Solari Requests that Lawyer Monthly Retract Inaccuracy-Laden Social Media Post about Carlson-Fitts Interview
By Carolyn Betts, Esq.
To Lawyer Monthly:
I am General Counsel of Solari, Inc., publisher of the Solari Report, Catherine Austin Fittsâs subscription website (solari.com). I have worked with Catherine on and off for approximately 28 years, beginning with her company, Hamilton Securities Group, which served as the lead financial advisor to the Federal Housing Administration during the Clinton Administration in the nineties. Supported by a transcript of the recent Tucker Carlson interview with Fitts, which I have reviewed carefully, I take issue with both the headline of Lawyer Monthlyâs story (referring to âlegal elitesâ as a topic of the interview) and the following alleged statements made in the interview:
- That Catherine âoffered a sharp critique of Americaâs ⌠legal system, alleging that both [the ruling class and the legal system] played a central role in the nationâs economic and institutional decline.â Note that the term âlegal systemâ does not appear in our transcript and the subject of the American legal system does not come up in the interview. Ms. Fittsâs only reference to a âlawyerâ was made in reference to her now-deceased uncleâs statement to FBI agents when they appeared at his New Hampshire farm unannounced and demanded that he turn over documents: âSend me a letter so I can give it to my lawyer and Iâm happy to send them to you.â
- With reference to your statement, âAccording to her, a devastating shift unfolded during the 1990s, one that saw Americaâs political, corporate, and legal elites abandon national interests in favor of their own financial gain.â Note that the term âlegal elitesâ also does not appear in the transcript, and she made no reference to the role of attorneys in the political and economic system she described and did not say that lawyers, or the legal elite, âbetrayed America for profitâ or âabandon[ed] national interests in favor of their own financial gain.â
- The entire section entitled âHow the Law Allegedly Enabled Americaâs Downfallâ appears to be made up from whole cloth. Nothing described under this heading is discussed in this interview: trade agreements, privatization deals, deregulation, or strategic litigation. Judicial appointment was mentioned only in the context of the Kavanaugh hearings [to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in the Senate] in the context of pinpointing the date when FASAB Statement 56 was adopted. Privatization is mentioned only with reference to the âRed Button Story,â according to which only 1 attendee out of 100 at the socially responsible investing conference said he or she would âpush the red buttonâ to end illegal drug trafficking, while the other 99 stated they would not do so because they might lose benefits, including âprivatization.â The terms âtrade agreements,â âderegulation,â and âstrategic litigationâ appear nowhere in the interview.
The following statements likewise are fabricated:
- [Ms. Fitts] argues that unless the legal community confronts its role in this shift, the gap between the lawâs ideals and its reality will only widen.
âIf lawyers are only working to help the powerful consolidate more power, then whoâs left to defend the people who actually need the law?â Catherine Fitts said.
It is appalling that a legal publication like Lawyer Monthly, of all sources, would publicize false and defamatory quotes in a public forum. I respectfully ask on behalf of Ms. Fitts that you retract the statements made and implications drawn in this article about an attack on the legal profession that did not take place as described.
Links:
x.com/LawyerMonthly/status/1917920352661131480
www.lawyer-monthly.com/2025/04/catherine-austin-fiâŚ
x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1916900992299290637
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