I'm sorry that these are so long but there is just so much crazy to deal with.
It appears I still have to pick my own targets for debunking conspiracy theories so with Covid-19 still featuring extensively I’ve chosen the many, many claims of legal action being taken to prosecute those responsible for the Covid hoax.
Reiner Fuellmich seems to be the current darling of this trend. For months it’s been reported that he and his ‘thousands’ of lawyer and scientist chums are pursuing a ‘class action’ lawsuit, he's done lots of interviews about it on social media but I still haven’t been able to find any concrete evidence of of what and where this actually happened.
Back in March it was reported in the CT media that the Norwegian government had been ‘indicted’ for Crimes Against Humanity in connection with its handling of Covid-19. That is standard Fuellmich language and it’s possible that he is behind it. In any case it’s obvious that the CT media has no idea what ‘indicted’ means.
They don’t seem to understand that typing out a lot of old cobblers, posting it to a court or police station and perhaps even receiving a confirmation of receipt means absolutely nothing in a legal sense. Perhaps they are just too keen to claim a success in the ‘real world’ away from the artificial reality of social media.
In this case, the Norwegian government said that they had no knowledge of the action although it was possible that someone may have submitted a complaint as every Norwegian citizen is free to do. That is a long way from an ‘indictment’.
Similarly, as we saw in Canada, the CT-ers got terribly excited when another of Fuellmich’s surrogates’ delivered a claim against The Pope, The Queen, Bill Gates et al to the Ontario Superior Court and it was not chucked straight in the bin. It’s been
‘accepted’ they crowed as if the case was already half way to being won.
Of course it was ‘
accepted’ just long enough for a few of the defendants to ask the Court to do the legal equivalent of chucking it in the bin and the Judge was only too happy to oblige without even requiring most of the defendants to respond at all. This is a very unusual decision and is done only where the claim falls into the category of extreme horse
tit. Strangely this development appears not to have made it to the CT media who even yesterday were still breathlessly reporting ‘acceptance’ of the original claim.
edit: this article on that case was published today:
Social media posts claim that the Supreme Court of Canada agreed to hear a case accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and other civic officials of “crimes against humanity” for implementing public health measures against Covid-19. This is false; the document used as...
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The same goes for the CT media claim in March that the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague has “accepted” a complaint from an Israeli anti-vax group called “People of Truth” alleging that Israel’s COVID-19 vaccination programme violates the Nuremberg Code. Reiner Fuellmich is very keen on The Nuremburg Code.
So far all that appears to have happened is that the ICC confirmed it had received the communication but has not yet even assessed whether it is an appropriate matter for the court to consider. It still doesn’t feature on the ICC’s list of current cases. My betting is it’s bound for the bin too if indeed it’s not already there.
And then there is the CT media report that a notice of intended private criminal prosecution has been served upon Matt Hancock, Chris Whitty, Patrick Valance and Neil Ferguson by ‘The People’s Union of Britain’. That’s a pseudonym of Michael Waugh who also sometimes calls himself Michael of Bernicia. He’s been threatening a private prosecution since September last year. Then again he spent years threatening to prosecute the banks for mortgage fraud and that never happened either.
In November, he even got as far as sending an application to a Senior District Judge but unsurprisingly it was booted out. He’s been threatening to submit another application ever since, and claimed that he has ‘top’ QCs supporting him etc. but without actually naming any. He recently spent £26.75 to post another load of nonsense to the court. Apparently it’s awaiting listing for hearing. I look forward to hearing about its success.