by me, Kerry Burgess, 06/25/2026 12:59 PM
Two items of interest in mainstream-media and because there is "more to every story" I am "connecting the dots" to make it mean what I want it to mean.
On 6/23/2026, the USA congress released the transcripts of their conversation with Bill Gates. The CBS News presented the equivalent of a "mug shot" of that repugnant female, posing as a male, which it never was.
On 6/23/2026, jury deliberations began and despite branded as a pathological-liar by the trial prosecutor in the Spokane courtroom, the former Spokane County sheriff's deputy Clay Hilton was quickly found not-guilty by a jury for excessively beating the bejesus out of a guy suspected of a minor-offense
Because of words spoken by Hilton's attorney during tv-news coverage of the trial, I am looking closer at this. I looked back through my notes and see I already examined this calendar-day 06/23/2026 for another reason, with no thought at the time of the two items described above this line. I am trying to forget some stuff that doesn't seem to be helping me to remember. Going back into it because it is a legacy of this blog by me and my blog-posts here.
Another point in the trial coverage, they broadcast a video they say is after the trial was over. The defendant, cleared of the prosecutor's charges, is shown with his back to the camera. Apparently to me, he is not aware the camera is recording the interaction, what strikes me about the demeanor of the trial prosecutor is that while he seems to be speaking to the former defendant, seems to me the prosecutor is avoiding eye-contact as the former defendant stands there looking directly at him.
from my private journal as Kerry Burgess: July 29, 2006
When Tavener showed me that video back in July 2002, I told Vince later that I wanted to kick his ass but it would as easy as beating up a little girl and I didn't find any thing comforting about that.
From: Kerry Burgess
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 7:24 AM
To: Chad Trammell (Trammell Piazza Law Firm, Texarkana, Arkansas) (a buddy of mine during high-school in Arkansas)
That was sometime in 2002 when my manager at Microsoft, Kirk Tavener, showed me that pornographic video title "Priceless" in the privacy of his office at Microsoft and during salary negotiations. The video had two people talking about oral sex and about returning favors.
https://www.krem.com/article/news/crime/clay-hilton-verdict-spokane-county-sheriffs-office/293-78513a9b-9ee9-412f-b9f5-7846b789e55f
KREM2 CBS Spokane
Jury finds former Spokane County deputy Clay Hilton not guilty on all charges
Author: Vinny Saglimbeni
Published: 11:27 AM PDT June 24, 2026
Updated: 5:40 PM PDT June 24, 2026
SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — A jury has found Clay Hilton, a former sergeant with the Spokane County Sheriff's Office, not guilty of assaulting a man during a 2023 arrest.
Following deliberations that began Tuesday afternoon, the jury found Hilton not guilty of all counts
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/read-the-house-transcripts-of-bill-gates-and-lesley-groffs-interviews-in-epstein-probe
PBS
Read the House transcripts of Bill Gates and Lesley Groff's interviews in Epstein probe
Politics Jun 23, 2026 6:07 PM EDT
The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released transcripts of the testimonies by Bill Gates and Lesley Groff in closed-door depositions before the panel in June as part of its investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
From 3/24/1952 ( Harry Truman, 33rd president of USA federal government 1945-1953: Letter to Committee Chairmen Concerning a Program in Aid of fugitives from Communism ) To 11/12/2012 ( ) is 22148 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/23/2026 ( ) is 22148 days
From 12/2/1954 ( the USA congress censure of Joseph McCarthy ) To 6/23/2026 ( ) is 26136 days
26136 = 13068 + 13068
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 8/13/2001 ( premiere USA TV series episode "ESPN SportsCentury"::"Jack Dempsey" ) is 13068 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 2/6/2004 ( as Kerry Burgess my final day as full-time employee Microsoft Corporation in Seattle beginning 12/07/1998 as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and the deputy director of the United States Marshals Service and the United States Marine Corps brigadier general circa 2004 ) is 13975 days
27950 = 13975 + 13975
From 12/14/1949 ( premiere USA film "Sands of Iwo Jima" ) To 6/23/2026 ( ) is 27950 days
https://abc7news.com/news/looking-back-at-7-of-historys-most-notable-congressional-hearings-and-testimonies/2069749/
abc 7 NEWS
Looking back at 7 of history's most notable Congressional hearings and testimonies
By VERONICA STRACQUALURSI
Thursday, June 8, 2017
1954 Army-McCarthy Hearings
During the peak of the Red Scare, when Americans worried about the spread of world communism, Wisconsin Sen. Joseph McCarthy heightened people's fears with his allegations that hundreds of Communists had infiltrated the State Department.
Using his platform as chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, McCarthy conducted several hearings hoping to purge the federal government of alleged Communists and Soviet spies.
McCarthy then turned his accusations toward the Army, where he conducted nationally-televised hearings lasting from April until June of 1954.
On June 9, 1954, during one of the sessions, a dramatic moment occurred between McCarthy and Joseph Welch, the lawyer representing the Army in the hearings. McCarthy accused one of Welch's attorneys of harboring ties to a Communist organization.
"Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness," Welch shot back, defending his employee. "Let us not assassinate this lad further, senator. You have done enough."
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this-day-the-senate-censures-joseph-mccarthy
National Constitution Center
On this day: The Senate censures Joseph McCarthy
December 2, 2020 | by NCC Staff
December 2nd is a landmark day in Senate history, marking that chamber’s historic censure of Joseph McCarthy for his conduct during public hearings.
A censure is a public rebuke of a member by the Senate as a body and not the expulsion of a Senator. But a censure vote can have a powerful effect on a Senator’s public image and his or her ability to participate in Senate decisions.
The constitutional precedent for the censure motion comes from Article 1, Section 5, Clause 2, which says that “each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly behavior, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.”
However, there is nothing in the Constitution about Congress having the ability to pass a censure motion against a member of another branch of the government. And the word “censure” doesn’t appear in the Constitution.
In McCarthy’s case, his political power had gone mostly unchallenged since 1950, when he made a Lincoln Day speech in West Virginia, claiming that Communists had infiltrated the State Department.
“I have in my hand 57 cases of individuals who would appear to be either card-carrying members or certainly loyal to the Communist Party, but who nevertheless are still helping to shape our foreign policy,” McCarthy reportedly said. (There is some dispute about the actual number of alleged Communists he cited in the live speech.)
McCarthy’s controversial remarks found welcoming ears in those early Cold War years. Republican leaders appointed McCarthy as chairman of the Senate Committee on Government Operations in 1953, which included the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
Later that year, McCarthy pressed for hearings on Communist infiltration into the U.S. Army. But in 1954, the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations held its own hearings about accusations exchanged between McCarthy and the Army. The hearings were watched on TV by more than 20 million Americans.
In a dramatic moment, Army counsel Joseph Welch lashed out at McCarthy after the senator refused to produce a list of Communists and instead attacked a young attorney on Welch’s staff who wasn’t at the hearing.
“Senator; you’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” Welch said to an ovation from the Senate gallery.
By the summer of 1954, the Senate decided to take action against McCarthy. On July 30, 1954, Ralph Flanders, a Republican, introduced a censure motion that his conduct as chairman of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations was “contrary to senatorial traditions.”
McCarthy verbally abused some of his colleagues during hearings that started in August. The Senate then reconvened in a lame-duck session after the November election to consider two charges. And McCarthy again attacked committee members who leveled the challenges. But Republican Arthur Watkins of Utah, who led the selected committee, spoke about how McCarthy violated the Senate’s dignity.
On December 2, 1954, the Senate voted on a motion said that McCarthy “acted contrary to senatorial ethics and tended to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute, to obstruct the constitutional processes of the Senate, and to impair its dignity; and such conduct is hereby condemned.” The motion passed by a 67-22 vote.
The effective punishment came against McCarthy in a separate motion, where he lost a key committee chairmanship.
But after December 2nd, McCarthy faded away as a major player in national politics.
posted online by me, Kerry Burgess: May 19, 2007
http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1986/22686b.htm
Address to the Nation on National Security
February 26, 1986
One cannot sit in this office reviewing intelligence on the military threat we face, making decisions from arms control to Libya to the Philippines, without having that concern for America's security weigh constantly on your mind. We know that peace is the condition under which mankind was meant to flourish. Yet peace does not exist of its own will. It depends on us, on our courage to build it and guard it and pass it on to future generations. George Washington's words may seem hard and cold today, but history has proven him right again and again. ``To be prepared for war,'' he said, ``is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.'' Well, to those who think strength provokes conflict, Will Rogers had his own answer. He said of the world heavyweight champion of his day: ``I've never seen anyone insult Jack Dempsey.''
https://www.krem.com/article/news/crime/clay-hilton-verdict-spokane-county-sheriffs-office/293-78513a9b-9ee9-412f-b9f5-7846b789e55f
KREM2 CBS Spokane
Jury finds former Spokane County deputy Clay Hilton not guilty on all charges
Author: Vinny Saglimbeni
Published: 11:27 AM PDT June 24, 2026
Updated: 5:40 PM PDT June 24, 2026
Hilton was charged with second-degree assault and false swearing after an August 2023 arrest, where prosecutors say he beat Kevin Hinton so badly the jail wouldn't book him.
"There's no question, my client did exactly what he was trained to do," said Hershman after the verdict was handed down. "He did exactly what was within the bounds of the law to do. The complaining witness in this case resisted, put my client's welfare in jeopardy, and he reacted appropriately."
https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/clay-hilton-stand-claiming-self-defense-criminal-assault-trial/293-7297341b-7b04-46f1-8cb2-b461dc13ba1b
KREM2 CBS Spokane
Clay Hilton takes the stand, claiming self-defense in criminal assault trial
The former Spokane County Sheriff's sergeant testified his use of force was to both gain compliance and protect his own safety.
Author: Katelyn Gallaway
Published: 7:07 PM PDT June 22, 2026
Updated: 7:07 PM PDT June 22, 2026
It marks the first time a Spokane County Sheriff's deputy has been charged with a crime committed on duty.
https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/opening-statements-testimony-begin-in-criminal-trial-of-former-spokane-county-deputy/293-b2cb1a99-35a5-4d3b-b2ce-d890132f0bad
KREM2 CBS Spokane
Author: Regan Gallo
Published: 6:03 PM PDT June 15, 2026
Updated: 6:03 PM PDT June 15, 2026
SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. — Opening statements and testimony began Monday in the trial of former Spokane County Sheriff's Office sergeant, Clay Hilton. He's accused of beating a man so severely during a 2023 arrest, that the jail wouldn't take him.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/may/19/was-transgender-prisoner-policy-is-target-of-new-f/
The Spokesman-Review
Spokane, Washington
WA’s transgender prisoner policy is target of new federal investigation
May 19, 2026 Updated Tue., May 19, 2026 at 6:47 p.m.
By Jake Goldstein-Street
Washington State Standard
The Trump administration on Tuesday launched an investigation into Washington state’s practice of housing transgender women in its women’s prison.
In a letter to Gov. Bob Ferguson, the U.S. Department of Justice cited allegations that the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor has “failed to protect female prisoners from sexual and physical violence, harassment, voyeurism, and intimidation from male prisoners who identify as female.”
The Justice Department argued this could violate the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution’s protections against cruel and unusual punishment. The Washington State Constitution also prohibits cruel conditions specifically for prisoners.
The inquiry follows a lawsuit filed last month against the state by a woman held at the Gig Harbor women’s prison, alleging a transgender woman physically attacked her. The woman alleged several other transgender women were held at the prison.
https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/opening-statements-testimony-begin-in-criminal-trial-of-former-spokane-county-deputy/293-b2cb1a99-35a5-4d3b-b2ce-d890132f0bad
KREM2 CBS Spokane
“This is not a case where he was defending himself," said Yakima County Deputy Prosecutor Joe Brown. "This is not a case where he was using force lawfully. This is a case where he lost control.”
The case is being tried by the Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, the same one that investigated Hilton's conduct during the arrest and charged him with assault and false swearing, after then-Spokane County Prosecuting Attorney Larry Haskell passed on the investigation. It marks the first time a Spokane County Sheriff's deputy has been charged with a crime committed on duty.
Defense attorney Bryan Hershman argued that Kevin Hinton's actions were criminal and defiant during the arrest.
https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/opening-statements-testimony-begin-in-criminal-trial-of-former-spokane-county-deputy/293-b2cb1a99-35a5-4d3b-b2ce-d890132f0bad
KREM2 CBS Spokane
Hershman maintains Hilton's actions were a reasonable use of force and consistent with his law enforcement training. He's expected to claim self-defense at trial.
"You’re going to see a polite and professional law enforcement officer dealing with a belligerent and dismissive gentleman. A good size gentleman at that, taller than my client," Hershman told jurors during his opening remarks.
by me, Kerry Burgess, posted by me, local time Spokane: 11:45 AM August 14, 2023 Kerry Wayne Burgess @hvom2022
1/
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
(from internet transcript)
CIVILIAN AGENT: Sir, ...I'm sorry, but your voice is carrying. I don't think you want to be discussing this subject in public.
Dr. McCOY: I'll discuss what I like, and who the hell are you?
2/
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
CIVILIAN AGENT: Could I offer you a ride home, Doctor McCoy?
McCOY: Where's the logic in offering me a ride home, you idiot! If I wanted a ride home, would I be trying to charter a space flight?
ALIEN: Aarrgh!
3/
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
McCOY: How the hell do you know who I am?
CIVILIAN AGENT: Federation Security, sir.
https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/spokane-county/spokane-county-sheriffs-office-deputy-on-leave-beating-terrace-view-park-62-year-old-man/293-d38b1403-a26e-42ff-a2fa-9a5b4999b010
KREM2 CBS Spokane
'The most egregious abuse of power' | Lawyers of man beaten by Spokane County sergeant speak on alleged excessive force
A 62-year-old man was beaten so badly by a Spokane County sergeant, the jail refused to take him in. Now, he's planning to sue the county for excessive force.
Author: Kyle Simchuk
Published: 12:40 PM PDT October 6, 2023
Updated: 6:24 PM PDT October 6, 2023
Attorneys say the 62-year-old man had just driven 11 hours and pulled into Terrace View Park in Spokane Valley on the night of August 14 to take a break. That's when a SCSO sergeant approached the driver's side window of his car.
"It is a crime to be in the park after hours. This is considered the park," the sergeant says. "Alright, I'll go find another place to watch a movie," the 62-year-old responds."
from my private journal, as me, Kerry Burgess, typed after being released from the USA Veterans Affairs psychiatric hospital enduring many months sitting in a grungy two-computer room in a homeless shelter on the waterfront in downtown Seattle:
From: Kerry Burgess
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2006 2:16 PM
To: Kerry Burgess
Subject: Re: Sleep journal 3/6/06
Kerry Burgess wrote:
I walked down to a lake, but the lake was fenced off. There was a chain link fence surrounding the lake and I could only look at it. The lake looked familar, Greason maybe, but I also recognized some CDA features. Some other stuff happened around the lake I can't quite remember. There were a few people there I didn't know, the people I think of as familiar strangers, they look like they know me but I don't know them.
me, kerry burgess ironman coeur dalene idaho 6-27-2004 .jpg - previously referenced
From 9/11/2001 ( ) to 2/6/2004 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, my final day as full-time employee of Microsoft Corporation in Seattle beginning 12/07/1998 ) is 878 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 3/29/1968 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Star Trek"::"Assignment: Earth" ) is 878 days
From 8/25/2011 ( by me, Kerry Burgess, referenced here ) To 8/14/2023 ( ) is 4372 days
4372 = 2186 + 2186
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 10/28/1971 ( Richard Nixon, 37th President of USA federal government 1969-1974: Toasts of the President and President Tito of Yugoslavia ) is 2186 days
by me, Kerry Burgess, typed after being released from the USA Veterans Affairs psychiatric hospital enduring many months sitting in a grungy two-computer room in a homeless shelter on the waterfront in downtown Seattle:
by me, Kerry Burgess, posted by me: H.V.O.M at 3:00 PM Thursday, August 25, 2011
Alex and Michael
I woke up this morning and I guess I had just then been dreaming about a story I was writing about those two. I was feeling as though the details were something I had been thinking of before I awoke. I awoke thinking about how if there were ever in this world two little kids that needed firearms then those are the two. I thought about how little Alex had an Uzi and he opened up on Susan Smith with that Uzi and he ripped a full clip at her and that stupid kid only hit the cat nearby on the floor which exploded into a big splatter of blood and hair over the wall and he got Susan in the foot with one bullet from that full magazine but that isn't surprising because 15-month-old kids can't aim firearms very well and Michael was banging away at her with a pair of Colt .45 semiautomatic pistols and he emptied both clips and only got her in the leg one time. So I don't know what I was dreaming of. Maybe that was something from part of something I wrote a long time ago after I found those kids in the lake.
From 10/25/1994 ( Susan Smith kills her two children and dumps them in her car in the John D. Long Lake near Union South Carolina ) To 9/17/2000 is 2154 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 9/26/1971 ( Susan Smith ) is 2154 days
From 12/20/1994 ( in Bosnia as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain this day is my United States Navy Cross medal date of record - for Kerry Burgess 1994-A a brutally violent end of the road ) To 9/17/2000 is 2098 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 8/1/1971 ( premiere US film "The Omega Man" ) is 2098 days
From 10/3/1993 ( the Battle of Mogadishu Somalia begins ) To 9/17/2000 is 2541 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 10/17/1972 ( Britain's Queen Elizabeth II visits Yugoslavia ) is 2541 days
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=1325
The American Presidency Project
William J. Clinton
XLII President of the United States: 1993-2001
Remarks at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia
September 17, 2000
Thank you very much. The final sentence of the preamble: "We do ordain and establish this Constitution of the United States." Today we come to ordain and establish this Constitution Center
previously here by me, Kerry Burgess, excerpt
by me, Kerry Burgess, 06/23/2026 6:18 PM
First time I am seeing this today. He's their morning guy
They must certainly know by now what it makes me think:
From 3/5/1949 ( Harry Truman, 33rd president of USA federal government 1945-1953: Special Message to the Congress on Reorganization of the National Military Establishment ) To 6/23/2026 ( ) is 28234 days
28234 = 14117 + 14117
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 6/27/2004 ( as me, Kerry Burgess, the amateur-competitor number 878, I successfully completed the Ironman Coeur d'Alene triathlon ) is 14117 days
From 12/20/1994 ( an aviator in non-aviator related duties boots on the ground in Bosnia as Kerry Wayne Burgess the United States Marine Corps captain this day is my US Navy Cross medal date of record ) To 6/23/2026 ( ) is 11508 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my known birth date in Antlers, Oklahoma, USA, as Kerry Wayne Burgess ) To 5/6/1997 ( premiere USA TV series episode "Something So Right"::"Something About Getting the Hell Out of Here" ) is 11508 days
[from internet source]
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NAVY CROSS
CRITERIA:
The Navy Cross may be awarded to any person who, while serving with the Navy or Marine Corps, distinguishes himself in action by extraordinary heroism not justifying an award of the Medal of Honor.
https://marines.mil/Portals/1/Publications/SECNAV%20M-1650.1.pdf?ver=2019-08-23-121307-600
Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual
TAB 17
Extraordinary Heroism Benefit
The act must have been performed voluntarily.
Extraordinary Heroism Benefit
This requirement should not be applied so strictly as to exclude from consideration individuals, who in carrying out orders, do more of their own volition than could ordinarily be expected under the circumstances
Los Angeles Times
Carter Announces Bosnia Cease-Fire Agreement : Balkans: Truce begins Friday, he says after shaky start with rebel Serbs. Diplomats remain skeptical.
December 21, 1994 DEAN E. MURPHY TIMES STAFF WRITER
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The Bosnian Serbs and the Muslim-led Bosnian government have agreed to begin a cease-fire on Friday as a small first step toward ending the 32-month civil war, former President Jimmy Carter announced Tuesday.
The modest agreement--one of many proposed cease-fires over the course of the war--came after an unscheduled second round of meetings between Carter and the Bosnian Serb leadership in nearby Pale. Carter called the extra session after conflicting claims about the results of their high-profile talks on Monday threatened to sink his entire peace mission.
Carter announced Monday that Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic had agreed to an immediate cease-fire, but Karadzic backed away from the claim a few hours later.
The Bosnian government was so angered by the theatrics that President Alija Izetbegovic refused to meet with Carter when he returned to Sarajevo late Monday, choosing to make the former U.S. President wait until morning, sources said.
"We have had this character 2 1/2 years, and he lies every day," said Bosnian Vice President Ejup Ganic, referring to Karadzic. "Make sure that you know with whom you deal."
Carter, said to be alarmed and betrayed by Karadzic's antics on Monday, made Tuesday's cease-fire announcement in Pale standing shoulder to shoulder with him.
After driving the mountainous road to Sarajevo, Carter repeated the announcement at the airport en route to Belgrade, where he plans to hold talks with Serbian leaders.
"There will be a complete cease-fire in all of Bosnia-Herzegovina, including Bihac, to go into effect at noon on Dec. 23," Carter said. "This cease-fire is to be completely monitored, without interference, by UNPROFOR (U.N. Protection Force) troops, interposing themselves between the opposing military units wherever necessary."
- by me, Kerry Wayne Burgess, posted by me: 3:06 PM Pacific-timezone USA Thursday 06/25/2026
