RoShawn Winburn

FOIA is a lie

FOIA – really stands for Forever Obstinate Information Access

August 10, 2021, I filed an appeal in Federal Court asking to force the FBI and the DOJ to turn over recordings of former Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, that were played to the Grand Jury. I knew the tapes existed because someone on the Grand Jury is only 2 degrees separated from me (which is Read More

Criminals on the ballot

Journalism 101 on investigating candidates and politicians

At the April 27, 2023 Montgomery County Democratic Party meeting, Mike Brill got all excited about his brilliant strategy to attack Republicans- from that day’s paper: While state legislators make laws, a few don’t always follow them when they’re behind the wheel. Three Ohio lawmakers racked up more than 10 traffic tickets over the past Read More

The Tapes the Feds and Nan Whaley don't want you to hear

DOJ and FBI committed a felony in Dayton, and Esrati.com won’t let them get away with it.

This story started over a decade ago when the FBI and DOJ started investigating what would become known by their own naming as “the Culture of Corruption” in Dayton. You, me, and and every Daytonian who paid a modicum of attention to what passes for politics in Dayton has known that Dayton’s strictly pay-to-play, with Read More

Losing faith in the judicial branch: 3rd Federal judge recuses from Esrati FOIA case

Judge Michael H Watson recused himself from the case Esrati v DOJ on May 31 2022, without specifying a reason. He follows Judge Thomas Rose and Judge Michael Newman. The case has now been assigned to Judge Sarah Morrison and on June 9th, 2022, she granted an order allowing me Pro Se filing rights on Read More

Biggest criminal in the “Culture of Corruption” case is the prosecutor: Higgins sentenced to 3 years in prison instead

Full disclosure: Brian Higgins was a client, became a friend and remains a friend. I sat through the entire 7 day trial, and have a much bigger picture of what happened than what was presented to the jury. The fact that the feds were prosecuting Higgins for insurance fraud, in Federal court, doing the biding Read More

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