William J. Benson, Sui Juris
c/o General Delivery
South Holland, Illinois
AFFIDAVIT OF WILLIAM J. BENSON
ILLINOIS STATE/REPUBLIC )
) Subscribed, Sworn and Sealed
COUNTY OF COOK )
I, WILLIAM J. BENSON, being a Sovereign Free Man, of sound
mind and body, do affirm as follows:
1. I am a former security and fraud investigator for the
Criminal Investigation Division of the Illinois Department of
Revenue, State of Illinois.
2. During the year 1984, I travelled to the Capitols of
the forty-eight (48) States which constituted the United States
of America during the year 1913.
3. I obtained certified copies of the legislative journals
in each of these Union States concerning the ratification of the
so-called 16th Amendment.
4. I obtained certified copies of records maintained in
the National Archives in Washington, D.C., concerning the
ratification of the so-called 16th Amendment.
5. Altogether, I have assembled a total of approximately
17,000 certified and notarized documents that are, in my trained
professional opinion, relevant and material to the ratification
of the so-called 16th Amendment.
6. In the year 1985, with a co-author by the name of M. J.
"Red" Beckman, of Billings, Montana, I co-authored and published
a book entitled The Law That Never Was, Volume One, a 366-page
book which documents the most important findings of my research
and travels to the 48 States which existed in the year 1913.
7. In the year 1986, I authored and published a second
book entitled The Law That Never Was, Volume Two, a 382-page book
which documents the reactions which I witnessed to the findings
in Volume One.
8. I attach The Law That Never Was, Volumes One and Two;
I incorporate them and make them an explicit part of this
Affidavit, by reference (see Exhibits D-1 and D-2).
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9. I am also the co-author of a 33-page pamphlet entitled
Ratification of the Income Tax Amendment: Has the Federal
Government Defrauded the American People? A Response to the Ripy
Report (see Exhibit S). This pamphlet was published on September
16, 1986. I am the co-author of this pamphlet with Andrew B.
Spiegel, Juris Doctor and practicing attorney, specializing in
civil and criminal tax litigation and human rights.
10. This pamphlet is faithfully reproduced on pages 153 to
172 of the book entitled 16th Amendment Reliance Package (see
Exhibit V). I also attach an original copy of this pamphlet and
make it an explicit part of this Affidavit, by reference (see
Exhibit S).
11. In November of the year 1986, at my own expense, I
mailed copies of Volumes One and Two to every Representative in
the House of Representatives, and to every Senator in the United
States Senate. Barbara Boxer was a recipient of Volumes One and
Two at that time. (See page 149 of the 16th Amendment Reliance
Package, Exhibit V.) Volumes One and Two were also sent to the
Attorney General of the United States, to the Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States, and to many, if not all
the U.S. Attorneys, State Governors, and State Attorneys General
throughout the country. I also sent Volumes One and Two to 1,158
Federal Court and Bankruptcy Court Judges throughout the country.
Exhibit T is a partial listing of the mailing list of U.S.
Representatives which I used in 1986, whereon Barbara Boxer's
name appears as a Representative of the State of California. As
such, Barbara Boxer was the recipient of Volumes One and Two and
also the 33-page pamphlet entitled Ratification of the Income Tax
Amendment: Has the Federal Government Defrauded the American
People? A Response to the Ripy Report (see Exhibit S).
12. In March of the year 1992, I also published a third
book entitled You Can Rely On The Law That Never Was , a 254-page
book which also contains selections and key excerpts from the
Trial and Post-Trial Motions of William J. Benson, and which book
I incorporate and make an explicit part of this Affidavit, by
reference (see Exhibit U).
13. My letter of November 1986 to all member of Congress is
reproduced on pages 149 and 159 of a fourth book entitled 16th
Amendment Reliance Package, a 224-page book which I co-authored
in May of the year 1992 and which book I incorporate and make an
explicit part of this Affidavit, by reference (see Exhibit V).
14. In April of 1987, I sent a follow-up letter to all
members of Congress. This letter is reproduced on pages 145 and
146 of the 16th Amendment Reliance Package (see Exhibit V).
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15. On page 41 of the book entitled 16th Amendment Reliance
Package (see Exhibit V), there is reproduced a key excerpt from a
criminal trial in the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, during which
trial the Judge and Prosecutor had the following interchange:
MR. STONE: [W]ell, the Sixteenth Amendment issue wasn't
adjudicated in this case, because it wasn't a proper
defense. It had nothing whatsoever to do with why taxes
weren't paid in 1980 and 1981. Mr. Benson by his own
testimony -- his remarks again today -- said his research
began in 1984 and he wrote his book in 1985, and even he
says if you can believe him, he went into it with an open
mind. He couldn't possibly have been guided by his views on
the Sixteenth Amendment back in 1980 and '81.
THE COURT: But that's not the point. The point is if his
entire thesis is correct, there was no law to violate.
[see Exhibit V: 16th Amendment Reliance Package, page 41]
Further this Affiant sayeth not.
Subscribed, sealed and affirmed to this __________________ day of
_________________________________, 1992 Anno Domini.
I now affix my own signature to all of the above affirmations
with explicit reservation of all my rights and without prejudice:
/s/ William J. Benson
_________________________________________________________________
William J. Benson Date
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Acknowledgement
ILLINOIS STATE/REPUBLIC )
) Subscribed, Sworn and Sealed
COUNTY OF COOK )
On this _________ day of ____________________________, 1992,
William J. Benson did personally appear before me, and is known
to be the one described in, and who executed, the foregoing
instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same as his
free act and deed as a Sovereign Free Man in this above named
said State of the Union. Purpose of notary public is for
identification only and not for entrance into any foreign
jurisdiction.
___________________________________
Notary Public
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