Brett Kimberlin’s Heiress Aunt Helping Fund His Tax-Exempt Harassment

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Convicted felon Brett Kimberlin is the nephew of a wealthy Maryland woman who has contributed to a foundation that helped fund a 501(c)3 organization of which Kimberlin is the director. Kimberlin’s activities have recently attracted widespread attention because of his attempts to intimidate and harass bloggers who wrote about his criminal history.

Harriet Crosby, 66, reportedly an heiress to the General Mills fortune, was one of the original donors to the Threshold Foundation, which contributed $20,000 to Kimberlin’s Justice Through Music Project in 2008, according to database research I reported May 19.

The Threshold Foundation was started by a group of wealthy devotees of environmentalism and trancendental meditation. The foundation’s “very liberal” view, researcher Ron Arnold has written, “saw American society as rife with injustice and in need of radical transformation.” Threshold has been affiliated with the Tides Foundation, linked to left-wing billionaire George Soros.

A 2009 profile of Crosby in the alumni magazine of the elite Putney School — a private academy in Vermont, where the annual tuition is $46,900 for boarding students — described her as “active” in the tax-exempt non-profit group Velvet Revolution, which Kimberlin helped start in association with liberal blogger Brad Friedman.

Velvet Revolution gained notoriety by making unsubstantiated claims that Republicans stole the 2004 presidential election through vote fraud. A 2007 Time magazine profile of Kimberlin described how he “found a home in the blogosphere” by “repeatedly asserting as fact things that are not true.” At one point, Kimberlin offered a $100,000 reward for proof of his assertion that President George W. Bush’s re-election was obtained through vote fraud, a reward that was never paid. Velvet Revolution has also unsuccessfully sought criminal prosecution of various public figures including GOP strategist Karl Rove, the head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the late New Media entrepreneur Andrew Breitbart.

The connection between Kimberlin and Crosby — verified by a 2009 article in the Montgomery County (Md.) Gazette — was reported today by Tee Zieldors, who credits independent blogger Seth Allen (whose Twitter account is @Preposterocity) for the tip. 

It was Allen’s writings about Kimberlin that resulted in him being the defendant in a lawsuit brought by Kimberlin. Allen’s lawyer, Aaron Worthing, subsequently drew attention to his own experiences with Kimberlin in a 28,000-word account on May 17.

Kimberlin is scheduled to appear in a Maryland court Tuesday for a hearing about a “peace order” he has sought against Walker.

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The National Bloggers Club has created KimberlinFiles.org to help call attention to the Kimberlin case and, as the non-profit goup’s president Ali Akbar says, to enable “supporters to make financial donations to a relief fund as a show of support.”

– Robert Stacy McCain, Whereabouts Unknown

UPDATE: Linked by Legal Insurrection, Da Tech Guy, The Camp of the Saints, Little Miss Attila, That Innocuous Girl and Daley Gator — thanks! — and welcome, Instapundit readers!

THE KIMBERLIN FILES:


161 comments

  1. I’ve got volunteer licensed CPA’s who are just waiting for a 3rd party to step up to publicize the findings as well as remove me from the mix. I cannot have so much as a fingerprint on the data, only provide access to the people who possess the data to the 3rd party who will release the findings. That 3rd party is what is stopping me. I can read a selection of the records via online access but have agreed to not print them nor provide my access to another. Only the folks who have the data itself will pass it directly to the 3rd party, maintaining a provenance that excludes me. So, we are at a tipping point, awaiting someone with credibility and a large enough presence to make the report.

  2.  Far fetched?  It may or may not be true, but its entirely consistent with the behavior of Kimberlin’s allies.  Far fetched, its not.

  3. “Allen’s lawyer, Aaron Worthing, subsequently drew attention to his own experiences with Kimberlin in a 28,000-word account on May 17.”

    I think this is incorrect in that Aaron did speak to Allen about some legal issues involving Kimberlin’s attempt to take advantage of Allen’s unsophistication through obtaining a ridiculous default judgment against him.  But I don’t think what Aaron has described of his contacts with Allen consisted of a formal attorney client relationship. 

  4. Because the call wasn’t reported as being to RSM’s wife you twit! I doubt you’ve read more than a smidgen of the story!

  8. I don’t now how anybody believes anyting ERickson says after he made up stuff about knowning stuff about Nikki Haley’s accuser and then he didn’t.   The guy loves the limelight and putting himself into a story, this is an easy one for people to put themselves into if they want to do that. 

  9. Look, I thinkn some of these conservative bloggers think they are superheroes and more important than they are.  This story reeks of it. 

  10. Adobe,
    I appreciate the thoughtful repsonse, but I’m positive I read somewhere that RSM’s wife received a call at work and that’s why he decided to leave his house in Hagerstown. 

  11. Yup.  A creepy concern troll.  And it didn’t even follow my constructive criticism about the aggressive interview approach.  Just more attempted obfuscation.

    I’d say “nice try”, but it’s not — it’s a very lame one.

  12. Type your comment here. May 19, 2012David Elliot ChippsWilkes-Barre, Pa.Senator Patrick LeahyUnited States SenateChairman, Senate Judiciary Committee224 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510Leahy,Recently it has come to my attention that Federal District Court District Judge Malachy Mannion has been nominated by President Barack Obama for the position of Federal District Court Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.This letter concerns that nomination and I would ask you to consider this information as affadavitized testimony in that regard.I include herein two copyrighted publications concerning Mannion that have been in circulation among 3,400 media and third parties for almost two years. Both publications state clearly, emphatically, that Federal District Court District Judge Mannion is and has been involved in the use of stark and blatant criminal official oppression and provides some evidentiary basis for this fact. These exact same factual statements are also found in federal District Court Briefs that are on file in the Middle District Court of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia [ Supplemental Brief of the Appellant, Third Circuit, No. 98-7456, filed in April, 2000 ].To be quite explicit about it since 1987 – almost the entire length of Mannions career – I have been publishing that Mannion has been involved in criminal actions that amount to ‘criminal’ official oppression; ‘criminal conspiracy’; ‘criminal obstruction of justice’; and, the ‘criminal’ violation of federal court precedent established to protect the legal and civil rights of individuals. In fact Mannion’s entire federal career would be more perfectly described as the “epitomy of ultra vire”.If the United States Senate Judiciary Committee affirms Mannion’s nomination for the position of Federal District Court Judge you will be, in essence, affirming Mannion’s practice of criminal activity and continuing in the ultra vire court that operates in the Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, and, in the panels of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.The sole reason that Mannion exists in ultra vire in this federal court system is due to the fact that this government – to include the Attorney General and this very Senate Judiciary Committee – has, in the past, deliberately failed to indict Mannion, and, has been covering-up his criminal activity for political reasons.Let me be more specific.Almost one year after I first began publishing information about the criminal actions of Mannion and in the federal Middle District Court, in 1987, the Times Leader newspaper published this account of my efforts:[ Dec. 11, 1988 ] ‘What other options are left for David Chipps?Well, for one, in addition to his still-pending appeals to the Supreme Court, a reviewby the Senate Judiciary Committee is a possibility.”It’s gotten to the point now where I’m accusing federal judges of clearly actingunconstitutionally,” Chipps says. “If I were a member of the Senate Committeeand heard that, I’d want to launch an inquiry.” ‘And, in fact, I had indeed formally requested that the Senate Judiciary Committee conduct an inquiry into this very matter. Not long after, in January, 1989, United States Senator Joseph Biden – then Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee – informed me that the Judiciary Committee would not conduct any inquiry into this matter. That failure to act – and, in my opinion, Biden was covering-up criminal activity in this matter – allowed Mannion and this ultra vire court to continue this criminal activity and official oppression to the present day…almost 23 years now. As well my approaching the US Senate Judiciary Committee was prefectly appropriate in that the Judiciary Committee was and is the only legal entity with the legal authority to remove federal jurists acting in ultra vire.In 1986 Mannion and Federal District Court Judge William Nealon were acting concurrently in exercising criminal obstruction. Mannion would repeat this criminal obstruction ten years later, in 1998, with Federal District Court Judge Robert Cindrich even more blatantly. All toll I count 14 federal jurists in the Middle And Western Districts of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals who are hiding behind judicial immunity while either committing criminal acts or sustaining them in ultra vire (to include Federal District Court Judges William Nealon, Robert Cindrich and Yvette Kane and Third Circuit Court Judges Dolores K. Sloviter, Collins J. Seitz and Carol Los Mansmann), and, a cloak of immunity that I am certain Mannion is looking forward to hiding behind to absolve him of criminal actions in the future.Let there be no doubt that I have no illusions about what the filth in this government is capable of, however, this is how I will view the affirmation of Mannion to the federal bench.Mannions affirmation to me would mean the opportuniy to publish even more information about his criminal activity and those government officials who are aware of this activity and directly responsible for it (to include the present members of the Judiciary Committee). Mannions affirmation would mean the immediate release of some very sensitive information. It seems that at some point in time a juror, or jurors, are going to have the opportunity to refuse to serve on a jury in a courtroom in which Mannion presides because of his criminal activity. I will, among other things, also provide both plaintiffs and defendants with substantive information about Manions criminal conduct, and, provide substantive material testimony of this same conduct in legal actions over which Mannion presides and in which the government is defendant.My whole point is that Mannions affirmation will provide me with perfect opportunities to continue to initiate sustained, substantial direct action on an even higher level. I assure that I will avail myself of those opportunities.Finally, in 1987, after having made a public appeal to the Senate Judiciary Committee to take action, I continued to provide information to the Judiciary Committee and its members of the criminal activity ongoing in the Federal District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Biden was not the only Judiciary Committee member whom I continued to provide a wealth of published information to about this matter. US Senator Orrin Hatch, currently still serving on the Judiciary Committee, was also on my mailing list. For almost ten years after my initial appeal both Biden and Hatch routinely received the published documents in this matter. And, despite the fact that neither Biden or Hatch had anything further to say in those ten years about the criminal activity I was describing it was in fact Hatch who, in 1997, contacted the FBI about the “Nealon letter” that led to my arrest. “Allegedly” Hatch was concerned that the rhetoric in the Nealon letter contained a “threat”, although, in my opinion, Hatch was merely a front man in a black bag scheme by this government to retaliate and attack my credibility because of what I had been publishing.I today regard both Biden and Hatch to be perfect examples of the duplicitous filth in this government who are either covering-up this criminal official oppression, or, who are involved in it while publicly mimicking their committment to law and order. _______________________________________David E. ChippsCC: “The Perfect Choice”the “Mannion” prthe Times Leader articleJudiciary Committee membersWashington PostWashington TimesThe Boston GlobeThe New York Times media leahy letter

  13. My theory is that some liberals see them talking about the Swatting thing and are just messing with them b/c RSM and Erickson probably inclined to believe it’s Kimberlin or Kimberlin allies.

  18. Ok, so you are conceding that I’m right about RSM claiming a stranger called his wife at work, or are you guys saying that didn’t happen.   It’s tough confirming anything on this story and I got a deadline guys. 

  19.  If he’d tie himself to a piece of shit like Kimberlin, even going to the extent of funding him and Kimberlin himself wanted to target RSM, then yes, I think Soros would go along with him. Shutting down a persistent and vocal opponent might tend to have a chilling effect and discourage others from speaking out too forcefully. And make no mistake, RSM is very well known in blogging circles.

  22. Dude, I’m not saying I’m right, this is just a gut feeling thing, my BS radar has being going off like crazy when I read stuff about this story.  I’m asking questions so I can get  a better feel if it’s true or not. 

  23. You know he doesn’t have to volunteer that information to you — there’s no reason why you (or anyone else) would need to know the specifics of what was said.

    You either believe him or you don’t — end of story.

  24. I’m a loser with no life who I think is one of the few that displays a healthy skepticism.   How do you really trust some dude who asks for you to give him money?  I’m pretty sure his donations are up big time this week b/c of this story. 

  27. Of course Mr. MCCain doesn’t have to give out the specifics of what was said to his wife, but by choosing not to do that,  he is not really providing the information that we need to judge the seriousness of this situation.  We have to believe Mr. McCain is judgig the seriousness of it accurately.   I think that I’m asking for information that Mr. McCain would ask for if this wasn’t about him. 

  28. Don’t forget the transcendental meditation…that’s a nice touch right there.
    Can’t get to the really real without it…long line of healin’ folks obviously…makes them more in touch with the metaphysical spiritual psychic plane that is “charitable giving”.

  29. But can you hang upside down and type (with reasonable grammatical accuracy)?

    Because then you’d really impress the hell out of me.

  30.  You are playing a very nasty game – you’re trying to force the notion that RSM is taking liberties with the truth. The only one doing so here is you.

    I take leave to tell you that your behavior belongs nowhere respectable people gather.

  33. Dianna,

    Do you believe that conservative bloggers never lie or exxagerate stuff?  Do you think it’s possible the phone call wasn’t related to Kimmerlin but RSM thought so b/c he was inclined to think he may get some hostile calls?  I don’t know this guy,  I’m sure he’s the bees knees and an outstanding citizen but he could be full of crap.  REmember ERick ERickson said he knew something about Nikki Haley’s accuser and then he didn’t?   I think its a bad idea to believe some of these bloggers at face value.   There seems something off with this story. 

  35. Dianne,

    I read it as RSM’s wife received the call while at work.  Now what was said to her employer?  I am interested in the specifics of what the stranger said, I think thats key here.

  36. I’m skeptical Erickson was swatted, and if he was, it probalby was just by some liberals having fun with him b/c they heard him talking about Kimmerlin and swatting.  It’s necessarily people associated with Kimmerlin.  Erickson has a hsitory of chasing the limelight and trying to place himself in stories, so he can’t blame people for a trust but verifty approach. 

  37. Stupid douchebag troll Tesla – if you were a reporter, you would know that not one person in this comment section could even begin to “confirm” any aspect of RSM’s reporting of the call by convicted domestic terrorist and felon Brett Kimberlin to RSM’s wife’s workplace.

    You are not a reporter. 

  38. I’m not that type of reporter.  All I said is I’m writing a story about it and I have a deadline.   That doesn’t mean I work for Washington Times or NBC or whatever.

  39.  You’re no type of reporter at all. You’re a liar and a rumormonger, determined to muddy the waters.  You have lied, and I’m sure you think you’ve been very clever, but it’s plain what you are doing, with those nasty little “I’m sure I read somewhere” while inserting a lie into the narrative.

    I really, really don’t like your behavior.

  40. It is time.  Too bad this man thinks he can push folks in the corner. I am glad you are standing tall and pushing back. Be safe!

  43.  Erickson doesn’t have a history of lying outright. Unlike say, Brett Kimberlin, who was CONVICTED of perjury. But hey, why should we let facts blinker us when ideology is so much neater a divide.

    Troll. Pathetic. Diversity of thought in action. As long as it’s the thoughts promoted by some occu-thug rapists’ drum.

  45. I think it’s time to clean the petri dish’s this experiment has obviously been cross contaminated.

  46. There’s a second foundation on the donor list that’s also run by Brent Kimberlin’s aunt. That’s the Farview Foundation, Harriett Crosby, President, St. Paul, Minnesota 55164. It looks like Farview contributed the initial $9,000 in startup money in 2005, followed by $10,000 in 2006.

  49. Dianna, don’t waste your time with this clown. Every thread he appears on, he makes it all about himself. That way lies madness.

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