Appeal of AG’s ruling took a radical turn yesterday: amicus reveals AG targeted others because he feared his unconstitutional scheme would be exposed.

Wed, June 22, 2022

For years, Bob Ferguson has been persecuting me w/ this litigation.

Everyone knows that. 

My case is on appeal and my attorney is Richard Sanders. His job is to represent me and to defend my rights.

Everyone knows that. 

But this case has huge implications for others.

And so far, there hasn’t been anything provided to the court and the public about that.

Until yesterday.

Filed in court on Tuesday was an amicus brief written and submitted by a group that defends individual rights, most especially the First Amendment. 

In it, they reveal for the first time that Ferguson was so fearful his unconstitutional scheme would be exposed that he bullied people who were defending their rights to withdraw from the case by threatening them with retribution if they didn’t.

You can read it here (click on the image to pull it up):

I hope you’ll read the whole thing, but check out this part:

In 2019, two Eyman supporters moved to intervene in the Superior Court. … As the intervening donors were actively participating in the litigation, they received an unsolicited “Settlement Offer” signed by Assistant Attorney General Eric Newman. See Exhibit 645. Without any citation to authority, Newman asserted for the first time that the Fair Campaign Practices Act (specifically, RCW 42.17A.780) would permit the State to seek attorneys’ fees from the intervenors, even though they were involved in the case only to assert their own constitutional rights … Newman stated that the State intended to seek those fees:

“Your clients may not yet be aware that the State intends to seek from your client all costs and fees incurred related to your clients’ intervention… Because your clients have aligned themselves with Eyman, your clients will be jointly and severally liable for most of the State’s fees and costs from the date of intervention going forward. By the time of trial that amount will certainly exceed $500,000. There can be no doubt that the State will prevail in this matter.” See Exhibit 645.

The State graciously offered to “waive” the costs and fees if intervenors dismissed their counterclaim against the State and withdrew from the matter.

The State made no attempt to hide its true purpose in making the “settlement offer.” It wanted to levy crippling financial sanctions against the intervening donors not because they broke any law, engaged in wrongful conduct, or harmed anyone, but simply because they “aligned themselves with Eyman.” This alignment — that is, this association — with Eyman was constitutionally protected.”

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This is why this appeal is so important.

It exposes Bob Ferguson’s bullying.

And it overturns his ridiculously unconstitutional attacks on the First Amendment.

Because if this precedent stands, then it’ll be used against others.

And I refuse to let that happen.

So I implore you to donate to my legal defense fund today:

Mail-in donation: Tim Eyman Legal Defense Fund, 500 106th Ave NE #709, Bellevue, WA, 98004
Or donate online:
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And now a message from Larry Jensen & Sid Maietto:

We’re asking folks to donate to our PAC so we can keep fighting for taxpayers with Jim Walsh’s initiative I-1491, the STOP ALL INCOME TAXES INITIATIVE. 

The taxpayers of Washington need our help now more than ever. Donate to our political committee so we can keep fighting for you:

Mail your check — made payable to “Permanent Offense I-1491” — to: Permanent Offense, PO Box 6151, Olympia, WA, 98507
Or donate online: PermanentOffense.com

Kindest Regards, 

Sid Maietto & Larry Jensen

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Thanks everyone.

Larry, Tim, & Sid

P.S. Please — I urge you to donate to my legal defense fund today:

Mail-in donation: Tim Eyman Legal Defense Fund, 500 106th Ave NE #709, Bellevue, WA, 98004
Or donate online:
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