April 17, 2025
I hired attorneys back in 2019 when I learned of the HHS and FBI investigation. There didn’t seem to be any mitigation or negotiation before the indictment. Then after the indictment we went through nearly two years of discovery. Finally in 2023 we received a reverse proffer and plea deal. But again, there was little negotiation to try and improve things on my behalf. I was about ready to sign it right before Christmas in 2023, but the loss numbers were still too high, and there was no guarantee of what sentence the prosecution would request. So at the last minute I decided not to accept the plea deal. My attorneys decided they could not represent me any longer, which was fine since I was nearly broke, and thus I went on to a Faretta hearing to proceed sui juris, or pro se.
Because I was now representing myself, I was forced to undergo a psych eval for competency. I did this spring 2024 with a psychologist I had seen for a couple years, and there were no psychological issues and no questions of my competency. But the government and the magistrate didn’t see it that way. My psych eval was basically ignored and they were forcing me to undergo another psych eval by a court selected psychologist. I challenged this on legal bases and constitutional grounds with filings and motions. Again, this was all ignored by the court. I made a grave error in not attending the scheduled psych evaluation, and instead relied on my case filings to challenge this. Although I thought I would have had the law on my side here, I guess this was a bad decision.
