To the community,

My company has a set of guidelines for both personal and professional standards one can function and operate within life and society. One of those is, “All you have are your own ideas and the confidence to write them down.”

So, on June 26, as a private citizen or a “common man doing an uncommon thing,” I walked into the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in the Earle Cabell Federal Building in Dallas and under my constitutional rights brought a federal complaint against the U.S. Department of Justice and Rod Rosenstein, acting attorney general. I filed the complaint, 3-17CV-1680-D, asking why, Robert Mueller, special counsel appointed to investigate the Russian involvement in the 2016 elections and former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Order No. 3915-2017 should not immediately recuse himself or be immediately terminated for a conflict of interest provided by Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) 660.7(d).  

After receiving an order from the court on July 5 allowing me to amend my complaint, meeting the criteria set forth by U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas; Judge Sydney Fitzwater issued summons on July 6 in Mark Johnson vs. Rod J. Rosenstein, acting attorney general and the Department of Justice; Jeff Sessions, attorney general of the United States; and U.S. Attorney of the Northern District of Texas John Parker. Service of summons began the following day.

My motivation to file this complaint was the discovery of the overwhelming conflicts of interest within the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Special Counsel investigation and those individuals involved in Criminal No 1:12CR3. This pathway was deemed necessary as to the severity of the accusations, the parties involved as well as the complexities of this complaint being brought forth.

I am one American trying to do my patriotic duty; “a little revolution now and again is a healthy thing.” I was able to use my own research and come to my own conclusions over the last 12 months. I have not had any contact with the parties involved in these cases. I have not had any contact with any official from the current administration, DOJ or FBI. I have not had any contact with anyone from the media prior to my filing. This is about what is right and what is wrong; the value of trust and our justice system for which the United States of America was founded.

In my complaint, I am asking the court to have the DOJ show why Robert Mueller, former director of the FBI and special counsel appointed by Rod J. Rosenstein, acting attorney general, to investigate the Russian involvement in the 2016 elections, Special Counsel Investigation Order No 3915-2017, should not immediately recuse himself or immediately be terminated for a conflict of interest provided by Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) 660.7(d). The special counsel may be disciplined or removed from office only by the personal action of the attorney general. The attorney general may remove a special counsel for misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, or for other good cause, including violation of departmental policies. The attorney general shall inform the special counsel in writing of the specific reason for his or her removal.

Based on Director Mueller’s involvement as director of the FBI and supervisor of the special agent in charge in Criminal No. 1:12CR3, this presents a direct conflict of interest with the open federal grand jury indictment and this matter. This special counsel investigation could lead to Director Mueller, as well as other former United States attorneys general and former FBI directors and/or special agents in charge and investigating the above mentioned case being called before congressional committees or federal grand juries as witnesses and/or defendants in the Special Counsel Investigation Order No. 3915-2017 and any other future investigations or congressional committees. Being that there is a high probability that he could himself become a witness, should recuse himself or immediately be terminated based on CFR 600.7(d).

Anyone within the FBI, DOJ, Department of State or former employees of any other public or private entities who had involvement with or was related to Criminal No. 1:12CR3 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia United States should recuse themselves or be terminated as well as consider themselves possible witnesses in the current DOJ’s investigation into the Russian involvement into the 2016 United States election.

Any future DOJ special counsels, investigation staff, attorneys general and/or staff positions should be required not to have participated or been affected by Criminal No 1:12CR3.

Additionally, an amended motion to show cause was filed with the amended complaint.  Judge Fitzwater denied this motion without prejudice allowing it and its contents to be brought in at the appropriate time. The motion to show cause points out that there are direct ties between congressional members who have possible complicity in this matter and the handling of the federal grand jury indictment. Additionally, it points out which congressional districts represent the members of the Motion Picture Association of America who were harmed by the actions for which this federal indictment arose. As an example, four of these studios reside in California’s 28th Congressional District represented by Adam Schiff.  These studios include Walt Disney Studios and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., which is located in Burbank; Paramount Pictures Corporation is located in Hollywood; and Universal Studios LLC is located in Universal City. You can find Mr. Schiff on any one of these subsidiaries’ nightly and/or Sunday news shows being a huge proponent of the “Russian’s did it” story while having knowledge of this active federal indictment. Mr. Schiff, being a former prosecutor for the area and former Congressional colleague to former Sen. Chris Dodd, now CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, the Congressman would be fully aware if there is a defendant that could have evidence and information on the hacking or stealing of information from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during the election that counters the “Russia did it story,” thus creating an illusion of truth to the American public for his constituents, the studios of Motion Picture Association of America.

When this complaint prevails in showing a conflict of interest between the special counsel and the federal grand jury indictment, anyone who has willingly and knowingly promoted the “Russians did it story” with knowledge of this grand jury investigation should have immediate action taken to relinquish, suspend or remove him/her from all congressional committees or investigations he/she might be a part of. This will help to determine if they too, could be considered witnesses and/or defendants in a federal grand jury or congressional investigation regarding this investigation. Anyone who is complicit in the conspiracy to promote or investigate the “Russians did it story” while knowing this federal grand jury indictment could had direct ties to the charge of the special counsel should consider themselves future defendants or witnesses in treasonous charges that would be associated with this type of federal felony crime.

It is my hope the federal justice system will act accordingly as well as allow for any further investigation and/or prosecution of the crimes that have been committed by people associated with this particular federal grand jury indictment and/or special counsel order.

I can’t explain how I got from a few predictions posted on Facebook last year to attempting a written explanation for my 85 year old father to understand, ended up with filing a federal complaint pro se against an acting attorney general of the United States and Russia’s supposed involvement in our 2016 elections. Although this is not out of my realm of capabilities to this point, I am far beyond any realm I could ever imagine by taking an action like this under these circumstances. It is only by god’s grace and the holy spirit that I got here today and it is by his strength and will that enables me to press on.

God bless America.

Mark Johnson, former South Lake Tahoe resident