The Kurdish Victims Fund presents to you a Special report on the demands of Barzani's lawyers in the Washington court.

Court cases in the

federal courts of the United States progress very slowly, but they do move forward.  And this case is moving forward.

​The rumor widely floating in Kurdistan that the United States Government will intervene in this court case and order it stopped is totally false.  Under the American system of laws, no matter how powerful it may be the United States Government does not possess that legal authority.  They cannot stop the case.

​To be very clear, not one person listed in the massive lawsuit has been dismissed from the suit. Nor has the case itself been dismissed from court. In reality the opposite is true.  More persons have been identified as being part of the Barzani Criminal Enterprise, including Erbil businessmen, and have been added to the case.  These are Kurds and Americans working for or in behalf of the Barzani criminal regime.

​Attorneys in many places in the world are following the case closely.  They are communicating with the KVF lawyers and are being kept informed of all legal matters of the case.  This includes attorneys in the United States, London, Berlin, Dubai, in Kurdistan, and elsewhere.  All of the information made available to the court is also being made available to Members of Congress, where some members are suggesting launching Congressional investigations, and the White House, who are also being kept informed of the case and its criminal exposures, and to the U S Embassy in Baghdad.

​Earlier this year the Kurdish Victims Fund lawyers filed in the U S courts what is called an Amended Complaint.  This simply means the original court filing has been greatly expanded.  It is an enormous legal document nearly 500 pages long and alleges thousands of crimes of the Barzani Criminal Enterprise in violation of U S laws and the laws of nations.  Many of these documented crimes are against the United States Government itself, and are now being fully exposed to the United States courts.  By American standards, a complaint of this size is considered a very large legal matter.

In the amended complaint, Barzani’s long-time Washington D C lawyer Joe Reeder was added as a criminal participant, as was a second Washington D C Barzani lawyer named Jonathon Moore, along with Masoud Barzani, Masrour Barzani, Waysi Barzani, and other Barzani family members and their representatives.  Their long-time pattern and practice of criminality was explained in detail for the U S court.

​In that massive court filing, lawyers Reeder and Moore are being brought before the federal court of Washington D C along with Masoud Barzani, Masrour Barzani, Waysi Barzani, and several Barzani family members for the added serious major crimes of money laundering and other crimes and for criminal conspiracy with the Barzani Criminal Enterprise.  A legal claim was also filed against Barzani lawyer Reeder for defaming Kurdish journalist Maki Revend, which is against the law in the United States.

In Kurdistan it may be O K for Barzani security guards to rough up citizens, but it is a federal crime in the United States where Masrour Barzani’s bodyguards assaulted an American citizen.

​Several persons working for Masrour Barzani are also now being brought before the federal court of Washington D C for unlawfully violating the freedom and civil rights of an American citizen who was legally protesting the moral and criminal acts of the kidnapping and deliberate ruthless murder by incineration of his powerless but brave Erbil school teacher sister as a calculated tactic of the powerful and controlling corrupt Barzani criminal enterprise regime to silence her principled opposition. She had the heart of a hero, and her savage murder in Barzan is also added to the court case.

​On July 15, Barzani attorney Reeder and his attorneys filed a motion with the United States District Court to have only Reeder dismissed from the case.  He did not ask the court to have anyone else dismissed, only himself.  U S court rules require the Kurdish Victims Fund to file a response within fourteen days, which they did. 

​On July 25, lawyers for the Kurdish Victims Fund submitted a thirty five page response document with the court opposing attorney Reeder’s motion.  This document included dozens of governing American court rulings.  In that document to the court, all of the false statements and misrepresentations to the court by Barzani attorney Reeder’s attorneys were answered in detail.

​In this report citing the Kurdish Victims Fund position, we explain six of the main misrepresentations and false statements made to the court by attorneys for Barzani attorney Reeder.​

​First, attorneys for Barzani’s attorney Reeder attempted to persuade the U S federal court that the matter was not appropriate for the courts.  They attempted to persuade the court this is a foreign policy matter.  But U S law is very clear on this point.  As directed by the U S Supreme Court, the so called “political questions” have no bearing in this case. 

Second, attorneys for Barzani’s attorney Reeder attempted to persuade the U S federal court to dismiss Mister Reeder from the case for reasons that are “wholly and demonstrably false”.  Attorney Reeder’s attorneys totally overlooked the documented allegations of money laundering and related federal crimes of the Barzani Criminal Enterprise. This was an improper attempt to distract, mislead, and prejudice the court. 

Third, attorneys for Barzani’s attorney Reeder tried to persuade the U S federal court that attorney Reeder’s actions are protected from the court because he is an attorney.  KVF attorneys informed the court that this too is false.  The United States Supreme Court, which is over all U S federal courts, says there is no attorney protection when the attorney is engaged in criminal activity.  KVF lawyers have provided the court hundreds of pages of criminal activity of the Barzani Criminal Enterprise, including deceit and deception by Barzani attorneys Reeder and Moore and others, and have thousands of pages of documents, financial records, bank records, money wires, agreements, emails, and confidential documents that they will publicly present as clear and compelling evidence at trial.

Fourth, attorneys for Barzani’s attorney Reeder tried to convince the U S federal court that this case was only to “advance their political agenda in the runup to the upcoming October 2024 elections in Kurdistan.”  KVF lawyers informed the judge this too was totally untrue and very misleading to the court.  There is absolutely nothing in the case even remotely relating to the politics of Kurdistan.  Rather, it is only about multitudinous allegations of worldwide criminal conduct by the Barzani Criminal Enterprise, securing justice for those who could not fight for themselves.

Fifth, the attorneys representing Barzani attorney Reeder tried to persuade the court that the KVF was improperly doing what is called “service of summons” on the Barzani’s and others.  Again, this is totally false.  KVF attorneys informed the court that they are following exactly the procedures outlined by the judge, no matter where the defendants may try to hide.

Sixth, the filing reminded the court that attorney Reeder was part of “the common scheme” in collusion with Barzani attorney Jonathon Moore and others in secret and illegal cooperation and conspiracy that helped provide financial capability to the Barzani Criminal Enterprise in its unlawful relationship with terrorist organizations.

The case actively continues in the United States District Court of Washington D C.  The U S federal court judge has not yet acted on attorney Reeder’s motion to dismiss himself.  No one has been dismissed from the case, including Barzani’s Washington attorneys Reeder and Moore, and the case has not been dismissed.