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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Renowned investigative journalist Matthew Reardon is set to release his explosive new book, American Injustice, a deep dive into corruption, power abuse, and systemic failures within the U.S. justice system. This gripping exposé sheds light on how political influence, legal loopholes, and backroom deals undermine the very institutions meant to uphold justice. Reardon, known for
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This was a False, Staged Arrest from the Very Beginning On August 11, 2023, I was pulled over by the Galveston Police Department while commuting onto the island at approximately 2AM. What began as a traffic stop had in a very quick time turned into a DWI Investigation, with an arrest of me made on
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By Matthew Reardon – Investigative Journalist It Started as a Routine Audit and a need to make a public records request. It Ended in Prison. On June 20, 2022 I walked into Oxford, MS City Hall with a camera in hand and a simple mission—document government officials in a public building and request records from
Attack on the Press: Journalist Trapped, Railroaded, and Imprisoned in Mississippi Read Post »
Matt Reardon files $27.5 Million lawsuit against the State of Mississippi by and through Lafayette County, it’s Sheriff, and multiple named Officials.
