Exhibit A

Exhibit A: Federal Intervention in Hawaii [Archived]

This article has been superseded by the records-first investigation series

By Ekewaka Lono • Published: • Updated:
Exhibit A: Federal Intervention in Hawaii [Archived]

Archival Notice

This article was retired on February 25, 2026. Its original framing — presenting the documented record as a federal RICO case — does not meet the records-first epistemic standard adopted across this investigation series.

The RICO framework claimed conclusions that exceed what the published evidence supports without independent corroboration. The core factual record remains sound: the December 2, 2022 hearing in Hawaiʻi’s First Circuit Court, the Commission on Judicial Conduct’s 90-day jurisdictional loophole, HPD’s pattern of non-investigation, and the sealed court file. That record now continues through pieces that distinguish evidence types and use conditional language where claims depend on sealed or unverified material.

Successor Publications

FileFocus
The Two QuestionsProsecution roadmap: one witness, two questions, 18 U.S.C. § 1622
The NodThe courtroom incident — editorial account
The Zero CommissionJudicial oversight failure — public-record basis
The Paper BagExecutive branch self-investigation
The Shape of the CageStructural model — seven-layer neutralization stack
The Closed LoopSeries overview
The Aloha Protection RacketRevised: records-first rewrite (Feb 2026)

The original text of this article is preserved in the site’s version-control history.

Archived: February 25, 2026