BEST JUSTICE MONEY CAN BUY
Quote from “Wake Up America-The Lord is God”
By Ralph Bouma
Robert Paul Kropp being a director in the bank that was suing me was very upset with the whole approach seeing there was no bases for any legal action against me.
Having exhausted every honorable means to prevent the ongoing conspiracy as set forth above, Kropp knowing of my pending appeal before the Montana Supreme Court, approached me in Keil’s office, and said:
“Well we need to get some power behind this thing … let me see what I can arrange.”
Seeing Keil and Gustafson, who were representing my wife, were both just new graduates from law school, and me acting as attorney pro se, it was supposed Kropp meant he would help find some older attorney to assist Keil and Gustafson as counsel for my wife.
Therefore, his offer was accepted.
Only a few days later as I was in Great Falls, Montana, on business, when I came into a business place I was told that it was urgent I call Mr. Kropp imediately. When I called him he told me he had made an arrangement with an attorney in Helena, Montana, by the name of Acker (sic i.e., check spelling) and directed me to instruct Dale Keil to go to Helena the next morning for a 10 a.m. appointment with him.
As I was in Dale Keil’s office in the morning getting him lined out with what material to take with him to this appointment, Kropp called for me at Keil’s office. Kropp insisted that as soon as I had Keil on his way I must immediately come to his home in Conrad.
Upon my arrival, Kropp told me he must call Mr. Acker before Keil arrived to let him know what I decided to do. Then Kropp confronted me with:
“Well what is it worth to win this appeal? $20,000 or $30,000?”
My response was:
“What do you mean? Does an attorney need $20.000 or $30,000 to make one appearance before the Montana Supreme Court?”
Kropp replied:
“Now you know you can’t come before the Supreme Court without money. All the attorney is going to do is handle the money … he will forward it to Justice Castle for a favorable ruling. This attorney has all the arrangements made with Justice Wesley Castles for a favorable ruling.”
Kropp made it clear from his own experience, and as a director of FSB, he knew it was not the facts or the law that you need to succeed before the Montana Supreme Court, but money. Therefore, Kropp offered to advance the money, and I could pay him back if and when I was able.
At this time Kropp received a phone call, which gave me a moment to gather my thoughts. I realized I was standing on slippery ground, and there could be severe consequences if I accepted or refused. When Kropp hung up I tried to pacify him by convincing him I did not believe this was the right solution, and if we were to do it, this appeal would not be the right one.
Kropp was not easily put off. He became desperate for my approval. Kropp said he must call Mr. Acker before Keil got there, because if I approved the deal, Keil would be informed to leave a check with Mr. Acker for $30,000 and come home. Kropp would cover Keil’s check when he got back to Conrad.
I finally had to tell Kropp point blank that I felt the end did not justify the means—that this approach was fundamentally wrong—and that therefore, I could not consent. This left Kropp upset, and he cautioned me I had not yet left his house alive, and unless I swore not to tell a soul I would not leave alive!
As a direct result of the exposure of the Montana Supreme Court’s tactics and my refusal to participate in their crimes, the appeal was dismissed forthwith, and without a hearing. I was also fined $1,000 for filing the appeal.
Within two weeks an attempt was made on my life, which the Lord graciously spared me from.