White House suppression and the timeline of targeted parents’ appeals for justice.
Kelly John Walker
Founder, Parents Demanding Justice Alliance
Review draft • November 9, 2026
Susie Wiles Kept President Trump in the dark
Susie Wiles received direct notice in the spring of 2025 that families targeted by the Biden DOJ were still seeking justice when Mike Lindell raised our concerns with her at the White House. Others spoke directly with Wiles and other WH officials as well. Then, on June 4, 2025, Sam Sorbo and I personally briefed Domestic Policy Advisor Vince Hayley in the West Wing, delivered our documentation, and received his assurance that he would speak with President Trump about it and put the report on his desk.
Yet on September 5, according to Roger Stone’s account of his Oval Office conversation with Trump, the President knew nothing of our appeals. Trump referred us to Hayley—the same official we had briefed three months earlier. Roger told us afterward: “I didn’t have the heart to tell him that Kelly had already talked to Vince.”
The conclusion is that Wiles’s prevented our appeal for justice from reaching President Trump. His chief of staff had notice, his domestic policy advisor had our evidence, and the President remained uninformed. The failure occurred inside the White House, after our appeal had reached the people responsible for bringing it to him.
The unresolved issue is how that failure occurred and who participated. Wiles must account for what she did after Lindell raised our concerns. Hayley must account for his promise to brief Trump. Their emails, messages, briefing records, and testimony should establish how our documentation was handled and why the President was still referring us back to a meeting that had already happened.
Timeline of appeals and responses
Approximately May 2025 — Appeal through Mike Lindell
I asked Mike Lindell to speak with President Trump about the government’s weaponization against parents. During a phone call with me from the White House, Mike was sitting with Susie Wiles and raised our concerns with her. Wiles had direct notice of our appeal months before Stone reported that Trump remained unaware.
June 4, 2025 — Meeting with Vince Hayley
Sam Sorbo and I met in the West Wing with Trump’s Domestic Policy Advisor, Vince Hayley, to explain the plight of targeted families. We presented our dossier and supporting materials documenting the abuses and outlining the relief we sought. Hayley expressed sympathy and said he would speak with President Trump on the victims’ behalf.
Stone’s later account places the failure to inform Trump after our West Wing briefing. Hayley had received our evidence and personally committed to bringing the issue to the President. The linked public documents include versions updated after our June meeting; the precise versions delivered remain a review item.
Weaponization Against Parents Briefing
October Executive Order proposal
June 5, 2025 — First meeting with Ed Martin
The following day, Sam and I met with Ed Martin to share details about the federal targeting of concerned parents and the continuing harm to their families. During that meeting, he affirmed that what we described constituted a federal violation of our civil rights.
July 15, 2025 — Capitol Hill press conference
PDJA organized a Capitol Hill press conference sponsored by Representatives Andy Ogles and Andy Biggs. We brought the families’ experiences before the public and called for accountability, restitution, and meaningful relief.
Martin had expressed his intention and desire to attend, but neither he nor another DOJ representative appeared. As I later reported, internal sources told PDJA leadership that Todd Blanche had prevented Martin from attending. That account warrants a direct response from the Department. [1]
September 5, 2025 — Roger Stone speaks with Trump
Roger Stone personally raised our concerns with President Trump in the Oval Office. According to Roger’s account to us, the President was unaware of our appeals and said we needed to speak with Vince Hayley.
“I didn’t have the heart to tell him that Kelly had already talked to Vince,” Roger told us afterward. We had already met with Hayley three months earlier.
September 16, 2025 — Written acknowledgment from Martin
Martin issued a formal letter acknowledging that parents had been investigated and targeted by the Biden DOJ and that other officials had participated. The letter described his responsibilities as director of the Weaponization Working Group and its review of government abuses. This written acknowledgment reinforced the basis of our appeals for a substantive federal response. [2]
Fall 2025 — Promised October 15 hearing canceled
Parents were promised a hearing with Attorney General Pam Bondi or Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, scheduled for October 15, 2025. According to my published accounts, it was canceled before Bondi’s October 7 Senate testimony, without explanation or rescheduling. The exact cancellation date remains to be established.
Bondi subsequently characterized the parent-targeting issue as having been addressed. For families still seeking relief, the canceled hearing left their experiences unheard and their requests unresolved. [1, 3]
October 2025 — Second meeting with Martin
I met with Martin again, continuing our appeal for action on behalf of targeted parents. By then, we had approached White House contacts, met with administration officials, submitted documentation, and held a Capitol Hill press conference. Families were still waiting for meaningful relief.
December 2025 — A Deadline for Justice
After months of appeals for redress, I published “A Deadline for Justice” on behalf of targeted parents. The article called for the administration to fulfill its stated commitment to take “immediate and overdue steps” to restore the DOJ’s integrity and credibility.
Our request was firm and respectful: “We respectfully request action so we may report progress to the media and demonstrate that President Trump—the ‘Parent in Chief’—stands with America’s parents, rather than reporting that the administration has failed them.”
We were asking for concrete relief for families still living with the consequences of government abuse.
December 23–26, 2025 — Formal demand and deadline
On December 23, PDJA emailed a letter on behalf of the parents we represent, calling for immediate action for families demonstrably harmed by DOJ actions under Merrick Garland and Lisa Monaco.
A December 26 publication publicly set out demands for an apology, accountability, and adoption of our proposed executive order, with a January 15 deadline for meaningful action. It stated that we remained willing to work in good faith while preparing to bring the administration’s inaction before the public. [4]
January 23, 2026 — Meeting with Vance Day
I met with Vance Day, senior counsel to Todd Blanche, at the DOJ. In response to our call for action, he told me that “the response of the whole DOJ” was: “We don’t negotiate with terrorists.” During the discussion, I was also told there was no federal remedy because the parents’ cases were state matters. [5, 6]
At that same meeting, Day informed me that Martin had been “removed” from the Weaponization Working Group. My understanding at the time was that even President Trump had not been informed of that decision.
I also understood from the discussion that my case was not considered “squeaky clean” and that I would be excluded from a future proceeding involving parents. This sequence matters: the exclusion was communicated before I released recordings of the meeting, though DOJ later falsely cited my release of the recordings as the reason why I was not invited. [6]
Following January 23 — Recordings and reported media pressure
I subsequently released recordings of the meeting to the media and the public. By April, I had publicly described efforts to redirect scrutiny from the DOJ’s statements toward my decision to expose them. [3, 7]
According to communications and accounts I received, journalists faced pressure to pull coverage. After Lara Logan released a trailer promoting her interview with me, I was told that a DOJ representative traveled to Texas to meet with her. She subsequently pulled the interview. Logan communicated to me that the DOJ had branded me “untrustworthy.”
I also received a report that incentives had been offered to persuade Mike Lindell to pull my interview with Emerald Robinson. Robinson and Lindell refused to pull it.
April 27, 2026 — Renewed appeal to Hayley
I again appealed directly to Hayley in a letter dated April 27 and published May 4. I requested White House intervention concerning the January statements, federal remedies, the working group, the canceled hearing, and the promised apology. I also questioned whether parents were being excluded based on perceived demeanor rather than the merits of their cases. [5]
May 22, 2026 — Public invitation to cooperate
In an open letter to Acting Attorney General Blanche, I thanked him for acknowledging targeted parents and putting an apology on the table. I described those gestures as grounds for cautious optimism and requested emergency assistance for families in desperate circumstances. We remained prepared to recognize progress and work toward a resolution. [8]
June 8, 2026 — Objections to witness exclusion
Ahead of the June 11 proceeding, PDJA publicly raised concerns about witness selection and the exclusion of documented parents, including me. Our report described a discrepancy: during the January meeting, I had been told my case was not “squeaky clean”; after the recordings became public, their release was falsely cited as a reason for excluding me. Parents whose experiences formed the basis of our work were asking to present their own testimony directly. [6]
June 11, 2026 — Response to the parents roundtable
PDJA issued an open letter objecting to the exclusion of its leadership and documented parents from the “Targeted Parents Round Table.” We acknowledged the administration’s recognition of improper targeting while requesting answers about discipline, apologies, correction of records, and restitution. Trust required meaningful corrective action and a place at the table for the people seeking redress. [9]
November 6, 2026 — Wiles replacement announced
President Trump announced that Stephen Miller would replace Wiles as chief of staff beginning November 9. Associated Press reporting states that Wiles submitted her resignation and would move to Trump’s political operation. Her departure does not establish a connection to the handling of targeted parents’ appeals, but it creates an opportunity to seek direct access through new leadership. [10]
Sources and review notes
This report presents my conclusion about White House gatekeeping, supported by my firsthand experiences, communications relayed to us, and the published accounts below. Stone’s description of Trump’s awareness and other private accounts remain attributed to their sources. FreedomTalk articles preserve my public account. Underlying communications and other materials are available.
Accountability and immediate action
These families’ appeals reached the White House. Wiles received notice through Lindell. Hayley received our documentation in person. The President’s reported lack of awareness exposes a breakdown in the handling of those appeals at the highest level of his staff.
The administration should disclose the communications and briefing records concerning our appeals, identify who received and handled the dossier, and explain why Hayley’s promised briefing did not produce a President informed of our requests.
The DOJ must also identify who blocked participation in our press conference, canceled the promised hearing, tried to censor the “terrorists” recordings, and excluded documented parents from later proceedings. Each decision deserves a direct explanation.
The White House should arrange a direct meeting between President Trump, PDJA, and affected families. His staff should deliver the complete record and ensure he hears our requests firsthand.
Families have paid with their livelihoods, reputations, freedom, and family stability. They deserve an accounting, correction of unjust records, and meaningful redress. The administration must answer our appeal and act on the harm we have documented.
1 April 6 2026 report on Blanche and parent targeting
2 Ed Martin letter dated September 16 2025
3 When Truth Is Treated as Treachery April 23 2026
4 Parents Demand Action December 26 2025
5 Questions for the White House letter dated April 27 2026
6 Parents Demand Answers June 8 2026
7 The Blanche DOJ Victim Blame Game April 28 2026
8 Open Letter to Acting AG Blanche May 22 2026
9 Roundtable Response June 11 2026
10 Associated Press report on Wiles replacement November 6 2026
