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Does it cost anything to draft a legal document?

No. Document drafting, the law library, and Know Your Rights education are free for all. The store and collectibles support the mission.

Are the case citations real?

Yes — every authority comes from a hand-verified arsenal of more than 200 controlling cases. If a citation is not verified to exist, it is never used.

LIVE WIRE

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OIG CRIMINAL WIRE BUSTED

FRESH BUSTFormer Customs and Border Protection Agent Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Receiving Child Pornography⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez convicted — bribery, extortion & acting as a foreign agent — 11 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. George Santos pled guilty — wire fraud & aggravated identity theft — 87 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI agent Robert Hanssen — espionage for Russia — life without parole⚖ON THE RECORDFormer CIA officer Aldrich Ames — espionage against the United States — life in prison⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI counterintel chief Charles McGonigal pled guilty — sanctions violations for a Russian oligarch⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — convicted of corruption — 14 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick — racketeering & extortion — 28 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah — racketeering & fraud — 10 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter pled guilty — conversion of campaign funds⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. pled guilty — $750K in campaign funds — 30 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn — stole & leaked tax returns — 5 years⚖ON THE RECORDBaltimore Gun Trace Task Force — 8 police officers convicted of racketeering & robbery⚖ON THE RECORD'Fat Leonard' scandal — dozens of Navy officials convicted of bribery & fraud⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FCI Dublin warden Ray Garcia convicted — abuse of incarcerated women — 70 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer DHS acting IG Charles Edwards pled guilty — stealing government software & data⚖ON THE RECORDFormer VA pathologist Robert Levy — fraud & involuntary manslaughter — 20 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — convicted of corruption — 6.5 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NSA contractor Reality Winner — Espionage Act — 63 months⚖FRESH BUSTFormer Customs and Border Protection Agent Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Receiving Child Pornography⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez convicted — bribery, extortion & acting as a foreign agent — 11 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. George Santos pled guilty — wire fraud & aggravated identity theft — 87 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI agent Robert Hanssen — espionage for Russia — life without parole⚖ON THE RECORDFormer CIA officer Aldrich Ames — espionage against the United States — life in prison⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FBI counterintel chief Charles McGonigal pled guilty — sanctions violations for a Russian oligarch⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich — convicted of corruption — 14 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick — racketeering & extortion — 28 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah — racketeering & fraud — 10 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter pled guilty — conversion of campaign funds⚖ON THE RECORDFormer U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. pled guilty — $750K in campaign funds — 30 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn — stole & leaked tax returns — 5 years⚖ON THE RECORDBaltimore Gun Trace Task Force — 8 police officers convicted of racketeering & robbery⚖ON THE RECORD'Fat Leonard' scandal — dozens of Navy officials convicted of bribery & fraud⚖ON THE RECORDFormer FCI Dublin warden Ray Garcia convicted — abuse of incarcerated women — 70 months⚖ON THE RECORDFormer DHS acting IG Charles Edwards pled guilty — stealing government software & data⚖ON THE RECORDFormer VA pathologist Robert Levy — fraud & involuntary manslaughter — 20 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — convicted of corruption — 6.5 years⚖ON THE RECORDFormer NSA contractor Reality Winner — Espionage Act — 63 months⚖

Accountability & Resources

When the system holds power accountable

Judges and prosecutors are not above the law. Below are publicly documented cases of official discipline — proof that misconduct can be exposed and remedied.

Judges & Prosecutors Disciplined for Misconduct

Mike Nifong

District Attorney (NC)

Disbarred (2007) for misconduct in the Duke lacrosse case.

Ken Anderson

Prosecutor / Judge (TX)

Jailed & disbarred (2013) over the Michael Morton wrongful conviction (Brady violation).

Mark Ciavarella & Michael Conahan

Judges (PA)

Convicted & imprisoned — the 'Kids for Cash' scandal.

Samuel B. Kent

U.S. District Judge (TX)

Impeached; resigned; convicted of obstruction (2009).

G. Thomas Porteous

U.S. District Judge (LA)

Impeached and removed by the Senate (2010) for corruption.

Sol Wachtler

Chief Judge, NY Court of Appeals

Resigned; convicted (1993).

Aaron Persky

Judge (CA)

Recalled by voters (2018) after the Brock Turner sentencing.

Alcee Hastings

U.S. District Judge (FL)

Impeached and removed (1989) for bribery conspiracy.

Publicly reported, adjudicated matters of public record. Report judicial misconduct to your state judicial conduct commission; report federal misconduct under 28 U.S.C. § 351.

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This platform was created by David Bruce McDermott II — a federal-court litigator whose name appears in the federal reporter at United States v. McDermott, 64 F.3d 1448 (10th Cir. 1995). In his own words: "I've had judges slam gavels on my behalf many times. I've been quoted as having an extremely unique understanding of how we do business here in federal court — I suggest you settle with me, McDermott, as quickly as possible." See Case No. 93-CR-163-E, before Judge James O. Ellison. He built LAW SKUNK to put that same research firepower into the hands of every American — for free.

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