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[07:04] Speaker 8: (instrumental music) And welcome back to the Global Freedom Report. I'm your host, Brent Johnson. Our question for the week: If you could ask Thomas Jefferson one question, what would it be? You think about that. If you could ask Thomas Jefferson one question, what would you ask him? Think about it. Later on when we open up the phone lines, I would love to hear what your thoughts are and what you would ask Thomas Jefferson. When artificial intelligence flags George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four as inappropriate for students, educational technology has clearly lost the plot. A Church of England secondary school in Greater Manchester deployed, that's an interesting word, deployed artificial intelligence to justify removing nearly 200 books from its library, including dystopian masterpieces and memoirs that previous generations considered essential reading. The digital purge reads like satire you'd find trending on social media.

[08:44] Speaker 8: AI flagged the following books with the following absurd justifications. George Or- Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four for, and I quote, "Themes of torture, violence, sexual coercion." End quote. Apparently missing the irony of censoring a book about censorship. Stephanie Meyer's Twilight for, and I quote, "Mature romantic themes, sexual tension, violence involving vampires and werewolves." End quote. Michelle Obama's Becoming for, quote, "Racism and political themes." End quote. And finally, for Nicholas Sparks' The Notebook for, quote, "Romantic drama about enduring love and memory loss." End quote. The real tragedy isn't the books. It's what happened to the librarian who refused to comply. Gobsmacked by the directive to remove titles not written for children or posing safeguarding risks, she stood her ground. The school responded by launching a safeguarding investigation against her for introducing inappropriate books despite previous approvals from management.

[10:24] Speaker 8: Stress forced her resignation, and the upheld complaint now bars her from future school work. Her career destruction appalls professional organizations. Carolyn Roach, chairman of the school libraries group, called the situation over the top and career ruining. The fact it's gone through safeguarding means she will never be able to work in a school again. Index on Censorship investigators described witnessing an unprecedented attack on the freedom to read and intellectual freedom. The school admits that AI generated the removal justification, though they won't specify which tool made these algorithmic life or death decisions. Your children's access to classic literature now depends on algorithms that can't distinguish between age-appropriate themes and genuine harm. This isn't just about one school. It's about surrendering human judgment to machines that lack context, nuance, or understanding of educational value.

[11:39] Speaker 8: When artificial intelligence starts deciding what your teenagers can read, we have automated away intellectual freedom itself. What do you think about that? Is anybody surprised? You turn over all of this control to artificial intelligence without any safeguards against the abuse of the technology, what do you expect?... especially happening in the Fifth Reich, which is the United Kingdom. United Kingdom is now as bad as Adolf Hitler's Germany, as far as I'm concerned. And I will say that, I actually will, I will be doing another show on what's happening in the United Kingdom, and I intend to say that on the air and see what my guest has to say about it. Because this is absolutely absurd. At what point do we shut down the artificial intelligence? At what point do we mount an armed revolution to take out the government that is doing this? When is enough, enough? I mean, when is it enough?

[12:58] Speaker 8: (hand slamming) At what point do you finally say, "I'm not going to allow it, I'm not going to let it happen. I will use force to stop it." Do you really believe you can elect people who won't do this? Do you really believe that the, the absolute, um, the absolute ... um, I'm looking for a word right now. The, the absolute unprecedented, um, dedication to making money is really more important than anything else in the world? Is that really what you believe? It's more important to make money, so we're going to do things that generate revenue. We're gonna do things that allow our unelected non-governmental organizations to get millions and maybe billions of dollars, most of it from fraud, in order to justify saving the children? That we're gonna trust profit-driven artificial intelligence organizations more than we'll trust parents to make those determinations. When is enough, enough? I mean, I- I- I'm so fed up with it. I'm so fed up of it.

[14:26] Speaker 8: If I wasn't so dedicated to promoting the word of God, which is truth, if I wasn't so dedicated to that, I would just pack it in. I would just say, "That's it. I'm done. You can have your world. I won't participate." That's ... I- I'm just about at that point. I wanna hear from you. I wanna hear your outrage. I wanna hear what you're doing to fight this garbage. That it's not just me who's fighting this. This is so absolutely absurd. And this is the kind of thing that you do a rant and rave on, which, by the way, if you would like to rant and rave on this or any other issue, you can go on the air. We'll give you five minutes of airtime to rant and rave about whatever it is that you wanna either be outraged about, or maybe something that you're really happy about. It's time for this week- And all, all you have to do, if, if you want to get a place in the show to do a rant and rave, is call us off the air at 888-385-3733. That's 888-385-FREE.

[15:45] Speaker 8: And say, "I wanna do a rant and rave on the Global Freedom Report." And we'll get you all set up to get it done. All right. It's just about tax time, and so it is time to revisit the internal revenue service, the income tax, and the fraud. We'll be right back with more of the Global Freedom Report. Stay tuned. Emmylou. Emmylou. (alarm going off) (upbeat music) You're listening to the Global Freedom Report. We'll be right back.

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[17:02] Speaker 11: How bad do things have to get before you do something? How long is it going to be before you finally resist and say, "No. I will not comply"?

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[17:54] Speaker 8: And welcome back to the Global Freedom Report. Let's do a mic check right now. Am I being heard properly? Okay. I, uh, I am on the correct microphone right now, so I need, I need a mic check, please. All right. How was that? All right. Excellent. All right. Welcome back to the Global Freedom Report.Okay, I'm hearing f- I'm hearing feed from... I, uh, I'm hearing feed from something else, okay? I, I do not know what's going on, okay? Am I being heard? Is my mo- Is my microphone being heard? I need to know this.

[18:37] Speaker 6: I hear you just fine.

[18:42] Speaker 8: Okay, you might contact them and let them know something, something is going on screwed up on their end.

[18:49] Speaker 6: Okay.

[18:50] Speaker 8: Okay. Um, and hopefully my guest is here with us. I, uh... We're gonna... You know, this is what happens in a live show. You never know what may or may not be happening. Well, Joe Bannister is the first and only IRS Criminal Investigation Division special agent ever to investigate allegations of deceitful and illegal conduct in the agency's administration and enforcement of the federal income tax system, and report the results of the investigation first to IRS management and executives, and then to the American people.

[19:34] Speaker 8: Despite having served as the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force coordinator, Asset Forfeiture coordinator, and Firearms and Defensive Tactics coordinator for the IRS Central California District, and despite having earned a Special Act award, Certificate of Recognition award, Performance award, Sustained Superior Performance award, and Top Athlete award above and beyond his routine investigative duties, Bannister's evidence and concerns were summarily rebuffed and he was encouraged to resign from the agency. He resigned on February 25th, 1999 in order to abide by his oath to support and defend the United States Constitution. Joe is a devout Christian who seeks to emulate and represent the messages of Yeshua, Messiah, and our Father in heaven. One of his pet projects is to encourage film and television producers, directors, writers, actors, and actresses to refrain from using God's or Jesus's name in vain in their films and shows.

[20:53] Speaker 8: Joe Bannister, it is my sincere privil- privilege and great delight to welcome you back to the Global Freedom Report. How are you, Joe?

[21:02] Speaker 12: I'm doing great, Brent. It's great to be on your show again. I mean, we, I... Early, uh, 2000s, right, we've been, I've been, uh, coming to visit-

[21:11] Speaker 8: Yeah.

[21:12] Speaker 12: ... you for a-

[21:12] Speaker 8: Yeah.

[21:13] Speaker 12: ... probably quarter century or so.

[21:15] Speaker 8: You have, and, and I gotta tell you, it's like, it, it warms my heart to know that you're still out there doing what you do. You know, uh, I don't know if you caught it, but just in the last segment, I got so upset. There's th- there's this, this story out of England, an AI just wiped out 200 books from a library because the AI decided that it might be harmful to children. And we're talking about things like George Orwell's 1984, Stephanie Meyer's Twilight, okay? Um, and, and, and we're talking about some classic books, okay? And the AI just did that. I'm, I'm having an absolute fit over it, and I was just telling people, "I need you folks, all of you, okay, to take a stand. It's time. Stop sitting around doing nothing." And you're one of those people who I'm speaking about when I say, you know, I'm looking for those people who will stand up for the truth, and you have always been one of those people.

[22:18] Speaker 8: So, it is such a pleasure to have you here again, and I know everybody is going to... Uh, if you've never heard Joe Bannister, sit tight, and if you have, I'm sure you're excited to hear about what he has to say. Joe, every year around this time, we hear all about the Internal Revenue Service clamping down on people for not paying their taxes. Have the tactics of the IRS gotten more intense over the years, or is it just the time of year? In your opinion, is the IRS more or less of a threat to Amer- to the American freedom today?

[22:57] Speaker 12: I, I would say less. Um, if you look at the Treasury Inspector General, that's the inspector general that oversees, you know, IRS misconduct, and, uh, and so there are all kinds of Treasury Inspector General reports. TIGTA is their, uh, acronym. And so, the TIGTA reports dozens, if not in the hundreds of reports over the years indicating, um, just how much, you know, implosion is going on inside the IRS. So, uh, thankfully, for the safety of the American people, uh, the IRS is, is not doing better in 2026 than they were, uh, back in 1996 when I, when I began to look into what they're really up to.

[23:44] Speaker 8: Well, that, that's, that... You know, that's, that's a positive thing. I like that. It's a good way to start. For years, you've been teaching people the truth about income tax. Nevertheless, the IRS continues to operate, taking tremendous amounts of money out of the US economy in the process. What would it require to shut down the IRS completely, in your opinion?

[24:16] Speaker 12: I think just a, an awakening of the American people, and I don't, I don't think... I think the American people are capable.... of being awakened about the income tax. It's just that, you know, not only is the truth about who the income tax actually applies to been hidden from the American people, but even, you know, like say my, in my own case, uh, resigned from the IRS in 1999, after about a five-and-a-half-year career there, and the only reason the IRS wanted the public to know about me was when they indicted me in November of 2004 (laughs) , to try to basically silence and discredit me f- you know, for the information I was trying to share with the public. And so there was a complicit, and still is, you know, to some extent, complicit mainstream media, who's trying to hide the ball from the American people.

[25:07] Speaker 12: So I'm really encouraged, um, you know, with platforms like X, um, Rumble, and even it seems like a relaxing on, you know, Facebook and YouTube to some extent, um, you know, thanks to Elon Musk, uh, making X more, uh, have its reach, you know, be wider. So I- I'm, I'm really encouraged. I mean, I've always been hopeful. You know, as a Christian, uh, we're actually commanded to be, to be hopeful, and, uh, you know, I think that's, uh, uh, the best way to be. So I- I'm really encouraged, and I think the American people are ready. Uh, you know, As you're well aware, I'm sure your audience is too, the recent revelations by Doge, you know, at the beginning of, uh, Trump's second administration, and, uh, all the revelations that Nick Shirley brought to the public's awareness about the fraud in Minnesota and California, and, you know, we know that that's going on in every state, but, you know, Nick can only (laughs) can only uncover it so fast.

[26:09] Speaker 12: So, uh, I'm, I'm really encouraged that the public is, is waking up to the fact that, that they, we have been punked, you know, for a very long time, not only about what the truth is about our income tax obligations, if any, but also, what, what's going on with the money that is raised, the money that is taken from our pockets and, you know, from our own bank accounts.

[26:33] Speaker 8: Excellent, excellent. My guest is Joe Bannister, former criminal investigator for the IRS, now an activist on IRS Truth. We'll be right back with more after these words. This is the Global Freedom Report.

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[30:50] Speaker 16: This madness has gone on long enough. (sighs) I don't care if we're ready yet. I don't care if we're outnumbered or outgunned. I don't care what ISN says about us! This stops, and it stops now! If Earth wants to declare war on us, then it is time that we took the war to Clark. Starting right now, we fight back, and we fight back hard.

[31:12] Speaker 6: I thought you were looking for some other way than firing at our own ships. They were following orders.

[31:17] Speaker 16: Any crew that executes an order like that is guilty of war crimes, and they deserve whatever they get! Now, we're riding in. Anybody who wants to defect and join us, fine. If they get in our way, we'll knock 'em down. If they kill one of our ships, we'll kill three of theirs. And we keep going. We never slow down, and we won't stop. And God help anybody who gets in our way.

[31:45] Speaker 6: Let me tell you how it will be. There's one for you, 19 for me. Because I'm the tax man. Yeah, I'm the tax man.

[32:06] Speaker 8: And welcome back to the Global Freedom Report. I'm your host, Brent Johnson. My guest is Joe Bannister, and Joe, 60 years ago, the Beatles put out that piece of music, The Taxman. 60 years ago, they had a clear idea as to what the taxman was and what the taxpayer was doing. You know, it's like, there's nothing new under the sun. We just have to pay attention, listen, watch, and then take action. At one point, President Trump said he was going to dismantle the IRS and merge it into the Treasury Department. Has that been done yet?

[32:57] Speaker 12: (laughs) No. No, it hasn't. Uh, as far as my memory goes, uh, President Trump certainly has spoken more about getting rid of the IRS than, than any president. You know, politicians, um, frequently will make, you know, statements about getting rid of the IRS, usually congress representatives and senators. Um, so, you know, I've, I've been hopeful, I remain hopeful that it's not just talk, but, uh, I think it's really gonna have to come from the American people, uh, you know, letting the president know that he's in the driver's seat as far as the income tax goes, and, you know, as the, as the head of the executive branch, and could certainly, um, you know, put a stop to this, the fraudulent and illegal conduct, uh, that the IRS is, you know, deploying against the American people, and deployed against me, uh, you know, personally, as I tried to blow the whistle on the agency.

[33:55] Speaker 8: Well, how would having the IRS be a part of the Treasury Department change its relationship with the American people?

[34:06] Speaker 12: Well, you know, the, the Constitution still has the boundaries, uh, severe boundaries on federal taxation, and, um, you know, contrary to what the IRS would tell the public, the Supreme Court has ruled over and over again that the 16th Amendment, you know, the so-called Income Tax Amendment, did not expand federal taxing power. And so, whatever power, you know, that the federal government had in 1910 or 1890, uh, and, you know, in the late-1800s, the Supreme Court ruled that the income tax that was deployed after the Civil War was unconstitutional, and that's the reason that there were forces that tried to amend the Constitution with the 16th Amendment.

[34:54] Speaker 12: But, uh, the Supreme Court told all of those forces in 1916 in the Bruce Shaper case that, "Sorry, for whatever your efforts, you know, to amend the Constitution and be able to have this carte blanche to, uh, you know, assess an income tax," uh, the Supreme Court said, "No, you don't have any additional powers, uh, post-16th Amendment." So, you know, the American people need to understand better how limited the federal government's abilit- ability to tax actually is, and I think if they learned that, then they'd find out, you know, the IRS really shouldn't have, have very little, if any, contact with the average American. And that's, of course, a lot different than I was taught when I was trained at the IRS.

[35:40] Speaker 8: Uh-huh. I bet.

[35:43] Speaker 12: And that's, that (laughs) and that's what led to my ultimate, you know, confrontation with my IRS supervisors and my resignation. Because when you actually looked at the evidence, the IRS's own internal manuals, the IRS's own internal computer systems, uh, and compared that with the way the IRS operated on a day-to-day basis, you found that there was a wide chasm between what the IRS actually had the authority to do and what they would do on a day-to-day basis.

[36:09] Speaker 8: And I would remind you not to humanify the IRS. It's not a they, it's an it. Just-

[36:17] Speaker 12: (laughs) Agreed.

[36:19] Speaker 8: ... just something to keep in mind. A couple of years ago, during the illegitimate Joe Biden regime, some 80,000 IRS agents were reportedly hired and authorized to carry firearms.What was the official intent of increasing the number of armed IRS agents, and do those 80,000 agents still work for the IRS, or has President Trump done something to diminish them?

[36:48] Speaker 12: Well, as is typical, Brent, I'm sure you're, you know, you're well aware that there's, uh, scare tactics, you know, why... You can deceive and, and put fear in people, in the American people, and that works just fine. You don't necessarily need, uh, you know, authority or justification. Fear will drive people. And so, uh, you know, the, the mainstream media, the Congress, the IRS of course, uh, leading the charge, to just put fear, instill fear in the public. And so my understanding of, you know, what you described is that actually the truth was that the intention was to hire 8,000 IRS agents per year for 10 years, yet the media made it sound like, you know, 87,000 agents are hitting the streets and (laughs) many of them will be armed.

[37:43] Speaker 8: Ah, yeah, yeah. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

[37:45] Speaker 12: So, you know, what the media was telling the public, a- 'cause I mean, I'm, I'm telling you, everywhere I would go, my friends, family, you know, at church, (laughs) everybody had heard, you know, 87,000 new agents are hitting the streets. And, uh, and so m- my best understanding is that actually that even those provisions for the, um, you know, 8,000 or 8,700 per year for 10 years, uh, didn't come to fruition. So it's one of those scare tactics that, uh, make people be, uh, fearful about looking around corners and that there's an IRS agent, you know, breathing down their neck. Uh, not to say the IRS can't do damage to people, but in terms of the, the fear that people have, it's been inculcated, you know, in the public mind for, for decades, and so it builds, right?

[38:39] Speaker 8: And, and in truth, okay, if you look to scripture, scripture says not once, not twice, but hundreds and hundreds of time, I think, I think it's something like 365 times or something like that, that, uh, "Do not fear." (laughs) "Do not fear."

[39:00] Speaker 12: Exactly right. Exactly right.

[39:01] Speaker 8: "Trust in, trust in the Lord. Do not fear." And, you know, what, what you're saying is true. People get into fear, and that tends to defeat them. And if you don't wanna be defeated by fear, you have to have faith. You have to have... sit there and say, "There's something more than..." You know, the IRS is not the end of everything. It's not the final arbiter on everything. You have to have something that allows you to set aside the fear.

[39:38] Speaker 8: And, uh-

[39:38] Speaker 12: Right.

[39:38] Speaker 8: ... I believe that something is faith.

[39:41] Speaker 12: You're absolutely right. Faith, and then you can, uh, supplement a little with, uh, you know, awareness and knowledge, uh, and then those three ingredients, uh, among others, will dispel, will dis- displace, uh, whatever fear you might have. And that, you know, is basically what happened to me. I just, I just kind of... The Bible, you know, the word of God tells you to not be fearful, and so it's like, "You know what? I'm just not gonna be fearful." (laughs) Or at least, you know, when I fe- feel fear creeping in, I realize that that's not, not of God, and so, you know, kinda reset myself. And I think that, you know, all of us human beings can do that if we get in the habit of, uh, you know, dispelling that fear through making ourselves aware, uh, educating ourselves on what the truth is, and you find that the, the fear gets chased away.

[40:36] Speaker 8: Excellent. I just saw a video on a very new Supreme Court ruling, um, I'm not sure the entire citing, but it's called the Moore case, M-O-O-R-E. And, um, this is a case that r- they related it to Brushaber, uh, the one you mentioned. Uh, and this is reportedly a case that clearly delineates that the income tax is not supposed to be assessed against ordi- ordinary Americans. Now, in, in the United States of America, it's almost an axiom, the only thing sure in life is death and taxes. Now, I can understand death, but where can we find the law that requires ordinary Americans to pay a portion of their earnings to the Internal Revenue Tax and Audit Service Inc.?

[41:37] Speaker 12: I'm afraid that's the reason that I no longer work for the IRS, Brent, is because when I was challenged, uh, first, uh, talk radio show, uh, you know, like your own. You've, you've been working hard at this for many decades trying to, you know, make, make your fellow Americans aware. And I was listening to a talk radio show in the San Francisco Bay area back in December of 1996, and that was the first challenge of, you know, a woman, Dee V.

[42:06] Speaker 12: Kidd, uh-

[42:07] Speaker 8: Mm-hmm.

[42:08] Speaker 12: ... tel- telling the public, "Hey, when you go look for the law that requires you to, you know, file a federal tax return and pay federal income tax, you're gonna have trouble finding it." Because certainly there are provisions. The tax laws that are there are constitutional, but the, the way that they're written is much more, uh, much more limited authority and boundaries than the American public has been led to believe. So, that led me on a two-year...... investigation of the income tax while I still served every day as an IRS criminal investigator throughout 1997 and 1998. And then in early 1999, after, you know, I say about five, five and a half years of career there, I decided to confront, professionally and politely, my IRS supervisors and tell them, like, "Look, I've gone to bat for the, the status quo here, the agency, the income tax, and I'm finding a lot of very concerning facts and evidence about, you know, the IRS is deceiving the public about their income tax obligations.

[43:16] Speaker 12: And so-

[43:16] Speaker 8: Let me-

[43:16] Speaker 12: ... I'd like you-

[43:18] Speaker 8: Let me-

[43:18] Speaker 12: Go ahead.

[43:18] Speaker 8: ... let me bookmark you there. I wa- I don't want you to lose your thought. I wanna hear what happened when you put that out to them. But we have to take a break. So we'll be back with Joe Bannister, the Internal Revenue Service, the truth about the IRS, and more, here on the Global Freedom Report. Stay tuned. (bell rings) (upbeat music plays)

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[44:42] Speaker 18: I've learned to pretend over the past nine years, to pretend that my victories mattered, only to realize that no one was keeping score, to realize that liars do not fear the truth if there are enough liars, that the devil is just one man with a plan, but evil, true evil is a collaboration of men, which is what we have here today. If I am a guilty man, my crime is in daring to believe that the truth will out, and that no one lie can live forever. (air spraying) I believe it still. Much as you try to bury it, the truth is out there. Greater than your lies, the truth wants to be known. You will know it. It'll come to you, as it's come to me, faster than the speed of light.

[45:33] Speaker 6: I'm a born again American. Conceived in liberty. My Bible and my gun. All people living free. I'm a born again American. My country tis of thee. And everyone who shares the dream from sea to shining sea.

[46:16] Speaker 8: And welcome back to the Global Freedom Report. I'm your host, Brent Johnson. My guest is Joe Bannister, out to get the truth to the American people about the Internal Revenue Service. Joe, you were telling us about how you had put it out to your superiors over at... or maybe your inferiors, actually, when you think about it, um, o- over at the IRS, and you were gonna tell us what results you got from those efforts.

[46:51] Speaker 12: Yeah, Bill, you, you'd, uh, gave me a, a good question as far as, you know, what law. And of course, having been on a CPA at the time and hired by the IRS to carry a gun and a badge around, I thought I knew, you know, the, the tax law and the basics. And during that two-year period, uh, the last two, two and a half years that I worked at the IRS, I was digging, uh, deeper than what I was... you know, issues that were taught to me,, uh, topics that were taught to me. And so at the end of the two years of off-duty, um, research and investigation, I came to a preliminary conclusion that, wow, there really is something to this claim that, you know, the average American isn't required (laughs) by any law that I could find. And so I applied all of my, you know, professional, uh, ability, uh, training and experience to find the law. So it wasn't like some, you know, um, like I'm just faking it, right? (laughs) I mean, I, I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution.

[47:53] Speaker 12: The Treasury Rules of Conduct required that I report any kind of fraud, waste, or abuse. And so I, I felt I had an absolute duty to s- to tell my supervisors, "Hey, I've gone to bat for the status quo here, the agency, the income tax." Uh, if I had any bias at all, it would be, you know, with the agency and the income tax, because my entire professional life revolved around it. But I'm coming across some really, um, disturbing evidence that indicates that the IRS is, you know, collecting, uh, assessing the income tax beyond the boundaries of, of what the law allows. And so the response that I got from my IRS supervisors was that, was that they would provide me with the paperwork to tender my resignation.

[48:40] Speaker 8: (laughs)

[48:41] Speaker 12: They would not a- address any of my questions or concerns, and they sent me, uh, home for a week of administrative leave.... um, I had to go downstairs and turn in my firearm and credentials and badge, and you know, we're talking about 1999, so I had a pager.

[49:00] Speaker 8: (laughs)

[49:00] Speaker 12: They basically sent me home with a pager for a week to consider what m- what my next move would be. So they didn't fire me, but they told me flat-out they weren't gonna answer any of my questions.

[49:13] Speaker 8: You know, I'm, I'm kinda curious. Now, what h- what you went through happened 30 years ago, just about 30 years ago. A lot less was known. I mean, a lot, a lot fewer people really knew what was going on with the IRS, but in the last three decades, a lot of people have been exposed to all kinds of fraud, all kinds of misrepresentation with respect to the IRS. What do they tell IRS workers today to keep them in the fold? Any idea?

[49:48] Speaker 12: Well, I, I have to imagine that they've adjusted their recruiting (laughs) to not recruit... Anyhow, not to, not to tout myself as anything special, but you know, they must just recruit people that don't, not only don't have a clue about the truth, but are very unlikely to find the truth or, if they find it, do anything about it. So I really, I don't know. I can't tell you exactly where they're going, although, you know, I haven't been in, uh, colleges for a long time, 1986 is when I graduated, but I have seen lots of videos and talked to lots of people that the colleges of today aren't exactly, uh, places of higher learning.

[50:33] Speaker 12: (laughs)

[50:33] Speaker 8: (laughs)

[50:34] Speaker 12: So maybe if they're recruiting from colleges...

[50:37] Speaker 8: Z- Or, or, or just from public school, yeah. That's, uh, that, that, pub- public schools basically are designed to get you to do what you're told, so that-

[50:47] Speaker 12: Yes.

[50:48] Speaker 8: ... that could, could well be it. Over the years, you've been subjected to legal challenges for the stance you've taken exposing the truth about the IRS and income tax. What do those attacks on... Where do those attacks on you stand today? Are you still under legal threats by the government or IRS? How have past cases that were brought against you been resolved? Are, are you still embroiled in the legal stuff?

[51:19] Speaker 12: Uh, not, not r- that I know of. (laughs) Uh, but I guess just a, a brief recap is, you know, I, I resigned in 1999 from the IRS. By 2001, a couple years after I left, I learned that I was under IRS criminal investigation, and then in 2004, about five years after I left, I was indicted on four federal felonies, and, uh, my trial was in, criminal trial was in June of 2005. So you know, approximately six years after I left, and I was charged with three counts of preparing, uh, false income tax returns.

[52:01] Speaker 12: As a CPA, I had prepared, uh, three tax returns for a man who wanted to seek a refund of income taxes that he had already paid, and he hired me to make sure that we followed all the rules to seek a refund, and I naively thought, "Well, I mean, if someone's hiring me to follow the rules, and I know how to follow the rules, then let's see what happens." You know, the IRS, if they don't wanna give the money back, they can just say no, and then we can appeal up through, you know, the diff- the different layers.

[52:35] Speaker 8: Mm-hmm.

[52:35] Speaker 12: Well, the IRS and the DOJ turned that into a fraudulent refund claim allegation, and so that's why three of the four felonies I was charged with was that I prepared false federal income tax returns, and then the fourth charge was that I conspired to defraud the United States of America. So in June of 2005, uh, had my trial, and I was deservedly acquitted of all four of those charges. Uh, turned out that the government's witnesses didn't convince the jury very well. In fact, they didn't convince the jury at all, because a, a 30-year IRS agent testified for the government about the tax returns that I had prepared, and that agent could not find a single false or fraudulent entry on any of the pages, paragraphs, lines, or, or dollar amounts that were in those tax returns. And the special agent who investigated me couldn't find, had to testify that he couldn't find any evidence of a conspiracy, which was the fourth charge.

[53:38] Speaker 12: So the jury's scratching their heads like, "Why are we here?" (laughs) "If you, the government witnesses can't produce any kind of evidence, uh, for these charges that they've brought against this man, um, he's not guilty of anything," and they deservedly acquitted me. So that was in-

[53:56] Speaker 8: Did-

[53:57] Speaker 12: ... June of 2005.

[53:58] Speaker 8: Did, uh, did the prosecutor at any point try and get you to agree to a plea bargain?

[54:05] Speaker 12: No. I- interestingly enough, apparently that's pretty common, but I was never offered a plea. Uh, of course, if I had been offered one, I wouldn't have agreed to it anyway.

[54:15] Speaker 8: I'm, I'm sure. (laughs) I'm sure, but-

[54:16] Speaker 12: But anyway, they, they never offered me a, a plea, which was very unusual according to my attorneys.

[54:23] Speaker 8: Oh, yeah. Uh, w- uh, very, very few legal actions get to trial. Okay? They, they just want a notch on their belt that says that, "I got a conviction. I got a conviction. I got a conviction." That's all, all they wanna do. And, and so yeah. Very, very few get to trial, but I, I, I would have found that... I, I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall when they were offering you a plea bargain. I have no doubt-

[54:49] Speaker 12: Yes.

[54:50] Speaker 8: ... that it-

[54:50] Speaker 12: So that was, uh, you know, 2005, uh, so that's, uh, you know, what, 21 years ago alread- uh, as it is.... uh, their... A second criminal investigation was initiated in 2010, so-

[55:04] Speaker 8: Hold on.

[55:05] Speaker 12: ... 11 years.

[55:05] Speaker 8: Now, hold- hold- hold on to that one. We're at the top of the hour hard break and I wanna give out the phone number. If you'd like to speak with Joe Bannister, you have questions, concerns, issues, or you just wanna talk to this man who has been going after the IRS for decades, very successfully, the toll-free number is 866-870-KRLA. 866-870-5752 if you'd like to talk to Joe. We'll be back with more. Joe, you're gonna be with us into the second hour, yes? Tell me yes.

[55:40] Speaker 12: Sure. Sure, Brent.

[55:41] Speaker 8: Great. Thank you so much. We'll be back with more after these words. Stay tuned.

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[01:01:53] Speaker 8: (instrumental music plays) Back to Hour Number Two of the Global Freedom Report. I'm your host, Brent Johnson. My guest is Joe Bannister, former criminal investigator for the Internal Revenue Service. We're talking income tax, we're talking the IRS, and if you would like to join in, if you have a question or a comment, 866-870-KRLA, 866-870-5752. And by the way, our question of the week, if you could ask Thomas Jefferson one question, what would it be? Think about that. 866-870-KRLA. Joe, welcome back to the show. So you were about to tell us about the s- uh, subsequent legal action, uh, they acquitted you on the first one and everything, and then you were about to tell us about a subsequent one. The microphone is yours. Tell us please.

[01:03:06] Speaker 12: Thank you. Uh, so t- June 2005 was the criminal trial that resulted from a, you know, the criminal investigation that had happened in 2001, and then, uh, after I was acquitted in June 2005, the IRS went to a, a civil harassment of audits. And that lasted for many years, and, you know, by the time of my trial, June of 2005, I already had not filed a federal income tax return for about six years, and interestingly, the IRS and the DOJ did not include any criminal charges for, for me not having a filed, filed tax return-

[01:03:47] Speaker 8: (laughs)

[01:03:47] Speaker 12: ... for six years. Then I'm acquitted in 2005, and continued, and, you know, it wasn't that I was not filing a tax return out of civil disobedience. I, as I, you know, described to your audience, I, the, the evidence indicated that myself and the vast majority of Americans didn't have a requirement. The IRS didn't help dissuade me (laughs) that, that I was somehow incorrect, so I simply, you know, operated and acted according to what I knew to be true. And so the years went on. By 2010, it had been 11 years since I hadn't filed a tax return. Uh, the first criminal prosecution did not involve anything related to my personal circumstances. I think, uh, you know, suspicious that they didn't want to include that and, you know, they didn't want to get into it basically with the jury, as far as what I believed about filing and paying. So then another five years go, 2006, 2007, '8, '9, and then 2010, a second IRS criminal investigation was initiated against me.

[01:04:56] Speaker 12: And through a FOIA, a Freedom of Information Act request, I learned that that second criminal investigation that the IRS had initiated was dropped after about seven months, and that's not, basically not only unusual, but it's almost unprecedented that a full-blown IRS criminal investigation will be, will be terminated. But that's in fact what the documentation showed. So that was in 2010, about 11 years after I had resigned, and then, uh, you know, the- these audits that I was put through between 2005 and 2010, I learned that the IRS had actually defrauded their own computer systems in order to-

[01:05:43] Speaker 8: (laughs)

[01:05:43] Speaker 12: ... achieve assessments against me.

[01:05:47] Speaker 8: Wow.

[01:05:47] Speaker 12: So it's, it's amazing what, you know, if you don't, if the- we talked about F.E.A.R., right? Chasing the fear away with knowledge and awareness and, of course, faith, uh, to- the foundation of them all. And so having not filed a tax return, not, not giving the IRS a sworn statement that I owed the money, the IRS had to go to their own devices, to their own mechanisms, and then I was able to find the proof that the IRS had to actually deceive their own computer systems by inputting fraudulent codes in order to achieve these bogus assessments against me.

[01:06:25] Speaker 12: So-

[01:06:25] Speaker 8: Well-

[01:06:26] Speaker 12: ... I call it the 1040A scam. (laughs)

[01:06:29] Speaker 8: Oh, yeah.

[01:06:29] Speaker 12: And I have that... Yeah.

[01:06:32] Speaker 8: Yeah, no, we talked about that last time. I remember that. Yeah.

[01:06:36] Speaker 12: Yes.

[01:06:37] Speaker 8: They're, they're just fabricating things. Oh, yeah. Absolutely. Um, you know, con- considering how much we know today as opposed to 30 years ago, do you think the IRS is gonna continue to function in the future or is its death knell preordained in your opinion?

[01:06:59] Speaker 12: I, you know, I, I like to think... I think that the IRS's days are numbered. Um, they're, they're, these computer systems that I talked about, you know that they're still using those computer systems that were designed and deployed in the 1960s. Remember-

[01:07:14] Speaker 8: (laughs)

[01:07:14] Speaker 12: ... how you talked about The Tax Man song?

[01:07:17] Speaker 8: Mm-hmm.

[01:07:17] Speaker 12: The IRS computer systems are probably, some of their systems are probably as old as The Beatles' Tax Man song. I mean, I was born-

[01:07:26] Speaker 8: Right.

[01:07:26] Speaker 12: ... in 1963, and those computer systems were deployed in the '60s and they're still there today. And I'm certain that the reason that the IRS is using 60-year-old computers is because they've been defrauding their computer systems, right, lying, putting in fraudulent codes. And so, when they have to try to get a new system, they have to figure out how they're going to defraud the new system. And you know how-

[01:07:51] Speaker 8: Mm-hmm.

[01:07:51] Speaker 12: ... computers are. They have, they have all kinds of fail-safes and checks and balances to make sure that that can't happen, and I think that's the reason that the IRS has spent, you know, hundreds of billions of dollars trying to upgrade their systems, but they can't because-

[01:08:06] Speaker 8: Of our money.

[01:08:07] Speaker 12: ... they've been lying to us. Yes.

[01:08:08] Speaker 8: Of h- hundreds of b- of our money. Yeah (laughs) , okay.

[01:08:11] Speaker 12: Yes.

[01:08:12] Speaker 8: Don't, don't leave that part of it out. Okay, we got phone lines loaded up right now. Let's take a few calls. Let's start with Gloria. Gloria, where are you calling from?

[01:08:23] Speaker 29: Uh, for Joe, I'll say. Um, I'm calling-

[01:08:26] Speaker 8: Si-

[01:08:26] Speaker 29: ... because, uh, a lot of weird things happened after my husband died, and, uh, he was already audited and had, he, he said, "We finally got it straightened out," 'cause he did that. I didn't do that. And he died, and all of a sudden, the IRS is calling me that everything is wrong and that I owe money and-

[01:08:53] Speaker 8: (laughs)

[01:08:53] Speaker 29: ... um, I found a new tax person and, but also, there's another problem. The IRS refuses to give me benefits from when my husband was alive, and I, we, uh, he's the only person I was ever married to. I don't understand why I was denied. Are you there?

[01:09:17] Speaker 8: Uh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. I- I wasn't sure if you were asking a question of Joe. Joe is hearing everything you're saying.

[01:09:26] Speaker 29: Yes. And, uh, you know-

[01:09:26] Speaker 12: Yeah, I mean all, all I could suggest is-

[01:09:32] Speaker 8: Go ahead, Joe.

[01:09:33] Speaker 12: A- a- all I could suggest is that, you know, the IRS, uh, IRS agents will typically, they like to run roughshod over, you know, anyone that's, that they target. And so, if you, y- I think you said you do have an advisor. Um, you know, having someone that's experienced-

[01:09:49] Speaker 29: No, my adviser died.

[01:09:50] Speaker 12: ... in dealing with the IRS.

[01:09:52] Speaker 29: My a- my adviser died.

[01:09:54] Speaker 12: Oh, I see. Well, you know-

[01:09:57] Speaker 29: You know, not just on this.

[01:09:57] Speaker 12: ... you try to find a reputable, uh, try to find a reputable adviser. Um, you know, nowadays with, um, Yelp and there's different ways that, you know, there's reviews and people can tell you whether the, uh, adviser's worth their salt. Um, but you definitely want somebody that is ex- experienced and not intimidated by the IRS, because that's what they're gonna try to do to you. Sounds like they already are. But if you can have an adviser to, uh, be a middle man or middle woman, uh, then they can't, uh, try to intimidate you. They'll have to work through your adviser. So, I would definitely try to get someone who, you know, is real and, and knows how the IRS works, and then that way, they can't, uh, intimidate you and, and, you know, run all over you like they've been doing.

[01:10:46] Speaker 8: And, and Gloria, let me also chime in. If you have, if you have assets, like a house or something, in your name, okay, I can teach you how to get those assets protected from the IRS. So, if, if you do have assets and you're concerned they're gonna try and go after those assets, you should call us off the air at 888-385-3733. 888-385-FREE. And we, we may be able to help you to protect your assets as well. Thank you, Gloria. Appreciate it. Let's go on. Duncan. Duncan, I don't see where you're calling from. Where are you calling from, Duncan?

[01:11:32] Speaker 30: Calling from Los Angeles.

[01:11:35] Speaker 8: From Los Angeles.

[01:11:36] Speaker 30: Welcome to the show.

[01:11:37] Speaker 8: Welcome, welcome to the show. You are on with Joe Bannister.

[01:11:41] Speaker 30: Well, I just happened to have just, I don't know, I just tuned into it and it was on.

[01:11:47] Speaker 8: (laughs)

[01:11:48] Speaker 30: I have been, uh, I go back more than 50 years with the IRS. Uh, I was a- and one thing that I noticed that Joe didn't, uh, seem to mention, I found out many things and you even can read the papers from years ago. Laughlin Waters, they brought him in. He was, he was, he, he was the one presiding over my trial. Doing business as a corporation, that is a taxable activity. Doing business as a corporation, that's legitimate. I was not doing business as a corporation, and neither are these people waking, working for wages, and so many, the vast majority of people. But as, as I say, the biggest single thing that you could, uh, point out to be a taxable activity is doing business as a corporation. That's, uh, that's a fact. And I think Joe knows that certainly. Uh, and other, for other certain things. Uh, if you're, uh, an a- an accountant, a, a lawyer, you're a ward of the court. You ha- you have to conform to so many things, and you're not, you're...

[01:13:05] Speaker 30: A privilege, we could also call the income tax a privilege tax, because if you're not involved in a privileged activity, then you're probably not, uh, subject to the tax.... uh, I... You know, as, as I say, I went through this 50 years ago, which is why at first I discovered some things that, that, that nobody wanted to hear. The ch- the s- the court certainly didn't. If I were to ask a question of you, a very straightforward question, he would come up with something else, knowing that the poor, the poor jury and the people... They didn't, they didn't know much of anything. They just took all their direction from him, and the old adage of, uh, a fool, fool is the one that will represent himself in court. You've got to get an attorney, and, and you, you, uh, you get the attorney, and he's subject to every, every rule that the judge puts down. So it's, uh, i- i- it was true.

[01:14:05] Speaker 30: It's just a blessing to-

[01:14:06] Speaker 8: And, and-

[01:14:07] Speaker 30: ... to hear, to hear. So-

[01:14:10] Speaker 8: And, and by the way, Duncan-

[01:14:11] Speaker 30: Oh, yeah, yeah. Go ahead.

[01:14:11] Speaker 8: Okay. Du- Du- Duncan, the case I mentioned before to you, Joe, the, the brand new Supreme Court Moore case, is exactly about that. It said specifically that the income tax is a privileged tax. If you're not engaged in the privilege, you don't sustain the tax. Wa- well said, Duncan. Appreciate that. Joe, any comments?

[01:14:37] Speaker 12: I, I tried to, you know, hear the best that I could, Duncan, but did he... Was he saying that he himself was criminally prosecuted? 'Cause he mentioned a jury, you know, mentioned a judge, and I didn't quite catch if he, 50 years ago, like, was taken to trial-

[01:14:54] Speaker 30: Yeah.

[01:14:54] Speaker 12: ... himself. Um, I guess all I could... I, I didn't hear whether he was acquitted or, or convicted or, you know. All I can say is that certainly 50 years ago, um, with, you know, the mainstream media being virtually your, your only source of, of information, uh, and of course that means that the juries are also going to be clouded by, you know, that kind of controlled, um, slop that they, that they would all be fed. Uh, being a, a tax gladiator 50 years ago would have been a real (laughs) a lot more difficult job, uh, than it, than it was what I faced in 2005 or that today because we do have new information that's just at our fingertips, and it really...

[01:15:40] Speaker 12: The IRS, the, the DOJ and the IRS do also, but at least we also have tools, um, to rapidly educate ourselves-

[01:15:48] Speaker 8: Exactly. And, and, and-

[01:15:49] Speaker 12: ... and network with others.

[01:15:51] Speaker 8: And I love the term 50 years ago, a warrior. I like that. We got another break to take. We'll be back with more of your calls at 866-870-KRLA. Stay tuned. This is the Global Freedom Report. (beeping)

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[01:17:41] Speaker 8: And welcome back to the Global Freedom Report. I'm your host, Brent Johnson. My guest is Joe Bannister, former criminal investigator for the IRS, now a warrior, if I can coin the phrase you just used. A warrior for truth, specifically dealing with the IRS. 866-870-KRLA, 866-870-5752. We'll get right back to your calls in just a moment. Joe, w- what do you consider the most significant thing about the IRS today? And what I mean by that is, what is most important for people to know about this rogue agency and its income tax?

[01:18:26] Speaker 12: I think really the, the revelations, as I say, I discovered because I was attacked with audits after I was, uh, deservedly acquitted of the criminal charges. The fact that the IRS has to lie, has to input fraudulent codes (laughs) into their computer systems in order to achieve income tax assessments, to me, is just smoking gun proof that, you know, different people may have different interpretations or views on, you know, whether or not the income tax is applicable to the average American. But if the IRS has to lie and deceive their own computer systems in order to achieve assessments, then, to me, that's smoking gun evidence that the IRS itself, it knows it doesn't have the authority to be, you know, bothering the average American with an income tax bill, let alone taking their property, taking money out of their bank account, or, uh, putting a lien on their home or something like that.

[01:19:25] Speaker 12: So, to me-That's what I'm hoping, you know, getting the attention of President Trump, of Elon Musk, of, of anyone who will listen and, and know that the evidence is there that the IRS has to manipulate their computer systems to carry out the daily, day-to-day income tax, and if, if that was discovered, or shall we say, proven by someone other than me, uh, I think they, the system would, would come crashing down.

[01:19:55] Speaker 12: It would have to, because-

[01:19:56] Speaker 8: Well-

[01:19:57] Speaker 12: ... if-

[01:19:57] Speaker 8: ... the, the gold, the gold standard question everyone wants to hear, simple, basic question, doesn't or... Does an ordinary American who is not engaged in any kind of relationship with the government, doesn't work for the government or anything like that, is not part of a corporation, is engaged in simply private sector remuneration for compensation, does that ordinary American... Is there a law requiring that American to file an income tax return and pay the income tax?

[01:20:31] Speaker 12: No, there is no s- no such law. Never found it, and that's why I myself, 1999 was the first year that I didn't file a federal tax return, and here we are in 2026, and I'm telling the public, again, not to brag or to, uh, you know, push people into doing something themselves that they're not ready to do, but it's just turned out that the year after year has gone by, and 1999 is now 2026, and all these years, I have not filed a federal income tax return because of what you just said, that I found for myself that I wasn't required to, and, you know, I, I'm a law-abiding citizen. I'm not anti-government or anti-tax.

[01:21:15] Speaker 12: I never was and never have been and don't intend-

[01:21:18] Speaker 8: Me too.

[01:21:19] Speaker 12: ... to be. And it's, but it's a matter of honesty in the government that they're gonna abide by the Constitution and they're gonna even abide by the laws that are on the books and not, uh, go beyond those laws because, you know, if a government agent is going beyond the laws that were passed by Congress and signed by a president, then they're breaking the law. They are absolutely-

[01:21:40] Speaker 8: That's correct.

[01:21:41] Speaker 12: ... operating outside of law.

[01:21:43] Speaker 8: All right. Let's go back to the calls. Penelope calling in from San Pedro. Penelope, you are on the air with Joe Bannister. Welcome to the show.

[01:21:53] Speaker 32: Oh, okay. Thank you. Hi, Joe. I have a question, and that, that i- is does no tax pertain to my pension also? It's part of my income tax where my employer covers the amount of my taxes. I pay half and he, they pay half. Now, I'm... Right now, I'm, I'm, uh, not working anymore and, um, I'm wondering, does that cover that? Uh, would that be the same thing?

[01:22:25] Speaker 12: Well, any of these kinds of ways that people bring in money, whether you earn it, uh, through a job or a pension, the, the, uh, there's an absence of a liability, uh, statute basically. The average American is not made liable to pay a tax on things like pensions and their earnings. Now, the IRS still gets a copy of what's called a, uh, for pensions, a 1099-R, and so the IRS is going to get, uh, word on how much you brought in in your pension from year to year, even if you don't tell them. And the thing is, you know, I, I don't have control over the tangled web that the IRS has been able to, you know, create over the decades, um, and that's why I don't, you know, push people into, you know, not filing or paying. I'm just simply telling people what I personally do.

[01:23:22] Speaker 12: Um, but th- but the fact of the matter is, chances are you, like myself, uh, and most Americans, there's no liability statute, no federal law that's ever been passed by Congress in all the years that the income tax has been around, that makes you liable to pay a federal income tax. And the reason that that's important is because there's basically two prongs of a tax. There's the imposition of the tax, and then there's the liability for the tax. And the liability is basically who's the responsible person that is supposed to pay it by law? And that's where the, the absence is there. The... If you are a, a nonresident alien, let's say like Andrea Bocelli is gonna do a concert in Las Vegas, and he's gonna get paid a million dollars to do the concert, there's an income tax, a withholding that could be taken from the money that he's paid.

[01:24:20] Speaker 12: There's a s- there's an, uh, easy-

[01:24:22] Speaker 8: Wow.

[01:24:22] Speaker 12: ... to find the liability for an income tax in that kind of a scenario. But the average Joe and Jane American, no such liability statute ever passed by Congress. And it's not an oversight. It's a, it's an absolute, uh, purposeful absence of being liable for the federal income tax for the average American.

[01:24:44] Speaker 8: Now, uh, P- Penelope, let me add into that, okay?

[01:24:48] Speaker 32: Mm-hmm.

[01:24:48] Speaker 8: If the company, if the company that is issuing the pension sets up a... It could be a 401 (k) , it could be an IRA, sets up a pension process that you sign onto and that pension process binds you to the IRS, then what Joe's telling you-

[01:25:11] Speaker 12: Mm-hmm.

[01:25:11] Speaker 8: ... may not even apply. In other words, you have to watch out that you do not get tricked into volunteering into a system that does not actually require you to participate with. Just an awareness.Did I say that properly?

[01:25:29] Speaker 32: Well, I noticed-

[01:25:30] Speaker 12: Yeah, I mean, I would agree, there's, you know, things in motion-

[01:25:34] Speaker 32: ... they've been, um, on me, they've been on me to, uh, pay into the, uh, where yearly where they say that's how much I've made from off the money, my pension. There, there's a certain amount. And they want me to, they... I didn't sign it. I didn't sign into it. I... But they are holding. It's a union holding my annuity.

[01:25:56] Speaker 8: And, and, and Penelope, I have to cut you off. I've got a hard break in front of me. But it... You, you may wanna contact me off the air. 888-385-3733. See about setting up a consultation. We could have a conversation. I'll be back with more of Joe Bannister and the IRS and your calls after these words. Stay tuned. (beeping)

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[01:31:08] Speaker 33: (instrumental music And welcome back to the Global Freedom Report. I'm your host, Brent Johnson. 866-870-KRLA is the toll-free number if you'd like to go on the air. 866-870-5752. My guest is former criminal investigator for the IRS, turned-... truth warrior, uh, Joe Bannister. Welcome back, Joe. Now, I asked you this... Last time I had you on this show, I asked you this question, and I saved it to ask again, because it's as good a question today as it was then. If you were God for a day, and could make any change in the Internal Revenue Service, what would it be? Uh, that, that the, uh, the agency would obey the laws that are, that it's supposed to obey, which would mean that the people bothered by the IRS would shrink by (laughs)

[01:32:20] Speaker 12: probably 90%. Uh, that's just a g- guesstimate, but, uh, it would be for the IRS to actually obey the law, and of course, maybe find that because they're obeying the law, there really isn't that much revenue that they're even raising in the first place, so why would they even be necessary? But I would say that, obey the law, uh, because that would eliminate, you know, uh, that kind of accountability would absolutely eliminate, or almost completely eliminate the kind of, you know, harassment and, um, illegal behavior that the IRS agents inflict on the American people.

[01:32:57] Speaker 8: Yeah. You know, you gotta wonder what kind of people, you know, are okay about taking taxpayer dollars to do that kind of stuff, to, to inflict that kind of anguish and, and destroy people's lives. You just got to wonder what kind of people would do that. Uh, we got John, who's been on the line for a while. John, calling in from Costa Mesa. John, you are on the air with Joe Bannister. Welcome to the show.

[01:33:25] Speaker 34: Thank you. I'm so excited, uh, Mr. Bannister. I'm a bit older than you but I'm still gonna call you Mister. Uh, thank you. I followed you since the '90s, I think it is, and, uh, I started studying law from a, a standpoint of just understanding what the law is, and w- and then once I heard you were former CID for the IRS, Criminal Investigation Division, I really got serious about it, and I finally gave up my fears and in 2000, I sued the Commissioner of Revenue in the Treasury Department, not the Commissioner of the IRS, there's a big difference. And I sued the commissioner for the years 2000 through 2817, and I put in a petition in the T- US Tax Court, followed their, their rules on how to fill it out, and I, um, got a response that was 13 pages from the Chief Council for the IRS in the Qu- uh, Los Angeles area, the entire Los Angeles area, which is huge, and, uh, he had a 13-page response. He agreed with everything I said in my petition.

[01:34:44] Speaker 34: He recommended the case be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, and the court said dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, and if anybody, um... Uh, I'm not gonna give out my phone number because then, you know, I don't wanna, uh, do that on, on this phone, on this, uh, radio show. So with respect to everybody out there, I, I really appreciate you getting me on the line with Joe. Uh, God bless you is all I can say, Joe. You put the truth out in front of everybody, and it pays to learn what the law is. In this case, there is no law for somebody who works for a, uh, um, uh, anything that's not a, a corporation or any special privilege. Uh, we are with the people. We are not ex- exercising any privilege when we have a job that pays us for our labor, and that, that's been covered before I got on the phone here, so, um, I'll leave that as it is. It's, it's just... I, I'm just... J- Joe, I can't tell you how grateful I am to you for your courage, and you sure encouraged me. Thank you so much.

[01:35:59] Speaker 12: Thank... Thank you, John, and it's, it's, uh, you're a testament to, uh, sticking with it and, and fighting back and, uh, you know, they were, they dismissed the, uh, the case, and that's, that's fantastic news. Um, so God bless you-

[01:36:15] Speaker 34: Yeah, I was really-

[01:36:15] Speaker 12: ... yeah, for, for getting in there and fighting.

[01:36:19] Speaker 34: Yeah, yeah. I was, uh, I, I, eh, that's why I saw what you went through, and you suffered from their attacks on you. I, I, I was so impressed and I, I just had to do it because you showed people the way. Thank you.

[01:36:34] Speaker 12: Well, thank you for being out there.

[01:36:34] Speaker 8: Excellent. Thank you so much, John. Appreciate the call very much. Rick calling in from LA. Rick, welcome to the show. You're on with Joe Bannister.

[01:36:47] Speaker 35: Yeah. First of all, I have to say to you, sir, uh, you have a good show, but, uh, somehow you have more technical problems than anybody else on, on, uh, KIEV. I think... I have to wonder if somebody is sabotaging your, your, your show. I just want to put that in.

[01:37:01] Speaker 8: Yep. Yeah. Yeah. We, we, and we, we have, we have that under consideration. Absolutely. We, we think some, some of my guests have been very, very much sabotaged on this show, but we're always working on whatever we can do to address the technical problems. Thank you for bringing it up. Appreciate it. What's on your mind, Rick?

[01:37:23] Speaker 35: Well, I wanted to ask your guest, uh... Many years ago, probably about the same time he started, there was another gentleman by the name of Irwin Schiff, who's the father of Peter Schiff, and he was doing the, basically the same thing, but he ended up going to prison. I was wondering what the difference was between this gentleman and Irwin Schiff, if he knows Irwin Schiff at all.

[01:37:42] Speaker 8: Yeah, I-

[01:37:42] Speaker 12: Uh, yeah, I-

[01:37:43] Speaker 8: I actually-

[01:37:43] Speaker 12: I met-

[01:37:44] Speaker 8: Yep. You go first.

[01:37:45] Speaker 12: Sorry, Brent.

[01:37:46] Speaker 8: You go first, and then I'll go.

[01:37:47] Speaker 12: I, I, I met, I met Irwin, uh, in Las Vegas, and, uh, you know, it's, I'd say we were decent friends. Uh, we didn't see each other that many times, maybe three, four, or five times, uh, you know, to meet him in person, and he certainly, uh, bent over backwards. And, I mean, the research that Irwin did and the facts that he uncovered were, uh, unprecedented, for sure. Uh, he, you know, best of my awareness, he would, like, help people by the thousands, if not tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, to file particular kinds of tax returns with the IRS. And so, the IRS, you know, as you may recall from my explanation of my circumstances, I prepared just three tax returns that I felt, you know, had absolute, uh, s- g- you know, good and solid grounds to be- for the client to file them. It was the client's decision to seek a refund. And so, I prepared the returns t- in order to make sure we followed the rules.

[01:38:52] Speaker 12: But even just those three tax returns, the IRS and the DOJ turned into a, a nightmare, right, that I had sought, uh, fraudulent refund claims, uh, on behalf of the client. So with Irwin, um, being involved in, you know, thousands or tens of thousands of tax returns and people's circumstances, uh, I think he just, they, they just basically overwhelmed him with, you know, uh, sob stories from each of the people that they harassed and, and just ganged up on him, and I really feel, I feel terrible about it.

[01:39:29] Speaker 12: Uh, you know, he died in prison, um-

[01:39:32] Speaker 8: Mm-hmm. Yeah.

[01:39:32] Speaker 12: ... but I think he was just such a, a warrior that he, he gobbled up as much as he could, and he just had... He was, had too many balls in the air, juggling and trying to keep it all, you know, defending himself against Goliath, and I think he just, you know, he just couldn't t- couldn't take it on after a while.

[01:39:50] Speaker 8: And if I can chime in there, I knew Irwin also, and the thing about Irwin was, Irwin knew a great deal about income tax code and income tax law, or lack thereof. But Irwin did not accept certain jurisdictional entanglements. There were certain things that did put Irwin under corporate state jurisdiction that he didn't recognize, he didn't, he didn't believe, if you will. And I- it's my experience that that's what got Irwin in trouble. He had not properly extricated himself completely from the jurisdiction of the IRS, and they used that against him. And, uh, nonetheless, everything Joe's saying is absolutely true. He, he affected a tremendous number of people, did a tremendous amount of very good work. Thank you so much, Rick. I appreciate the call.

[01:40:51] Speaker 8: Um, if-

[01:40:53] Speaker 12: Thank you, thank you.

[01:40:55] Speaker 8: And, uh, okay. Be- before we run out of time, there are two things I wanna ask you about, mkay? Firstly, tell us about agentfortruth.com. Could people get in touch with you through the website? Do you work with individuals about IRS matters? Can you refer Americans to seek help, who seek help, to credible people?

[01:41:17] Speaker 12: Uh, well, I, I do invite people to go to agentfortruth.com. Uh, lots of free information there. Um, there are resources, uh, links to other, you know, people in the, the tax and freedom movements. Um, I myself am pretty busy, shall we say, so, (laughs) uh, you know, people are welcome to, uh, send me messages through my website, and I certainly try to read everything that I get. Uh, as far as responding, I just don't... Don't know. It depends on the volume. But lately, especially this month, uh, in, in 2026, the, the number of interviews that I've done and the interest has just skyrocketed due to the, you know, the pu- the public waking up to the amount of fraudulent, (laughs) use of the money that i- that is raised by the- these government officials. So, uh, yeah. I'm pretty darn busy, but invite people to go to agentfortruth.com. I do have a book. Uh, I don't hold hostage, uh, information all in the book.

[01:42:20] Speaker 12: You can go to the website, see plenty of, of, uh, for free, but I do have a book called Investigating the Federal Income Tax: A Report to the American People, that is a, uh, genesis from the time of the report that I issued to my IRS supervisors, and then 20 years later, uh, showing all of the additional evidence that I accumulated over those 20 years, that the IRS is absolutely deceiving the public about income tax obligations.

[01:42:49] Speaker 8: And do you have any events you are planning to attend where people can actually come and see you and meet you in person?

[01:42:58] Speaker 12: Uh, no, none on the horizon. Uh, I was actually down in Southern California a few weeks ago at a spiritual warfare conference, uh, so that's the first time I had been in Southern California in quite a while. Um, but it wasn't, you know, for a speaking engagement for myself. Uh, so no, nothing on the horizon, Brent. Um, but you know, I, I so much enjoy coming on your show, and, uh, you know, 'cause you've been spreading the truth for decades, and I, I, you're- the people of Los Angeles and around the world on the internet are, are fortunate to have you.

[01:43:31] Speaker 8: Well, and, and I am about to get on a brand-new network, okay? I, I spoke with the, uh, head of the network, brand-new network. They want me to do a show on the network. So, um, I'm going to be expanding, absolutely. Will be happening, and I will always have you on, okay? Regularly. And God willing, you will be with us for a very long time. Joe Bannister, thank you so much for being with us.God bless you, my friend. Agent4Truth, all one word, agent4truth.com. That is Joe Bannister's website. Joe, thanks so much. God bless you. Stay safe. Be careful out there, it's absolutely crazy out there. And we will be back with more of the Global Freedom Report after these messages. Take care, Joe. God Bless.

[01:44:23] Speaker 6: Thank you, Brent.

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[01:45:38] Speaker 37: I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth. Banks are going bust. Shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street. There's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat. We sit watching our TVs while some local newscaster tells us that today we had 15 homicides and 63 violent crimes as if that's the way it's supposed to be. We know things are bad, worse than bad. They're crazy. It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we're living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, "Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything.

[01:46:30] Speaker 37: Just leave us alone." Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad. I don't want you to protest, I don't want you to riot, I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get mad. You've gotta say, "I'm a human being, God damn it!

[01:46:51] Speaker 37: My life has value."

[01:46:53] Speaker 6: I was born in a welfare state. Ruled by bureaucracy. Controlled by civil servants. And people dressed in gray. Got no privacy. Got no liberty. 'Cause the 20th century people. Took it all away from me.

[01:47:22] Speaker 8: And welcome back to the Global Freedom Report. I'm your host, Brent Johnson. And, and if you'd like to know, that clip that you were just listening to, that minute and a quarter clip, was from the 1976 movie Network. If you have never seen the movie Network, get it. You can, you can get the DVD. It's very easy to come by. Though back then it wasn't, now it is. And it's an absolutely tremendous movie. Network, that's the whole name of the movie. Our question for the, for the week... And by the way, um, you can go to the website, globalfreedomreport.us, and you can actually answer the question online, okay? You can answer the question, so your, your answer, if y- if it's a well-thought-out answer, will end up being on the website for other people to share. If you could ask Thomas Jefferson one question, what would you ask him? I would love for you to think about that and come up with answers and tell me, okay?

[01:48:35] Speaker 8: And I'll make sure they get up, and if they're really good, I'll le- I'll read them on the show. So, you know, that's your opportunity to get your 15 minutes of fame right here on the Global Freedom Re- Now it's time for Propaganda 101. Propaganda is the manipulation of the truth to serve a pre-established political agenda. Thomas Paine wrote that "Government is a necessary evil." Most people read that as meaning government is necessary. I read that as meaning government is fundamentally evil. This week, we're gonna talk about fabricating wars. Iran, is that a fabricated war? I don't know. How do you know what's true? In declared times of "war", and I put it in quotes 'cause we haven't had a congressional declaration of war in a long time, but in declared times of war, the government steps up its propaganda marketing to the general public. Now, governments never admit to any wrongdoing. Governments are perfect. And if you don't believe me, ask any government official. He or she......

[01:50:07] Speaker 8: will tell you. Once a government has embarked on a path toward war, that government can and will never admit that it made a mistake. For then, the government would be subjected to numerous lawsuits. Because of that reality, government must promote as facts any number of lies and misstatements-in order to cover up its own inadequacies and mistakes-because government will never admit to any mistakes at all. The one thing government fears is embarrassment. That's ... where you can put pressure on government, if you threaten to embarrass the government. Now, the only way out of propaganda influences is first to identify the problem, which is that government is your enemy. It is not your friend. It seeks to get you to surrender your God-given rights to personal freedom and individual liberty. Government is your enemy, because government is fundamentally evil.

[01:51:30] Speaker 8: Now, once you recognize that government is your enemy, and that it seeks to undermine your freedoms, then it is relatively simple for you to resist propaganda. Never forget that government is evil. Always suspect any information you receive from the government, whether it is direct or indirect... And it doesn't matter who it comes from. You, you may think that President Trump is the greatest thing since the paper napkin, okay? Maybe it's true, maybe it's not true, but it doesn't matter. Because President Trump is part of the government, and the government itself is evil. Th- that doesn't mean everybody in the government is evil, but the nature of government is evil. So make your automatic reaction to any information provided by the government that it is wrong and evil, and do not do it. Your default should always be to not comply with the government. Once you have adopted this perspective, question anything and everything from government.

[01:52:52] Speaker 8: Uh, assume it is seeking to harm you and do not go along with whatever it proposes. Do not cooperate, do not obey, and do not comply. That is how you defeat government. If you wanna learn more about how your rights have been undermined by government propaganda, get a copy of my book, The American Sovereign: How to Live Free from Government Regulation. Check out my website at www.freedomradio.us. Everything you find there is designed to help you seek the truth rather than believe the lies that propaganda uses to influence you. And that is this week's edition of Propaganda 101. What are you willing to do to protect and preserve your liberty? And what are you not willing to do to protect and preserve that same liberty? And at the end of the day, would you be proud to tell your friends, your family, your loved ones, your children, what you did today? Did you tell the truth? Did you keep your word? Did you honor your agreements?

[01:54:14] Speaker 8: If not, then please correct any trespass on your brother or sister and do it now. Don't wait for tomorrow. Tomorrow is too late. On next week's show, we will have open lines to discuss current events and take your calls, plus a look at the Declaration, Lessons in Liberty, and Propaganda 101. All of that is coming up next week on the Global Freedom Report. Be sure to visit the Freedom Bound International website at www.freedomradio.us to learn practical ways to live free from government regulation, or call us at 888-385-3733. That's 888-385-FREE. We can show you how to protect your liberty, your property, and your privacy from government intrusion. So call us today at 888-385-FREE. It's been a pleasure being with you this week. Tune in next week for another edition of the Global Freedom Report. I'm Brent Johnson reminding you that freedom is your birthright, and freedom means freedom from government control. You're not a subject of the government.

[01:55:45] Speaker 8: Freedom is your birthright because it is a gift to you from God, not the government. A gift from God, treat it accordingly. God bless you all. Stay safe, and be true. See you next week.

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[01:56:16] Speaker 8: Yo. (beeping) Yeah. Yeah, they did, and that was about 10 seconds left, but it's all right. It, it... you know, um... I had, I had it down to 12 seconds still. But, in any case, how did it go? Any idea what that... any idea what that was? Uh... uh... okay. Um, yep. Okay, yeah. And, um, I thought it was interesting what that one caller said about that my show has more technical problems. I'm not sure what to make of that. All right, um, I will... I will be t-... be by tomorrow. I'm not sure exactly what time, I'll let you know. But I'll, I'll be by in the afternoon, probably, you know, in the 4:00 to 5:00 time. All right. Thank, thank you much for everything. You take... How, how, how do, how do you like the new place? How does everybody like it? Excellent, I look forward to seeing it. I'll t-... I'll talk to you tomorrow. Take care.