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Judge Orders Michigan Couple To Testify Against Themselves

On February 26, 2007 and again on May 2, in Michigan’s Eastern District Court, a team of U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorneys and Federal District Court Judge Nancy G. Edmunds ordered Peter and Doreen Hendrickson to testify against themselves.


Judge Edmunds granted the DOJ summary judgment in a lawsuit filed to force the Hendricksons to change sworn testimony on their tax returns in order to give the federal government a pretext for claiming the couple owed income taxes in 2002 and 2003.


The Hendricksons point out that ordering or forcing someone to change sworn testimony is a crime and contrary to the US Constitution, even when a judge orders it.


Judge Edmunds issued her ruling without the formality of a trial.


Official Treasury Department Certificates of Assessment show the Hendricksons owe no taxes for the years in question. Nowhere in the complaint does the DOJ present evidence that the Hendricksons owe anything or that their testimony is false.

The Hendricksons are taking the matter to a higher court.


The DOJ has tried and failed in three previous lawsuits to suppress Peter Hendrickson’s book, 'Cracking the Code- the Fascinating Truth about Taxation in America'. The DOJ’s efforts to silence Mr. Hendrickson appear to result from its fear of what he reveals in that book.


'Cracking the Code-...' shows that the application of the income tax is far more limited than most Americans believe. It demonstrates how key terms in the code such as “wages,” “employer,” “employee,” “trade or business” and “self-employment” are explicitly defined in the law in order to limit the income tax to certain federally privileged activities. Earnings unconnected with such privileged activities are not subject to the tax. Unaware of these special definitions, most Americans give the words their common meaning and mistakenly pay taxes they do not owe.


Mr. Hendrickson points out that, "The limited nature of the tax is not a matter of my opinion. In addition to the clear words of the law, dozens of United States Supreme Court rulings agree with my research and analysis, while no Supreme Court rulings support any alternative view, including the broad misunderstanding of the law the IRS likes to encourage."


The IRS appears, at best, "conflicted". Even while presenting a disparaging (but carefully inaccurate) summary of 'Cracking the Code-...' on its web site, the IRS continues to send full refunds-- Social Security and Medicare ‘contributions’ included-- to all who file accurate returns based on what they learn by reading the book. Hendrickson’s web site, www.losthorizons.com, shows copies of refund checks, credits and corrected account statements amounting to over $2.2 million received by his readers since the book was first published in 2003. This amount, which the IRS says is a mere fraction of what it has returned to readers of Hendrickson’s book so far, continues to grow every week.


While the DOJ and Judge Edmunds work to suppress Hendrickson’s book, and the IRS floods the media with disinformation and fear, the hard evidence-- the words of the law, dozens of Supreme Court rulings, and the ongoing stream of complete refunds-- remains on the side of the liberating revelations in 'Cracking the Code- the Fascinating Truth about Taxation in America'.

CONTACT: Peter Hendrickson

E-mail: phendrickson@losthorizons.com

www.losthorizons.com

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