JAG Convicts former FEMA Boss Brock Long, Part I ~ July 7, 2023

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By: Michale Baxter

(Due to the length of this article, I am dividing it into three pieces. I will publish part II tonight and part III tomorrow)

The U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps and Office of Military Commissions on Wednesday convicted and sentenced to death former FEMA boss Brock Long following a tumultuous tribunal that saw the FEMA ghoul try to distance himself from the agency’s malfeasance by feigning ignorance.

In an opening statement, Vice Adm. Darse E. Crandall told the three female panelists chosen to weigh JAG’s case that FEMA, under Long’s leadership, was a lawless entity that carried out acts of domestic terror against law-abiding citizens, as preparatory stress tests and training exercises for a Deep State declaration of Martial Law.

Long, who was appointed by President Trump and served as FEMA’s top dog between June 23, 2017 – March 8, 2019, spoke for himself, insisting he had faithfully and lawfully performed his duties per the tenets of the U.S. Constitution. He called JAG’s allegations specious and said that fantastical stories of FEMA bogeymen murdering the innocent existed long before he led the agency. Those tales, Long said, were concocted by delusional, conspiratorial 4Chan believers.

“I guess we’ll see,” the admiral said. “Not that I expect you to tell the truth, but I remind you, you have been sworn in and are under oath.”

The admiral’s assistant wheeled a dolly loaded with cardboard boxes into the courtroom. The admiral placed one box each on the defense and panelist table.

“Care to guess what’s in here?” the admiral asked long.

Long grimaced. “Trump’s classified documents.”

“It’s good you have a sense of humor. You might need it in the coming days,” the admiral said, unamused.

The assistant removed stacks of paper from the boxes and set them on the tables.

“Detainee Long, are you familiar with what the Federal Emergency Management Agency calls red and blue lists?” Adm. Crandall asked.

“I’m sure I have no idea what you’re talking about,” Long replied.

“Well, then, allow me to help refresh your memory,” Adm. Crandall said. “When General Berger’s forces captured Mount Weather, FEMA’s private underworld, they retrieved information dating back to the early 70s, including this.” He tapped his finger against the ream of paper on the defense table. “A report you authorized and initialed on November 7, 2018.”

The lists contained names, addresses, and occupations of over 1,000,000 citizens FEMA had labeled “subversive” and “potential insurrectionists.” The names were not of criminals or known terrorists. They were ordinary people who led average lives and held average jobs. They were mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, and aunts and uncles. They were plumbers, electricians, factory and dock workers, and automotive mechanics—a vast sampling of white-and blue-collar folk whose only crimes, if any, were isolated DUIs and parking infractions. They were the average everyday person that any other person might meet on the street. What defined the lists was how likely, in FEMA’s estimation, a person was to rebel against Deep State politicians, with “red listers” deserving the highest level of scrutiny.

Adm. Crandall read aloud a random name from the list. “What would merit the inclusion of an 85-year-old retired postal worker?” he asked.

“I wouldn’t know. I was never at High Point (another name for Mt. Weather). I don’t know squat about your lists; for all I know, you could’ve fabricated them yourself,” Long argued.

The admiral noted that Long’s initials were on several pages. “Do you deny that’s your handwriting?”

“I was a busy man those two years. It’s possible, yes, I signed documents without thoroughly reading them. If that’s my crime, so be it. I didn’t make any damn list,” Long said.

“The evidence shows FEMA started the list long ago, back when that feckless peanut guy Jimmy Carter was around. And year after year, administration after administration, FEMA administrator after FEMA administrator, the list got more swollen…Barron Trump. He was 11 years old when his name was put on the red list in 2018. Isn’t that odd? The child of the president who appointed you, his name gets put on a list of subversives,” the admiral said.

“As I said, I have no knowledge of the list.”

“This red list has names of people you wanted put in detainment camps if Martial Law were declared, isn’t that true?”

“That’s absurd,” Long said.

“How is it that President Trump appointed you, and days later, the names of MAGA people got added? Normal, hardworking people going about their lives, and they unknowingly got placed on your agency’s secret terrorist list,” Adm. Crandall said.

Long stuck to his guns. “I wouldn’t know anything about it.”

“In the Navy the captain of a ship is responsible for the actions of his entire crew. As administrator of FEMA, weren’t you responsible for the actions of your subordinates?” the admiral asked.

Long glanced at the ceiling for a moment. “FEMA employs 20,000. I can’t possibly have known what 20,000 people were doing 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I’m not omniscient.”

“So, you take no responsibility, is what I’m hearing,” the admiral said. “Hypothetically, and this is a far stretch of the imagination, let’s say your underlings added to these lists, which somehow you didn’t know about, behind your back, conspiring against you—because that’s what it is. You say it’s not your fault. Is that what you’re saying, detainee Long?”

“I’m saying I don’t know a thing about your lists,” Long said.

“Oh, they’re not my lists,” the admiral countered. “They were yours. Is there any good reason you’d have had to secretly visit Obama and his FEMA director, your predecessor, Craig Fugate, at Obama’s D.C. residence three times in 2018 while you worked for President Trump?”

For the first time, Long didn’t have an answer, or non-answer, at the tip of his tongue. He stammered incoherently, then asked Adm. Crandall to repeat the question.

“Sure, did you meet with Obama and Fugate in D.C. on January 17, March 22, and May 12 in 2018?”

“No. I don’t recall.”

“Which one is it? You didn’t or you don’t remember. It can’t be both, can it?” the admiral pressed.

“I can’t answer that question as phrased,” Long said.

The admiral slowed the cadence of his speech. “I’m sorry you’re having difficulty understanding the question. It’s a simple yes or no.”

“No, I didn’t meet them,” Long said.

“Just so we’re clear, are you therefore saying you did not meet Obama and Fugate at Obama’s D.C. home on the dates given or any other dates?” the admiral said.

“Yes, that’s what I’m saying.”

“So, if I introduce witnesses placing you in their company on those days, they would by your definition be liars, is that correct?”

“That’s correct,” Long said.

“We’ll see,” the admiral said, and put the tribunal on recess until after lunch.

I will post Part II tonight and Part III tomorrow.