(thehofellerfiles.com)
Round One 2019 - Common Cause v Lewis
GOP lawyers went to extreme lengths attempting to prevent The Hofeller Files from being authenticated and admitted into evidence. They failed.
Even after the authentication, the RNC and my father's former business partner, Dalton Lamar "Dale" Oldham, demanded that the files were, illegally obtained, improperly obtained, proprietary, covered by attorney-client privilege, and/or represented "trade secrets" of the firm, Geographic Strategies and the Republican National Committee.
In the summer of 2019, with the election and the census looming, motions by the GOP defendants included the suggestion that the external drives themselves should be destroyed...
(Keep in mind, that the actual computers containing the files, remained and still remain in the possession of Geographic Strategies, now Dale Oldham. Mr. Oldham relentlessly dodged subpoena after subpoena, and to this day has not responded to any subpoena, or turned over the original, "Hofeller Files").
The motion to destroy the files prompted me to begin aggressively distributing copies of the files to journalists, many of whom wrote informative exposes, but limited by liability issues, found themselves unable to publish the files, in their original state.
Frustrated, and plagued with a sense of urgency, I decided to publish the files myself. This proved to be as daunting a task as I predicted. Along with the sheer volume of the data, complications included my father's indelicate co-mingling of personal and professional files (a tactic often employed to evade discovery).
The task confounded several hosting companies, with my own Google Drive proving to be the only platform that could, even for a few days, handle the traffic.
Even the Google Drive, however, eventually succumbed to the pressure after six days. Fortunately, by then, we had several hosts mirroring the content, as well as parties making and seeding torrents.
My team for maintaining this site and for distributing my copy of The Hofeller Files is only I. Yes, kids, I am the only person helping me with this. So far, the only offer I've had to turn down is none. Offer to help me with anything, even checking links, or answering emails, or promoting anarchy or an end to government corruption. Make me an offer I can't refuse...which is any offer. You might be surprised how eager I am to accept it.
Since the earlier publication resulted in what I feel are disappointing results from the world of database managers, website administrators, special interest groups and universities, it is my hope to eventually try for another publication. I have no idea when I'll have time to do that.