To: Office of the General Counsel

January 13, 2006

TO: OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL FEDERAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION (FEC) 999 “E” Street NW WASHINGTON, DC 20463

SWORN COMPLAINT AND AFFIDAVIT

TERRY RICHARDS, COMPLAINANT, P.O. Box 66202 St. Petersburg, FL 33736-6202 Telephone: (727) 327-0277 E-mail: [email protected] AND PHILLIP G. MESKIN A/K/A P.G. MESKIN D/B/A THE VETERANS POST NEWSPAPER, AND D/B/A THE VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA; FEC COMMITTEE I.D. C00393058; AND/OR, THE VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (AN UNKNOWN LEGAL ENTITY) FEC COMMITTEE I.D. C00393058;

AND/OR THE VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON PHILLIP G. MESKIN A/K/A P.G. MESKIN, FEC COMMITTEE I.D. C00393058; RESPONDENT #1, AND, THE VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TREASURER, SUSAN J. WHITE a/k/a SUSAN JEAN WHITE a/k/a SUSAN MESKIN (THE WIFE OF PHILLIP G. MESKIN), RESPONDENT #2, 1441 – 9th Street South (f/k/a Dr. Martin Luther King Street) St. Petersburg, FL 33705 Telephones: (727) 822-8387 (727) 822-8683 Fax: (727) 822-6397 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.VeteransParty.US ______

ALLEGATIONS

1. FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH FORMING A POLITICAL PARTY. VIOLATION OF 11 CFR 9012.4, INTER ALIA.

2. FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH FORMING A NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF A POLITICAL PARTY. VIOLATION OF 11 CFR 9012.4, INTER ALIA.

3. MISAPPROPRIATION OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. VIOLATION OF 11 CFR 9012.3, INTER ALIA.

4. CO-MINGLING OF A NON-PROFIT POLITICAL PARTY WITH A FOR PROFIT BUSINESS VENTURE. VIOLATION OF 11CFR9012.3 AND VIOLATION OF 11CFR9012.5, INTER ALIA.

5. FAILURE TO FILE 2005 MID-YEAR 2005 CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES REPORT DUE JULY 31, 2005, VIOLATION OF 11 CFR 9012.4, INTER ALIA. ______BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON RESPONDENT #1 PHILLIP G. MESKIN

1. Current National Executive Committee (NEC) CHAIRPERSON of the VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA also referred to as “VPA” or “The Party.”

2. Current Operator and former President and Director of the VETERANS POST NEWSPAPER a/k/a the VETERANS POST NEWS, f/k/a the VETERANS POST NEWSPAPER, INC., a former Florida Non-Profit Corporation but NOT an IRS 50(c)(3) Tax Exempt Corporation. 3. Current Operator of the VETERANS PUBLIC AWARENESS FOUNDATION, a “Project” or “Branch” of the NATIONAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION (NHF) and an alleged Veterans Charity. NHF is a Public Foundation and an IRS 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Corporation but its “Projects” are not required to individually disclose the total amount Donations or Expenditures. ______FOR PROFIT AND NON-PROFIT E-MAILS AND WEBSITES ILLEGALLY AND/OR UNLAWFULLY “CO-MINGLED” WITH THE VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA AND THE PARTY’S WEBSITE

E-mails: http://www.VeteransParty.US Websites: http://www.veteranspostnews.com http://www.nhf.org Veterans Public Awareness Foundation. ______

BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON RESPONDENT #2 SUSAN J. WHITE a/k/a SUSAN JEAN WHITE a/k/a SUSAN MESKIN (The purported Wife of Phillip G. Meskin).

Current National Election Committee Treasurer of the VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA.

Former Secretary, Treasurer and Director of THE VETERANS POST NEWSPAPER, INC.

Current Owner of GRACE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS COMPANY. ______

SWORN AFFIDAVIT OF TERRY RICHARDS

1. I have known Respondent #1 for more than 4-years in that We have both been associated with the same weekly group sessions at Bay Pines VA Medical Center since about 2001. I have only known Respondent #2 for about 4-months when introduced to me by Respondent #1 as being his Wife.

2. I have also been a Registered Voter of the Veterans Party since it first started in Florida in 2003 when Respondent #1 told us about it in one of the group sessions that we both attended.

3. I also wrote Veteran related articles for Respondent #1’s Veterans Newspaper and the VPA Website as a non-compensated volunteer until on or about November 14, 2005, when I first learned of some of the unlawful and illegal activities alleged by me herein, at which time I resigned all of those said Volunteer duties.

4. Respondent #1 "Co-Mingles" his Veterans Newspaper by advising VPA Officers and Members such as myself, that: A. His said Veterans Newspaper “Owns” the Veterans Party of America.

B. According to Witness #1 Gilbert Heroux, Florida Treasurer of the VPA, Heroux advised me over the telephone in early December of 2005, that during the first Annual Party Conference held in Tampa, Florida from on or about November 17 – November 20, 2005, Respondent #1, as NEC Chairperson of the VPA advised Party Officers and other Members that The Party “owes” Respondent #1’s Veterans Newspaper $30,000 that the Newspaper lent The Party.

C. According to Witness Heroux, when tendering payment for the Convention’s Expenses, Respondent #1 told Heroux and other Officers and attendees of the Convention that they should make-out Checks Payable to the Veterans Post Newspaper rather than to the Veterans Party of America.

5. Additionally, State of Florida Public Records reveal that the Veterans Post Newspaper is neither a "Legal Entity" Corporation “separate” from Phillip G. Meskin since it was dissolved in 2001, and is NOT even registered as a "Fictitious Name" such as Phillip Meskin d/b/a Veterans Post Newspaper.

6. Also according to Gilbert Heroux, to the best of his knowledge, NEC Chairperson Phillip G. Meskin and NEC Treasurer Susan J. White Meskin have never been elected to their NEC positions. It appears that they have just assumed their positions as there was not a Vote offered or held at said Party Convention for said NEC Chairperson or Treasurer.

7. Respondent #1 also “co-mingles” his said Veterans Charity with the Veterans Party of America by advertising and soliciting for donations on The Party’s website, of which I have saved a copy to my computer documents in the event he should erase same from said website, of which a copy of same is available upon request.

8. According to State of Florida Public Records, Grace Holding Company is a registered Fictitious Name Owned by Respondent #2. This Holding Company’s address appears to be similar to one of those Boxes one can rent from UPS f/k/a Mail Boxes, etc., and is located in Pinellas Park, Florida, a suburb of St. Petersburg, rather than the 1441 – 9th Street South in St. Petersburg, Florida address used for all the other Respondent’s Venture’s.

9. Holding Companies are usually formed to temporarily Hold Checks and Cash received by other Businesses other than the Holding Company, and then to be later disbursed to its proper account. Therefore, I have both reason and probable cause to believe that said Holding Company may be Unlawfully hiding VPA Political Contributions, among other things.

10. According to research provided by Oregon Chairperson of the VPA Gregory Decker, and sent by E-mail and forwarded E-mail that I received, both the VPA may not be lawfully formed in that it lacks incorporation as a legal entity and/or it failure to file as a Tax Exempt Non-Profit Political Party with the IRS.

11. Also according to Witness Gregory Decker, the VPA’s NEC may not even be lawfully formed since in that it was fraudulently formed and its Chairperson, Respondent #1, and its Treasurer Respondent #2, we not lawfully elected but rather assumed said positions on the NEC.

12. According to E-mails that I have received and have saved, a number of State Officers have asked Respondent #1 and Respondent #2 to step-down. However, to date, they have refused to do so. 13. According to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) Online Database, Respondent #2, the VPA Treasurer, failed to file the required 2005 Mid-Year Contributions and Expenditures Report which was due by July31, 2005, and to date still has not filed said Report.

14. Since VPA started its operation in 2003, FEC records reveal that this was the fourth time said or other Treasurer of the VPA failed to file the required documents on time.

15. Upon my query to Respondent #1, Respondent #1 left me a message on my voice-mail that the reason the NEC had not filed the said 2005 FEC Mid-Year Report was because the National Committee had only received $600 to date? I made a copy of said voice-mail, and is available upon the FEC’s request of same.

16. However, the 2004 Year-End FEC Online “Photographed Paper” Report reveals that the National Committee received $3,749 in Contributions. But a computer generated copy of 2004 funds mailed to me by the FEC reveals $4,126 in Contributions rather than the said $600 in Contributions told to me by Respondent #1. And as the FEC knows, even if the NEC does not receive Contributions or have any Expenditures, the FEC still requires the NEC file these FEC Reports on time.

17. Based upon all of Complainant’s allegations against Respondents as stated herein, and the fact that I have personally seen that said Respondents have State of the Art Computer Equipment at their home which is also Mailing Address for said Veterans Charity, Veterans Party, and Veterans Newspaper. and the fact that Respondent #1 purports to have a Degree in Computer Science, reasonable minds would conclude that Respondents are filing FEC Campaign Reports by “Paper” because it’s harder for the FEC to keep track of his transactions, and more difficult for the Public to read the “Photographed Forms” on the FEC Campaign Finance Database?

18. About 6-months ago, Respondent #1 told me when people inquire about financial activities of the Veterans Party of America he tells them that: “The Veterans Party of America is a Business and so it’s none of their Business”… Of course the Financial Records of a Political Party are open to Public Disclosure… And based on all of the above-alleged unlawful and illegal acts stated by me, I can now understand why Respondent #1 tells people that. ______

WITNESSES WITNESS #1:

GILBERT HEROUX, TREASURER, FLORIDA VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA (VPA), WITNESS #1. (850) 769-3598 E-mail: [email protected] ______WITNESS #2:

ROBERT "BOB" THOMPSON, CHAIRPERSON, FLORIDA VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA (VPA), 7115 Maxwell Court Panama City, FL 32404-8458 Home Phone: (850) 871-0988 E-mail: [email protected] ______WITNESS #3:

GREGORY DECKER CHAIRPERSON, OREGON VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA. (541) 882-1830 Home Telephone (541) 331-6885 Cell Phone E-mail: [email protected] ______WITNESS #4:

E.J. GRAYCKOWSKI FORMER CHAIRPERSON, COLORADO VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA. (719) 630-7622 E-mail: [email protected]

Per Grayckowski: “Had sent a money order donation under $25 to the VPA for Dennis Bradley campaign in prior years and another money order for the purchase of bumper stickers. No bumper stickers were received from the VPA and no acknowledgement of the donation to said campaign fund." “The $3,500 was not sent to NEC but funds spent in Colorado to establish the VPA Law very strict and tough statues in the formation as "Minor Political Party". Both attempts to establish the VPA in Colorado failed due to the lack of dedicated volunteers and one time inquirers "that will help but then hide behind the rock on the mountain, only never to be seen and/or heard from again". I had a few great supporters but we could not put a fire under the potential VPA members.”

“Further I have asked for the supporting documents and financial statements. Requests just blew in the wind or into a short circuit.” ______

I understand that I am Swearing or Affirming Under Oath to the Truthfulness of the claims made in this Affidavit and that the Punishment for Knowingly making a False Statement includes Fine and/or Imprisonment.

State of Florida County of ______, Sworn to or Affirmed Before Me on

______200__ by ______(Printed name of Affiant)

______(Signature of Affiant)

______(Signature of Notary Public or Deputy Clerk)

______(Print type or stamp commissioned name of Notary or Deputy Clerk

___ Affiant personally known ___ Produced identification Type of Identification produced ______. January 13, 2006

TO: FLORIDA ELECTIONS COMMISSION Suite 224 107 West Gaines Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050

SWORN COMPLAINT AND AFFIDAVIT

TERRY RICHARDS, COMPLAINANT, P.O. Box 66202 St. Petersburg, FL 33736-6202 Telephone: (727) 327-0277 E-mail: [email protected] AND PHILLIP G. MESKIN A/K/A P.G. MESKIN D/B/A THE VETERANS POST NEWSPAPER, AND D/B/A THE VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA; AND/OR, THE VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (AN UNKNOWN LEGAL ENTITY) FEC COMMITTEE I.D. C00393058;

AND/OR THE VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON PHILLIP G. MESKIN A/K/A P.G. MESKIN, RESPONDENT #1, AND, THE VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TREASURER, SUSAN J. WHITE a/k/a SUSAN JEAN WHITE a/k/a SUSAN MESKIN (THE WIFE OF PHILLIP G. MESKIN), RESPONDENT #2, 1441 – 9th Street South (f/k/a Dr. Martin Luther King Street) St. Petersburg, FL 33705 Telephones: (727) 822-8387 (727) 822-8683 Fax: (727) 822-6397 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.VeteransParty.US ______

ALLEGATIONS

6. FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH FORMING A POLITICAL PARTY.

7. FRAUD IN CONNECTION WITH FORMING A NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF A POLITICAL PARTY.

8. MISAPPROPRIATION OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

9. CO-MINGLING OF A NON-PROFIT POLITICAL PARTY WITH A FOR PROFIT BUSINESS VENTURE, Among Other Things. ______BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON RESPONDENT #1 PHILLIP G. MESKIN

1. Current National Executive Committee (NEC) CHAIRPERSON of the VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA also referred to as “VPA” or “The Party.”

2. Current Operator and former President and Director of the VETERANS POST NEWSPAPER a/k/a the VETERANS POST NEWS, f/k/a the VETERANS POST NEWSPAPER, INC., a former Florida Non-Profit Corporation but NOT an IRS 50(c)(3) Tax Exempt Corporation.

3. Current Operator of the VETERANS PUBLIC AWARENESS FOUNDATION, a “Project” or “Branch” of the NATIONAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION (NHF) and an alleged Veterans Charity. NHF is a Public Foundation and an IRS 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Corporation but its “Projects” are not required to individually disclose the total amount Donations or Expenditures. ______FOR PROFIT AND NON-PROFIT E-MAILS AND WEBSITES ILLEGALLY AND/OR UNLAWFULLY “CO-MINGLED” WITH THE VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA AND THE PARTY’S WEBSITE E-mails: http://www.VeteransParty.US Websites: http://www.veteranspostnews.com http://www.nhf.org Veterans Public Awareness Foundation. ______BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON RESPONDENT #2 SUSAN J. WHITE a/k/a SUSAN JEAN WHITE a/k/a SUSAN MESKIN (The purported Wife of Phillip G. Meskin).

Current National Election Committee Treasurer of the VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA.

Former Secretary, Treasurer and Director of THE VETERANS POST NEWSPAPER, INC.

Current Owner of GRACE BUSINESS ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS COMPANY. ______

1. I have known Respondent #1 for more than 4-years in that We have both been associated with the same weekly group sessions at Bay Pines VA Medical Center since about 2001. I have only known Respondent #2 for about 4-months when introduced to me by Respondent #1 as being his Wife.

2. I have also been a Registered Voter of the Veterans Party since it first started in Florida in 2003 when Respondent #1 told us about it in one of the group sessions that we both attended.

3. I also wrote Veteran related articles for Respondent #1’s Veterans Newspaper and the VPA Website as a non-compensated volunteer until on or about November 14, 2005, when I first learned of some of the unlawful and illegal activities alleged by me herein, at which time I resigned all of those said Volunteer duties.

4. Respondent #1 "Co-Mingles" his Veterans Newspaper by advising VPA Officers and Members such as myself, that: C. His said Veterans Newspaper “Owns” the Veterans Party of America.

D. According to Witness #1 Gilbert Heroux, Florida Treasurer of the VPA, Heroux advised me over the telephone in early December of 2005, that during the first Annual Party Conference held in Tampa, Florida from on or about November 17 – November 20, 2005, Respondent #1, as NEC Chairperson of the VPA advised Party Officers and other Members that The Party “owes” Respondent #1’s Veterans Newspaper $30,000 that the Newspaper lent The Party.

C. According to Witness Heroux, when tendering payment for the Convention’s Expenses, Respondent #1 told Heroux and other Officers and attendees of the Convention that they should make-out Checks Payable to the Veterans Post Newspaper rather than to the Veterans Party of America.

5. Additionally, State of Florida Public Records reveal that the Veterans Post Newspaper is neither a "Legal Entity" Corporation “separate” from Phillip G. Meskin since it was dissolved in 2001, and is NOT even registered as a "Fictitious Name" such as Phillip Meskin d/b/a Veterans Post Newspaper.

6. Also according to Gilbert Heroux, to the best of his knowledge, NEC Chairperson Phillip G. Meskin and NEC Treasurer Susan J. White Meskin have never been elected to their NEC positions. It appears that they have just assumed their positions as there was not a Vote offered or held at said Party Convention for said NEC Chairperson or Treasurer.

7. Respondent #1 also “co-mingles” his said Veterans Charity with the Veterans Party of America by advertising and soliciting for donations on The Party’s website, of which I have saved a copy to my computer documents in the event he should erase same from said website, of which a copy of same is available upon request.

8. According to State of Florida Public Records, Grace Holding Company is a registered Fictitious Name Owned by Respondent #2. This Holding Company’s address appears to be similar to one of those Boxes one can rent from UPS f/k/a Mail Boxes, etc., and is located in Pinellas Park, Florida, a suburb of St. Petersburg, rather than the 1441 – 9th Street South in St. Petersburg, Florida address used for all the other Respondent’s Venture’s.

9. Holding Companies are usually formed to temporarily Hold Checks and Cash received by other Businesses other than the Holding Company, and then to be later disbursed to its proper account. Therefore, I have both reason and probable cause to believe that said Holding Company may be Unlawfully hiding VPA Political Contributions, among other things. 10. According to research provided by Oregon Chairperson of the VPA Gregory Decker, and sent by E-mail and forwarded E-mail that I received, both the VPA may not be lawfully formed in that it lacks incorporation as a legal entity and/or it failure to file as a Tax Exempt Non-Profit Political Party with the IRS.

11. Also according to Witness Gregory Decker, the VPA’s NEC may not even be lawfully formed since in that it was fraudulently formed and its Chairperson, Respondent #1, and its Treasurer Respondent #2, we not lawfully elected but rather assumed said positions on the NEC.

12. According to E-mails that I have received and have saved, a number of State Officers have asked Respondent #1 and Respondent #2 to step-down. However, to date, they have refused to do so. 13. According to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) Online Database, Respondent #2, the VPA Treasurer, failed to file the required 2005 Mid-Year Contributions and Expenditures Report which was due by July31, 2005, and to date still has not filed said Report.

14. Since VPA started its operation in 2003, FEC records reveal that this was the fourth time said or other Treasurer of the VPA failed to file the required documents on time.

15. Upon my query to Respondent #1, Respondent #1 left me a message on my voice-mail that the reason the NEC had not filed the said 2005 FEC Mid-Year Report was because the National Committee had only received $600 to date? I made a copy of said voice-mail, and is available upon the FEC’s request of same.

16. However, the 2004 Year-End FEC Online “Photographed Paper” Report reveals that the National Committee received $3,749 in Contributions. But a computer generated copy of 2004 funds mailed to me by the FEC reveals $4,126 in Contributions rather than the said $600 in Contributions told to me by Respondent #1. And as the FEC knows, even if the NEC does not receive Contributions or have any Expenditures, the FEC still requires the NEC file these FEC Reports on time.

17. Based upon all of Complainant’s allegations against Respondents as stated herein, and the fact that I have personally seen that said Respondents have State of the Art Computer Equipment at their home which is also Mailing Address for said Veterans Charity, Veterans Party, and Veterans Newspaper. and the fact that Respondent #1 purports to have a Degree in Computer Science, reasonable minds would conclude that Respondents are filing FEC Campaign Reports by “Paper” because it’s harder for the FEC to keep track of his transactions, and more difficult for the Public to read the “Photographed Forms” on the FEC Campaign Finance Database?

18. About 6-months ago, Respondent #1 told me when people inquire about financial activities of the Veterans Party of America he tells them that:

“The Veterans Party of America is a Business and so it’s none of their Business”… Of course the Financial Records of a Political Party are open to Public Disclosure… And based on all of the above-alleged unlawful and illegal acts stated by me, I can now understand why Respondent #1 tells people that. ______WITNESSES WITNESS #1:

GILBERT HEROUX, TREASURER, FLORIDA VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA (VPA), WITNESS #1. (850) 769-3598 E-mail: [email protected] ______WITNESS #2:

ROBERT "BOB" THOMPSON, CHAIRPERSON, FLORIDA VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA (VPA), 7115 Maxwell Court Panama City, FL 32404-8458 Home Phone: (850) 871-0988 E-mail: [email protected] ______WITNESS #3:

GREGORY DECKER CHAIRPERSON, OREGON VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA. (541) 882-1830 Home Telephone (541) 331-6885 Cell Phone E-mail: [email protected] ______WITNESS #4:

E.J. GRAYCKOWSKI FORMER CHAIRPERSON, COLORADO VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA. (719) 630-7622 E-mail: [email protected]

Per Grayckowski: “Had sent a money order donation under $25 to the VPA for Dennis Bradley campaign in prior years and another money order for the purchase of bumper stickers. No bumper stickers were received from the VPA and no acknowledgement of the donation to said campaign fund."

“The $3,500 was not sent to NEC but funds spent in Colorado to establish the VPA Law very strict and tough statues in the formation as "Minor Political Party". Both attempts to establish the VPA in Colorado failed due to the lack of dedicated volunteers and one time inquirers "that will help but then hide behind the rock on the mountain, only never to be seen and/or heard from again". I had a few great supporters but we could not put a fire under the potential VPA members.”

“Further I have asked for the supporting documents and financial statements. Requests just blew in the wind or into a short circuit.” ______I understand that I am Swearing or Affirming Under Oath to the Truthfulness of the claims made in this Affidavit and that the Punishment for Knowingly making a False Statement includes Fine and/or Imprisonment. State of Florida County of ______, Sworn to or Affirmed Before Me on

______200__

by ______(Printed name of Affiant)

______

(Signature of Affiant)

______(Signature of Notary Public or Deputy Clerk)

______(Print type or stamp commissioned name of Notary or Deputy Clerk ___ Affiant personally known ___ Produced identification

Type of Identification produced ______. TERRY RICHARDS P.O. Box 66202 St. Petersburg, FL 33736-6202 (727) 327-0277

January 13, 2006 The Honorable U.S. SENATOR BILL NELSON SH-716 - Washington, DC 20510-0905 Tel: 202-224-5274 Fax: 202-228-2183 E-mailed.

Re: “CRIMINAL FRAUD” COMPLAINT AGAINST THE OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA (VET) FEC Committee I.D. C00393058, Et Al.

Dear Senator Nelson:

Please find attached a copy of a Criminal Complaint against the Veterans Party of America National Executive Committee (NEC) Chairperson Phillip G. Meskin, et al., that I have sent to the Fraud Section of the Criminal Investigation Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) at the address listed.

In the interest of Justice and the current and future Voters of the Veterans Party of America, the only assistance that I am requesting from you is that you also send a letter to the DOJ urging them to investigate this matter.

If the Veterans Party of America is to become a legitimate and viable Party it must have the current Leadership who are perpetrating numerous and repeated Unlawful and Illegal Acts removed and replaced as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Terry Richards Registered Voter of the Veterans Party of America (VET), Pinellas County, Florida, District 10. TERRY RICHARDS P.O. Box 66202 St. Petersburg, FL 33736-6202 (727) 327-0277

January 13, 2006

U.S. SENATOR MEL MARTINEZ SH-317 - Washington, DC 20510-0903 Tel: 202-224-3041 Fax: 202-228-5171 Faxed Only.

Re: “CRIMINAL FRAUD” COMPLAINT AGAINST THE OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA (VET) FEC Committee I.D. C00393058

Dear Senator Martinez:

Sincerely,

Terry Richards Registered Voter of the Veterans Party of America (VET), Pinellas County, Florida, District 10. TERRY RICHARDS P.O. Box 66202 St. Petersburg, FL 33736-6202 (727) 327-0277

January 13, 2006

The Honorable Member of Congress C.W. “BILL” YOUNG 2407 RHOB - Washington, DC 20515-0910 Tel: 202-225-5961 Fax: 202-225-9764 E-mailed.

Re: “CRIMINAL FRAUD” COMPLAINT AGAINST THE OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA (VET) FEC Committee I.D. C00393058

Dear Congressman Young:

Sincerely,

Terry Richards Registered Voter of the Veterans Party of America (VET), Pinellas County, Florida, District 10. TERRY RICHARDS P.O. Box 66202 St. Petersburg, FL 33736-6202 (727) 327-0277 ______

January 13, 2006

“FRAUD SECTION” CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DOJ) 950 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE WDC 20530-0001 Telephone: 202-514-2611 Fax: 202-514 7021

Re: “CRIMINAL FRAUD” COMPLAINT AGAINST THE OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE VETERANS PARTY OF AMERICA (VET) FEC Committee I.D. C00393058 ______

Dear Sir or Madam:

Prior to my filing a Legal Cause of Action in Federal District Court pursuant to the “False Claims Act,” or as just a “Public Citizen Plaintiff,”and/or as a “Registered Voter” of the Veterans Party of America, Pinellas County, Florida, District 10, and then requesting the DOJ to take- over the case, or Litigating it on my own, I am first respectfully requesting that:

1. The DOJ as soon as is practically possible, investigate the said Alleged Unlawful and Illegal Acts Perpetrated by Veterans Party of America National Executive Committee (NEC) Chairperson Phillip G. Meskin and Treasurer Susan J. White, a/k/a Susan Jean White, a/k/a Susan Meskin, and possibly others whose names I shall furnish you.

2. It appears that there are numerous and repeated Unlawful and Illegal Acts occurring by said persons in connection with said Political Party. For example:

3. Phillip G. Meskin "Co-Mingles" his Veterans Post Newspaper by advising Veterans Party of America Officers and Members that his said Newspaper “Owns” the Veterans Party of America, and that The Party “Owes” his said Newspaper $30,000 that the Newspaper lent The Party. 4. The Veterans Post Newspaper is neither a "Legal Entity" Corporation “separate” from Phillip G. Meskin since it was dissolved in 2001, and is NOT even registered as a "Fictitious Name" such as Phillip Meskin d/b/a Veterans Post Newspaper.

5. That during the first Annual Party Conference held in Tampa, Florida from on or about November 17 – November 20, 2005, Phillip G. Meskin as National Elections Committee (NEC) Chairperson of the Veterans Party of America advised Party Officers and other Members when tendering payment for the Convention’s Expenses, that they should make-out Checks Payable to the Veterans Post Newspaper rather than to the Veterans Party of America.

6. As I am sure you know, a political party cannot be owned or purchased by any person or any legal entity. a political party can only be a legal entity of its own. So the New York Times Newspaper could “not own” the Democratic Party any more than the Veterans Post Newspaper could “own” the Veterans Party of America.

7. Phillip G. Meskin also “co-mingles” his said Charity by advertising and soliciting for donations on The Party’s website of which I have saved a copy of to my computer documents in the event he should erase same from said website.

8. Phillip G. Meskin also unlawfully advertises and solicits donations for his said Charity on The Party’s website by failing to mention the fact that it is a “project” or “branch” of said National Heritage Foundation, an IRS 501(c)(3) Public Foundation.

9. And as I am sure you know, a political party is not dependent on any one person for it to continue to exist, and that the officers of a political party must be duly elected by other officers of that party.

10. However, according to several party officers, to the best of their knowledge, The Meskins have never been elected to their NEC positions. It appears that they have just assumed their positions.

11. And according to research provided by Oregon Chairperson of the VPA, the VPA’s NEC may not even be lawfully formed. However, even if the NEC has been lawfully formed and the Meskin’s lawfully elected that’s not a defense for all the unlawful and illegal activities they have perpetrated to date.

12. According to E-mails that I have received and have saved, a number of State Officers have asked The Meskins to step-down. However, to date, The Meskins have refused to do so.

13. Unfortunately, due to fact that those Officers of the estimated 15 States in which The Party appears to be properly formed do not seem to know how to “legally” remove The Meskins. This is why I am also requesting that you simultaneously file a Motion For A Hearing Before a Federal Judge or Magistrate to include a Motion For A Court Order To Compel Phillip G. Meskin and Susan Meskin To Be Removed As Veterans Party of America Chairperson and Treasurer.

14. Regardless of whether the Meskins voluntarily step-down or are removed by Court Order, I am requesting that the DOJ continue their investigation and Criminal and/or Civil Prosecution of the Meskins and possibly others, if the evidence warrants it.

15. Please duly note my requests for assistance from said Members of Congress is only to endeavor to communicate to them and the DOJ the “urgency” and “importance” of “fully investigating” this entire matter as “expeditiously” as possible.

Respectfully submitted,

Terry Richards Registered Voter of the Veterans Party of America (VET), Pinellas County, Florida, District 10.

Attachments: FEC Sworn Complaint.