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IRS Secretly Engaged in Custody Battle Fight Ann IRS Secretly Engaged in Custody Battle Fight Ann Vandersteel | SteelTruth exclusive July 24, 2019 Do you need to worry about your ex engaging the IRS to win custody? YEP! How the IRS helped Geoffrey Hermanstorfer attempt to gain custody of the child he shares with former Kurt Busch girlfriend and veteran charity director, Patricia Driscoll. The following accounts a yearlong investigation by SteelTruth™into the government misconduct case of Patricia Driscoll Photo credit: The White House We all know the IRS has been weaponized Driscoll in the White House with President against political groups and individuals over the George W Bush & the First Lady. She was years. When you can’t pin someone to a crime, being honored for her foundation’s work in you can always find something wrong with their the Oval office. taxes. During the Congressional hearings conducted by then Rep. Darryl Issa (R-CA), we Let me introduce the players: learned that Lois Lerner (head of the IRS) and NASCAR Driver Kurt Busch: multi-year winner her hit squad destroyed hundreds of lives of of Forbes Most Hated Athletes. Busch is a Conservatives and largely dismantled the Tea known volatile driver who has been suspended Party Organization. I bet you’d never think they’d from NASCAR a few times in his career for his go as far as using a custody battle to try to help violent behavior. This including after an order of a vicious ex-husband steal a child from his protection was granted by a Delaware Judge to mother. Well they did. Patricia Driscoll for an assault that occurred in Busch’s motorhome in September 2014. The Judge stated in a 26-page decision that “by a preponderance of the evidence that the Respondent (Busch) has committed and act or repeated acts of domestic violence against the petitioner (Driscoll)”. Patricia Driscoll- well known in DC circles as a strong conservative with ties to many Republican members of Congress including Darryl Issa, Duncan Hunter Sr., Bill Young and many others. She was head of a small defense firm and President and Board Member of the now defunct disclosure agreement (NDA). She is a super fan Armed Forces Foundation (AFF). She often of Kurt Busch, and as a result of his suspension appeared on Fox News and the Discovery in February of 2015 she decided to “take action Channel. According to testimony of others and against Driscoll” and files a federal whistleblower letters filed in support of her last week, she complaint in May of 2015 alleging Driscoll frequently deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, misused foundation funds. and the Mexican border in support of Special th Operations and law enforcement missions. She Agent Robert Valdini- Trampler of your 5 was the former girlfriend of NASCAR driver Kurt amendment rights, and poster boy of Busch and has a young son. She is the subject Government misconduct. He is an IRS criminal of a federal criminal case in DC. division agent and has a law degree. Valdini doesn’t feel the need to write up interactions with Geoffrey Hermanstorfer- jilted ex-husband of individuals, though he’s legally obligated to, Patricia Driscoll who has used the IRS as a secretly dines with the Hermanstorfers and their weapon against his ex-wife in an attempt to gain attorney during the custody hearing, and is ok custody of their minor son. We will call him SON with using the IRS as a weapon. During the for the rest of the story to keep this innocent custody hearing in Howard County, Maryland, victim from further harm. Hermanstorfer is also Valdini lies about his identity to Ms. Driscoll, her the 1st cousin to Tanya Finch, former bookkeeper attorney, and the Judge presiding. A JUDGE! He of the Armed Forces Foundation. He also lived wasn’t authorized to be undercover but lies for a period with the Armed Forces Foundation about his identity anyway. Valdini, during his accountant Carole Weidorfer after his split with grand jury testimony, also lies about Driscoll Driscoll. According to letters filed last week in “making up an Orioles/troop event on the support of Driscoll, Hermanstorfer is considered foundation’s tax return”, he claims the event by many of his work peers as a false claimer (yes, never happened. Evidence in the trial showed his former co-workers wrote letters of support for Valdini had been provided information from TNT Driscoll). According to these letters from prior All Access that proved the event was in fact real, servicemen, Hermanstorfer claims to have been and happened one month prior to his grand jury a member of the elite Delta Force, for which testimony. In fact, Kurt Busch threw out the first these letters state he has never been a member pitch and TNT filmed an episode on it. I guess he of that organization. He is married to Jessica doesn’t know how to use Google. Hermanstorfer who also plays a significant role in https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/ the conspiracy against Driscoll. We reached out cct-arc-9a2df22e-ff92-54b2-8578- to him for comment, but he has declined. 7f9497682858-20130625-story.html Tanya Finch- 1st cousin of Geoff Hermanstorfer, https://www.coroflot.com/mgardepe/TNT-All- Armed Forces Foundation bookkeeper and Access-Kurt-Busch personal assistant to Patricia Driscoll 2005 to end of 2013. She was also charged with theft by the Armed Forces Foundation and Driscoll for over $20K in cash and stealing many other items including financial and personal documents that she was precluded from taking under a non- courthouse more days than there are memos for and doesn’t provide them to the defense for almost 4 years after they are written. Did we mention she also worked with and was friends with AFF criminal attorney Ralph Caccia, attorney from Weily Rein who was hired shortly before Driscoll resigned from the foundation. Judge Richard J. Leon- Senior federal judge in photo credit: TNT All Access the DC Circuit Court. Presiding judge over the AT&T merger case and Patricia Driscoll’s trial. Agent Timothy Lynch- FBI agent. According to his testimony, receives stolen financial THE CONSPIRACY documents and a spreadsheet compiled by the Transcript from the Federal Trial, Judge Leon Hermanstorfers alleging Driscoll stole from the speaking to the government’s misconduct in AFF. Lynch claims to have validated the hard the case work of the Hermanstorfers, even though the Hermanstorfers had no knowledge of the legitimate programmatic and business expenses of the foundation and Driscoll’s company. During testimony in the federal trial, Lynch reveals that he never served a search warrant for these items the government claims were stolen and doesn’t appear to have interviewed the government’s own witnesses as these witnesses debunk the government’s (actually the Hermanstorfer’s) claims of theft. In our investigation, we have also learned that Agent Lynch and other FBI agents have visited potential witnesses about Driscoll but fail to document these interactions as they are LEGALLY obligated to under the Brady Act. Missing 302’s. Potential exculpatory evidence. What does the FBI not want us to know? They have refused our multiple FOIA requests for all of the notes in this case. Virginia Cheatham- Lead DOJ prosecutor and supervisor to the investigation of Driscoll. She allows Valdini to attend the custody hearing, “only if he didn’t have to badge in at the courthouse” (she wanted his identity concealed but didn’t go through the process for a legal formal cover). She also knew Valdini was at the IT ALL STARTS WITH A POLICE REPORT It was at this point where, according to many image credit: motorsport.com NASCAR media accounts; Driscoll stepped in to This story is one that will turn your stomach. rehabilitate Busch’s image. According to Fox Everyone has had a bad breakup, but hopefully Sports, SB Nation, Yahoo Sports, and ESPN not as bad as the journey we are about to embark among others, Driscoll wrapped the flag around on. Patricia Driscoll and Kurt Busch had a four- Busch and created publicity stunts to improve his year relationship that was so serious that Busch image such as a “Talladega Nights/Ricky Bobby” often referred to her son as his “adopted son”. themed car, a “Days of Thunder” car, and At the beginning of their courtship, Busch had dedicated parts of the marketing of the car to the started out as a top tier driver with the Penske Armed Forces Foundation (AFF). The AFF NASCAR team. The relationship with Busch and (through Driscoll) had built a strong partnership his team was tumultuous resulting in Busch’s with NASCAR and brought wounded troops and firing at the season end after a verbal assault on their families to the track each week through a ESPN reporter Dr. Jerry Punch. The video of this program they called “Troops to the Track”. assault went viral and aided Busch in making These families stood by Busch at every race. Forbes most hated athlete list again. Following his dismissal, Busch drove for a back of the pack, now defunct Phoenix Racing and his brother’s junior series team. Busch continued on a downward spiral and verbally assaulted another reporter, Bob Pockrass, which lead to NASCAR suspending Busch. Busch meltdown on reporter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsaBQq5D4 Photo Credit: Fox Sports, Fox Sports top 5 cars Zg themes Gandolfini, Ron White, Adam Richmond, chef Anne Burrell, Frankie Muniz, FOX NFL SUNDAY cast, Barry Pepper, and a whole list of top comedians and athletes. Photo credit: Furniture Row Racing (L-R) Comedians Ron White, Shane Tores, Finesse Mitchell, Kathleen Madigan, Gene Pompa, Rocky LaPorte and Armed Forces Foundation President Patricia Driscoll, singer Margo Rey and comedians Carrot Top and Geechy Guy appear in the green room before the 'Ron White's Comedy Salute to the Troops 2015' at the Mirage Hotel & Casino on March 4, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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