Marc Ang

The Keith Raniere case is an example of our judicial agencies acting against the best interest of common sense, common decency and “we the people.” I witnessed this at Tiger King Joe Exotic’s resentencing trial, where the judge stuck to a specific agenda, ignoring actual relevant evidence being shown to the contrary.

Former FBI special agent and cyber forensics expert Rick Kiper proves to a scientific certainty that the government manufactured and planted contraband photos to convict Raniere, an influential cult leader, of child pornography charges.

Most egregiously, the FBI planted this child pornography in the NXIVM case to win a conviction. No matter how weird or unlikeable this cult leader is, this is a major breach of justice.

Kiper reviewed file system data from two devices that were key evidence in the case: (1) A hard drive on which the FBI claimed to have found 22 photos of a nude female, whom they alleged was 15 years old in the images, and (2) a camera card allegedly used to take the photos.

Evidence was tampered on these two key devices. It was widespread with many changes made to files and dates: 22 photos that allegedly contained “child porn” were planted on the hard drive. Somebody proactively changed the dates of those “contraband” photos (and the folders that contained them) to give the appearance that the woman in those photos was underage when they were taken.

On the camera card, somebody added 37 files while it was in FBI custody, with an unknown person accessing and modifying the camera card on Sept. 19, 2018, during custody. The metadata of one photo had evidence that Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 was used, but someone tried to cover up that the file had not been modified.

Within 24 hours of filing the motion, the prosecution filed a shameful response calling these findings “frivolous.” The media have been silent about this exposed historical level of corruption. Thankfully, efforts are underway to investigate and hold the FBI accountable.

Human trafficking is the default go-to for several coverups that, at best, is complicit and diluting the severity of the human trafficking issue, but, at worst, is part of defending an actively involved elite cabal, as we noticed with Ghislaine Maxwell getting a relatively light sentence.

I interviewed Nicole Blank Becker, a Detroit-based sex crimes attorney deeply involved in child advocacy centers. She has won awards for her work with hundreds of victims.

Her position is simple. “Unfortunately, the federal government is oftentimes using charges to strong-arm people, (making) up a really good story so that ultimately (the public) forgets about what the law is and what the elements are that the government has to prove. The story takes over, which is not the way we learned in law school. Nor is it the way we practice in the courtroom.”

She reminds us that sexual acts must be proven for purposes of sex-trafficking charges, but that was completely ignored in the Raniere case. “I was looking at the elements of sex trafficking: interstate commerce, coercion, knowingness, sexual acts. In my reading of the transcript frontwards and backwards, it simply didn’t even come close to what the legislator intended.”

How about the actual victims of confirmed human trafficking? Becker states, “Those who are purely victims, their horrible experience is minimized.”

Throwing the term “human trafficking” around, especially in the courtroom, and planting evidence of child pornography seems to be the go-to function for corrupt government agencies. In fact, during this trial, Raniere was locked in a jail cell with an actual human trafficker and was subject to horrifying conditions while waiting for justice to be served.

Becker says these targeted individuals are “convicted before a trial has even started. Dealing with the government on that case, I saw firsthand how the criminal justice system in America works. It’s not “innocent until proven guilty.” It’s “guilty until proven innocent.”

When I asked Becker why this cult leader was targeted, she said: “Raniere is a powerful individual. His influence was large, with his connections to presidential figures in countries like Mexico, Fortune 500 companies. These types of people scare the government, and ultimately, the government decides they should be taken down. Judges are given an immense amount of power. An overhaul of our justice system is severely needed.”

Marc Ang is a community organizer in Southern California and the founder of Asian Industry B2B. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.