JACKSON, MS- On the eve of Independence Day, a shocking display of First Amendment suppression unfolded outside the Mississippi Governor’s Mansion. Independent journalist and constitutional rights activist Matthew Reardon, widely known by his alias Don Matthews, was physically assaulted, threatened with arrest, and aggressively chased off a public sidewalk by a Mississippi State Trooper while […]
By Matthew Reardon, Journalist & Civil Rights Advocate Oxford, Mississippi — In a chilling display of selective journalism, The Oxford Eagle—a local paper once tasked with informing the public—has revealed itself to be nothing more than a propagandist mouthpiece for power, influence, and institutional control. Despite ample evidence of gross civil rights violations and the
Galveston, TX – A federal civil rights lawsuit announced today that is being filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas accuses law enforcement officials from both Texas and Mississippi of orchestrating a multi-jurisdictional conspiracy to falsely arrest, maliciously prosecute, and unlawfully imprison independent journalist Matthew Oliver Reardon. At the center
Oxford, MS – April 22, 2025 — In a stunning and unapologetic act of censorship, Lafayette County Circuit Clerk Jeff Busby has refused to respond to a lawful request for court documents from a journalist whom also is the subject of an appeal in the MS Supreme Court. All of this because he disapproved of
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After being ignored by the DOJ and threatened for filing a whistleblower complaint, I documented every FBI agent leaving the Salt Lake City field office.
FBI Tried to Intimidate Me—So I Turned the Camera on Them Read Post »
April 12, 2025 – Salt Lake City, UT Standing outside the U.S. District Court in downtown Salt Lake City, investigative journalist and constitutional rights advocate Matthew Oliver Reardon called out the U.S. Department of Justice’s top watchdog today in a blistering press conference. His charge: the DOJ Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has deliberately
By Don Matthews | April 4, 2025 SALT LAKE CITY, UT — In a searing new video published to YouTube, investigative journalist and constitutional rights activist Matthew Reardon has publicly read aloud his second sworn declaration—known as Exhibit D—which alleges chilling misconduct by the FBI and paints a disturbing picture of federal retaliation against whistleblowers
Salt Lake City, UT — On March 31, 2025, journalist and constitutional rights advocate Matthew Reardon was threatened with arrest by FBI agents while attempting to report serious criminal misconduct involving an out-of-state police official. Reardon arrived at the FBI Salt Lake City Field Office to submit a sworn affidavit detailing unlawful surveillance and retaliation
On March 31, 2025, I filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, naming multiple law enforcement officials from Layton, Utah and Oxford, Mississippi. This is not just a legal battle—it’s a direct confrontation with the institutional rot festering beneath the badge. The complaint, grounded in 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 42 U.S.C.
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Oxford, Mississippi – What happens when a police captain turns his badge into a weapon and uses government infrastructure to stalk, conduct illegal surveillance, and defame a journalist across state lines? You get the case of Captain Hildon Sessums—a disgrace in uniform and a walking constitutional violation. On February 5, 2025, Captain Sessums, a high-ranking
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