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For decades, Jeff Weinhaus was a relentless activist and citizen journalist exposing police and government corruption in rural Missouri. Long before social media made “cop-watching” common, Jeff published underground newsletters, confronted officials at public meetings, and later used YouTube to document misconduct ignored by traditional media. His work made him a persistent thorn in the side of local law enforcement. In 2012, Jeff’s activism—and his life—reached a breaking point. After law enforcement seized his equipment, Jeff was summoned to a remote gas station under the promise that it would be returned. Within seconds of stepping out of his vehicle, he was shot four times by Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Henry Folsom. Police claimed Jeff drew a weapon. Jeff survived—and the recording device he was wearing told a different story, one corroborated by statements from FBI agents present at the scene. Despite this, Jeff was charged, convicted, and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Years later, deeply troubling facts came to light: Sgt. Folsom was fired shortly after Jeff’s trial for failing a mandatory drug test He concealed a PTSD diagnosis and psychiatric medication use, facts he denied under oath Internal investigations found him unfit for duty and prone to mistaking harmless objects for weapons None of this information was disclosed to Jeff’s defense team. Even more alarming, the Missouri Attorney General’s Office—then led by Josh Hawley—represented the state both in Jeff’s appeals and in Folsom’s wrongful termination lawsuit, despite the obvious conflict of interest. Since then: Another conviction involving Sgt. Folsom has been overturned due to fabricated evidence Under oath, Folsom testified that he was pressured by superiors to proceed with the encounter that led to Jeff’s shooting Jeff has endured retaliation, violence, and abuse while incarcerated for continuing to pursue the truth This case is overflowing with documented misconduct, suppressed evidence, and institutional failure, yet it has been largely ignored by mainstream media. It raises a haunting question: Was Jeff Weinhaus a dangerous agitator — or a whistleblower silenced for exposing corruption? This is the story of two men on a collision course: one willing to die for freedom, and another willing to kill for it. What We Are Demanding We call on the State of Missouri and appropriate federal authorities to: Immediately reopen and independently review the conviction of Jeff Weinhaus Release all suppressed, sealed, or undisclosed evidence related to Sgt. Henry Folsom Investigate prosecutorial misconduct and conflicts of interest in Jeff’s case Grant Jeff Weinhaus a new trial or immediate relief based on Brady violations and newly revealed evidence Ensure Jeff’s safety and protection from retaliation while incarcerated Why This Matters If evidence can be hidden, witnesses discredited, and whistleblowers imprisoned to protect those in power, no citizen is safe. Justice delayed is justice denied—but justice exposed can still be justice restored. Please sign and share this petition. Help bring national attention to the case of Justice for Jeff Weinhaus: Reopen the Case and Expose Suppressed Evidence and demand accountability, transparency, and justice—before this story is erased forever. For decades, Missouri activist and citizen journalist Jeff Weinhaus exposed police and government corruption in the Ozarks. In 2012, he was shot four times by a Missouri State Highway Patrol sergeant during a staged encounter. Despite audio evidence and federal agent statements contradicting police claims, Jeff was convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Critical evidence about the officer’s misconduct and psychological unfitness was withheld from the defense. We are calling for an independent review, full disclosure of suppressed evidence, and justice for Jeff Weinhaus. The receipts are public. Source documents, evidence, and the link to the documentary can be found here: bit.ly/m/JusticeForBulletinm… Sign the petition: change.org/p/justice-for-bul…

In a crushing blow to the fundamental right of dissent, the Idaho Supreme Court has upheld a staggering $52.5 million judgment against Diego Rodriguez, Ammon Bundy, and the People’s Rights Network. ​By side-lining the principles of free thought and expression, the court has effectively green-lit the financial ruin of those who dare to challenge powerful institutions. This decision sets a dangerous precedent where criticizing a massive health system can result in total economic liquidation. By ruling in favor of St. Luke’s Health System, the legal machinery has effectively protected the institutional status quo from the scrutiny of the public. Image: How a missed appointment led Idaho police to take 10-month-old from mom — and arrest Bundy idahostatesman.com/news/loca…

Freedom Of The Press. The Costs Are High. – • Journalism (TRUTH) Needs Defense – Be The Media – ‘James Madison wrote, “without popular information, or the means of acquiring it is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or perhaps both.” It is up to all of us to ensure that this prologue is never written, and to fight the true enemy of the people: attacks on truth itself.’ The Founding Fathers understood the importance of journalism. Thomas Jefferson hoped for a republic “governed by reason and truth,” brought about by “the freedom of the press.” Because the press is “the first to be shut up by those who fear the investigation of their actions,” he reasoned, it needs our protection. Photo: "FREEDOM" Gregory Whalen with Carol Bundy and Jeanette Finicum Bundy Ranch LaVoy Finicum's Stand For Freedom #LibertyRising

Ammon's allegiance is to the One who said, "My kingdom is not of this world." That's difficult to understand for people who've placed their faith in political saviors. Ezra Taft Benson once said, "When a man stands for freedom, he stands for God. As long as he stands for freedom, he stands with God. And were he to stand alone, he would still stand with God." (From Bryan Hyde) Ammon Bundy Is All Alone The anti-government militia leader can’t make sense of his allies’ support for ICE violence. By Jacob Stern from TheAtlantic.com "...In November, Bundy self-published a long essay titled “The Stranger,” in which he labeled the Trump administration’s treatment of undocumented immigrants a “moral failure.” “To call such people criminals for lacking official permission” to be in the country, he wrote, “is to forget the moral law of God, the historical truth of our own founding, and the Constitutional ideals that continue to define justice.” On a recent livestream following the killing of Renee Good in Minnesota, Bundy told his audience that ICE’s conduct “clearly looks like tyranny.” If the government threatened his family, he said, he would fight back by whatever means necessary. I spoke with Bundy a few hours after federal immigration agents shot and killed Alex Pretti. “It’s sickening to me,” he told me over the phone, “just to see the parallels of history repeating itself.” (In his November essay, he had compared the administration’s treatment of immigrants to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.) He added, “When it comes to the more humanitarian side of it, I think the left has it much more correct than the nationalist right...” theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0… Image: Mia DeLode, Artist

From: Roger Roots, esq. Attorney at Law 113 Lake Drive East, Livingston, MT 59047 (775) 764-9347 To Mr. Matthew C. Becker Franklin County Prosecuting Atty franklinmo.org 15 S Church St, Union, MO 63084 (636) 583-6370 Appeal for Justice Dear Mr. Becker: My name is Roger Roots, and I am a civil rights attorney and libertarian activist. I write this letter regarding a profound miscarriage of justice that resulted in Mr. Weinhaus’ current thirty-year prison sentence. Franklin County residents are familiar with the basic outline of Mr. Weinhaus’ tragic episode on September 11, 2012. On that date Mr. Weinhaus arrived at a Missouri gas station where he had been summoned by State Troopers to collect his previously seized computer. Weinhaus was shot four times and nearly killed by a trooper who later testified that Weinhaus attempted to assault him. Today Mr. Weinhaus remains incarcerated, serving a 30-year prison sentence despite overwhelming evidence that he was wrongly convicted. Weinhaus was a prominent local colorful writer, curmudgeon and investigative reporter in east central Missouri throughout the 1990s and 2000s. In 2000, Weinhaus ran for Sheriff in St. Francois County. After an election marred by irregularities, Weinhaus served 30 days in the county jail for contempt of court and was released on the condition that he moved out of the state. In 2003, Winehouse moved to Wayne County, Missouri under a special use permit granted by the United States Forest Service to manage Markham Springs recreational area. Weinhaus’ “Bulletinman” newsletter was a popular local institution, and Weinhaus became known as “the Bulletinman.” He ran for public office several times and was featured on the front cover of the Daily Journal forty times. In May, 2006, Weinhaus was arrested for trespassing at an open gas station. While passing out his bulletin on May 11, he was once again held in contempt and was committed to the mental hospital in Farmington for quoting Bible verses. The USFS pulled the permit and authorities told his wife, Valerie, that they would take their three children if she did not file for divorce. They paid for her lawyer and the couple were divorced. By 2012 Weinhaus was something of a local celebrity. Weinhaus’ Bulletin broke many important news stories, sparked several civil and criminal cases involving government corruption, and led to several local politicians to be arrested. While Weinhaus was considered a hero to many; he was a target for others. In 2001 Weinhaus was held in contempt of court for hosting large festivals without permit. In 2006 Weinhaus was arrested for walking across railroad tracks. After the Bulletin wrote about local judges, Weinhaus was ordered to undergo a mental examination (because Weinhaus quoted scripture during an ambulance ride). Weinhaus moved to Franklin County in 2009. Weinhaus expanded his investigative journalism to YouTube and developed a large online presence. Weinhaus broke several stories of local injustice and wrongful prosecutions. Weinhaus’ Bulletin had over 50 advertisers and was widely read across the region. In 2012, Weinhaus filed to be a candidate for County Coroner. As part of his campaign, Weinhaus took out ads in the Cuba Free press and the Sullivan Independent looking for victims of overzealous law enforcement. He received over a hundred responses. On August 17th, 2012, Weinhaus posted an over-the-top video, demanding that the corrupt powers that be resign or come in line with the Constitution by September 17, constitution Day, or they would be subject to removal by any means necessary. On August 22, Weinhaus’ Home office was visited by the troopers who would later shoot him. Three weeks later, trooper Folsom took four hours to obtain a search warrant claiming he smelled marijuana as probable cause. Trooper B later admitted in deposition that he did not smell any marijuana. The Troopers executed the search warrant at Weinhaus’ residence in early September, 2012. This was immediately before Weinhaus’ scheduled release of the next Bulletin—which was billed as a release of new information of corruption by Missouri officials. The two troopers seized Weinhaus’ computers and cameras used to produce the Bulletinman newspaper which prevented Weinhaus from publishing the much-anticipated issue. On September 11th, 2012, Weinhaus was shot twice in the head and twice in the chest Trooper Folsom of the Missouri Highway Patrol. Troopers had lured Weinhaus to a gas station parking lot under the pretense that the Troopers would return Weinhaus’ computer and computer equipment. As Trooper Folsom approached Weinhaus’ vehicle, Folsom asked why Weinhaus was wearing a firearm in his holster. (Weinhaus was well known for wearing his holstered gun wherever he went in public.) When Weinhaus responded: “Why are you wearing your gun,” the Trooper opened fire at near point-blank range, in what all witnesses regarded as a perhaps-calculated act of lethal force. Everyone who saw the shooting believed that Weinhaus was dead at the scene. After a miraculous recovery, Weinhaus was charged with first degree assault on the troopers who had assaulted him. Newly discovered evidence now reveals that Weinhaus’ trial was colored with false testimony. Trooper A (Henry Folsom) claimed he told Weinhaus to remove his hand from the gun. The claim was contradicted by statements and recordings of five eyewitnesses including two FBI agents. The agents never saw Weinhaus attempt to draw as trooper Folsom alleged. Most significantly, Trooper Folsom had testified at Weinhaus’ trial that he was mentally healthy, in good standing, and not under the influence of any drugs. We now know that Folsom had actually been suspended from duty, had been previously diagnosed with severe PTSD, and was under the influence of mind-altering medication at the time of the shooting. On September 11th, 2019, the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that the firing of Trooper Folsom was justified. The Franklin County prosecutor withheld the facts that Trooper Folsom had failed a drug test and had been diagnosed with PTSD at the time of the Weinhaus shooting, since Folsom shot and killed another civilian. With these new startling revelations, a petition for habeas corpus was filed on behalf of Weinhaus in St. Francois County in 2020. It was denied without reason or hearing. The Appeals Court did the same as the local court in October, 2024. An additional petition was filed by Sean O'Brien, who has secured the release of 44 victims of the Missouri Court system. O’Brien’s petition was also denied without reason or hearing by the Missouri Supreme Court on Christmas Eve of 2024. Over a dozen judges have denied Weinhaus due process and have allowed the powers that be let this grave injustice stand. Summary of Constitutional Violations and Legal Infirmities Mr. Weinhaus’ conviction was secured despite numerous, well-documented legal infirmities. Among other things there was plainly false testimony by key witnesses and withholding of material exculpatory evidence. The case against Weinhaus turned on the testimony of Sgt. Folsom, a witness whose reliability was demonstrably compromised, and by concealment of the critical exculpatory evidence described above. Most significantly, Sgt. Folsom concealed his previous diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for which he was medicated at the time of the Weinhaus shooting. Folsom and the prosecution also concealed the fact that Folsom was actively under investigation for "departing from the truth" at the time of the incident. Folsom also had failed recent Fitness-for-Duty Evaluations: specifically, he failed three (3) Fitness-for-Duty Examinations, an official finding that demonstrates the State's knowledge of his unfitness. All of these exculpatory facts were withheld from Weinhaus, Weinhaus’ counsel, and the jury. This was a plain violation of settled precedent, including Napue v. Illinois and Brady v. Maryland. Sgt. Folsom's testimony was directly contradicted by the accounts of five eyewitnesses, two of whom were FBI agents. Audio and video evidence further corroborates that Weinhaus was merely praying and praising God enroute to lawfully retrieve his property. Illegal Search and Seizure (Fourth Amendment Violation) The chain of events leading to Weinhaus’ arrest and conviction involved the execution of an unlawful search warrant. The warrant was obtained under the false pretext of marijuana detection, a claim directly contradicted by Sgt. Folsom's own partner. The warrant's execution was in violation of RSMo § 43.200, as it was executed without ensuring the presence of a Franklin County Sheriff. Denial of Due Process and Systemic Failure Six different courts, including the Missouri Supreme Court, dismissed Weinhaus’ post-conviction petitions without explanation or an evidentiary hearing, constituting a persistent denial of due process. The Missouri Courts are actively impeding the search for truth by deliberately denying an essential evidentiary hearing and hampering discovery by concealing critical facts through sealed documents. Potential Monell Liability: The agency, by acting with deliberate indifference to the known consequences of retaining and relying on an officer with a documented history of dishonesty and instability, facilitated the unreliable testimony and resulted in a false conviction (Canton v. Harris, 1989). Call to Action As of January 1, 2026, Weinhaus has been incarcerated for13 years. That is 4,810 days in prison for a crime where no one was harmed. This is a manifest injustice when contrasted with significantly lesser sentences accepted in cases involving death and serious injury. Mr. Becker, you possess the authority to initiate the correction of what is arguably one of the most egregious miscarriages of justice in Missouri's history. I urge you to use your power to review the definitive Brady and Napue violations, the procurement of the fraudulent search warrant, and the documented unreliability of the key State witness, Sgt. Folsom. I am not asking for mercy; I am asking for the rule of law to be upheld. Justice demands that this case be returned to court for a full and fair evidentiary hearing, and the conviction be vacated for a new trial as empowered by RSMo § 547.031 and due to the statute of limitations set forth in RSMo § 516.120. I implore you, Mr. Becker, to do the right thing and address the wrongful conviction of Jeff Weinhaus. The purpose of government is to protect our God-given rights. When it fails to do so, it fails its chief purpose. Mr. Weinhaus has been denied due process for far too long. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you so much, /s/ Roger Isaac Roots, esq. More On This Case At: yearofjubile.com/jeffrey “He that justifies the wicked and condemns the just, both are an abomination to the Lord.” (Proverbs 17:15). youtu.be/zm9u8gq7vRg?si=JpSK…