedent that
a Special Counsel can be appointed to investigate any and all Americans who
have committed no crime, and
Renders asunder one of the most
sacred principles in the American criminal justice system that a citizen is
innocent until proven guilty, and
Even more egregious, makes all
Americans vulnerable to search and seizures of our persons, houses, paper and
effects without probable cause—a violation of our rights granted by the Fourth
Amendment to the Constitution.
Now, therefore, we demand that the United
States House of Representatives Oversight Committee call for the immediate
termination of the Special Counsel whose existence violates Code of Federal
Regulations sections 28 CFR 600.1 and 28 CFR 45.2 and puts in jeopardy our
Fourth Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution.
