Did Nicole Brown Asm Dem Gen Counsel Play Direct Role of False Felony Complaint Against FightBackBetter Editor? NO TO LAWFARE!
OPEN COMMUNICATION TO NICOLE BROWN AND NJ ASM LD 19-D CRAIG COUGHLIN:
This editor calls for an investigation of any involvement in filing the false complaint of Nicole Brown, related to a media statement by Roy Freiman alluding to involvement in the initiation of the false accusation of “Assembly Democratic General Counsel Nicole Brown, who told him that because Witanek was offering him something in exchange for action on legislation, he should create a public record. ” Politico
Roy Freiman has identified Brown in a news report filed in Matt Friedman’s “Play Book” report at Politico.
Nicole Brown was appointed to the coveted consul slot by NJ Assembly member and speaker Craig Coughlin NJ LD 19 – D in 2021.
The reference to Brown by Freiman and quoted by Friedman does not prove direct Nicole Brown involvement in the false allegation of a felony proffered against me by Roy Freiman. It is possible that Brown only intended that Freiman create some kind of record – not that he make a false felony complaint. If that is the only thing NIcole Brown stated, nothing wrong with saying only that. But from my reading of the report it seems that Freiman is trying to suggest he had tacit approval by and help from Brown to file his false accusation.
It is total hearsay – from what Freiman said, Brown said, as reported by Friedman and now further analyzed by FightBackBetter. But it does beg some follow up questions.
The questions Ms. Brown should answer:
- Did you know that Freiman was considering making a felony complaint of bribery?
- Did you help come up with the idea of a felony complaint of bribery?
- Did you advise Freiman that it is ok and appropriate to make a false felony complaint of bribery in order to document the occurrence?
- Did you say that was a good way and did you offer other alternatives that do not involve falsely accusing someone of a felony?
- Do you believe it is ethical to bring legal harm to a constituent with a complaint to police of felonious activity solely to document an occurrence?
- Do you believe that leveraging voter sentiment should be considered bribery?
- Did you discuss this matter with any other Assembly members including Mitchelle Drulis and Craig Coughlin? Any others?
- Are you willing to proffer that argument and make that argument against my protected free speech participation that it was “bribery” per the false complaint by your client in this matter, Roy Freiman?
- Did you give Freiman any tacit approval that it would be acceptable behavior to make a police complaint of bribery, which you are aware is felony in NJ, against me over the event of March 14?
- Did you assist in writing the false Freiman complaint against me or otherwise crafting the strategy for Freiman?
- Were any other outside attorneys involved in developing the idea of accusing me of a felony that Roy Freiman mentioned consulting with when he met or discussed this with you?
- Are you currently working with the OAG to make this case and did you in any way guide the false accusation from Montgomery to Somerset and then to the OAG?
I am guessing like every other communication that I have sent to the NJ Assembly and NJ Senate in the past 14 months, these questions will be ignored yet I will do what I can to find out all of the players who made this illegal move of falsely accusing me of bribery against me. Hopefully Nicole Brown did not help motivate this harmful legal assault on my innocent self and perhaps she can even help Freiman to get him out of the mess he created.
Giving bad legal advice is not illegal. I am not accusing Mr. Brown of illegal action. I do not even know what she did except for the vague reference in the Politico aricle. Her involvement is interesting to me though as the victim of a false felony accusation filed against me by Freiman. If Brown directly advised that action by Freiman I suggest she is a bad attorney and should be fired. Try telling that to her employer, the Democratic Party Assembly, which is united against free speech anyway in its support for IHRA. Not a good look though for any future career building if we ever remove corruption from NJ’s power structures. My suggestion is that it is not helpful to be known as an attorney who helped a politician file a false felony complaint against a constituent.
Lawfare is the practice of attorneys who try to twist laws into false criminal accusations against political opponents. It might be in demand – even at NJ Assembly Democrats – but I would not advise for you to advertise it on your resume. It is probably a lucrative field of expertise and some can probably sleep at night doing it I guess.
If all Brown did was suggest to Freiman that he make some sort of on the record response – without any specifics and if they did not discuss the idea of filing the false complaint – that in itself is probably sound legal advice. But if she knew about Freiman’s plan to file the false accusation and did NOT recommend against it then I stick to it. In that case Nicole Brown is a very bad attorney from a free speech perspective. It is probably though exactly what the NJ Democratic Assembly organization wants as it is predominantly in support for ending free speech in NJ through the IHRA laws it proposes.
I am hoping that Ms. Brown has a chance to clarify the conversations she had with Roy Freiman. They could say attorney client privelege but she should be able to say whether she agrees with the idea of me being hit with felony charges over this. She should be able to come clear as to whether the implication by Freiman that she had something to do with filing false charges against me is true or not. Either way ideally Ms. Brown should at this point be able to articulate a legal position – perhaps not liking this article but also stating that it is preposterous that the OAG is considering bringing bribery charges upon me for protected free speech activity – and exercising my right to vote, to vote for candidate of my choice, to inform other candidates why I am running and under what condition I might reconsider, to criticize their support for actions against our communities (IHRA fascist laws they support), the right to petition for redress of grievances, to be the candidate of my choice – all of it protected.
It is possible though that Ms. Brown is gung ho for whatever Freiman, Montgomery, Somerset and OAG are up to. I am only in conjecture mode on this.
Creative lawfare crafted to prevent the exercise of speech that your political faction opposes is the art of the fascist supporting attorney. Please Ms. Brown, do not practice it.
The purpose of this article is not to accuse as admittedly all we have is Freiman’s quote that might suggest Atty Brown’s approval of his false accusation. It is possible Ncole Brown is a truly great attorney and in that case she can figure out how to de-escalate this legal harm to me while doing best to control any fall out from the bad decisions of Freiman. If that is the case I would say she is a keeper.
