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No documented enforcement against James R. Baird

James R. Baird has 2 documented facts referencing violations, fines, settlements, or fraud, but no connection in the platform's graph documents an enforcement action, prosecution, sanction, or consent decree against them. This may indicate the platform's data is incomplete — or it may indicate a real enforcement gap. Either way, it's worth a closer look.

Entities involved: James R. Baird
Detected: 03 May 2026
Evidence last verified: 02 May 2026
Supporting evidence
The Federal Election Commission fined Baird's campaign committee in March 2025 for failing to disclose a $160,500 loan repayment less than two weeks before the May 7, 2024 primary election. The FEC found that his pre-primary report omitted this disbursement, making cash on hand appear approximately $163,000 higher than it actually was.
James R. Baird · primary · source ↗ · 02 May 2026
Voted yea on S.5 (Laken Riley Act (requiring mandatory ICE detention for undocumented immigrants charged with certain crimes)) on 2025-01-07: Baird voted with all 217 Republicans and 46 Democrats to pass the bill. He tweeted: 'I proudly voted with the @HouseGOP to pass the Laken Riley Act to allow Border Patrol to detain criminal illegal immigrants.' His district is only 7.07% foreign-born — among the lowest in the nation — meaning the bill carried minimal direct constituency cost.
James R. Baird · primary · source ↗ · 02 May 2026
3 actions you can take
File a FOIA
File a FOIA request with the U.S. Department of Justice — Criminal Division
Target: U.S. Department of Justice — Criminal Division
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Subject: FOIA Request — All non-exempt records — including correspondence, internal memoranda, referrals

Dear FOIA Officer,

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, I request access to and copies of the following records held by the U.S. Department of Justice — Criminal Division:

All non-exempt records — including correspondence, internal memoranda, referrals, declination memos, and case-opening or case-closing documents — concerning any investigation, declined investigation, or referral involving "James R. Baird" from January 2010 to the present.

I am requesting these records because: This request supports public-interest investigation of an oversight gap documented at http…
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Contact the oversight body
Ask the House Committee on Financial Services to hold a hearing
Target: House Committee on Financial Services
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Subject: Constituent request: hearing on No documented enforcement against James R. Baird

Dear Members of the House Committee on Financial Services,

I am writing to ask the committee to hold a public hearing on the following matter that falls within your jurisdiction: No documented enforcement against James R. Baird.

The basis of this request is documented in publicly available evidence summarised here: No documented enforcement against James R. Baird.

Full evidence trail with source citations: https://goblinhouse.net/wall/enforcement-gap-congress-b001307

This matter has not, to my knowledge, been the subject of a formal committee inquiry. The cited evidence consists of public …
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Tip a journalist
Send this to ProPublica
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Subject: Tip — No documented enforcement against James R. Baird

Hi ProPublica team,

Tipping you to a documented accountability gap that aligns with your beat (Investigative journalism, financial crime, government accountability):

No documented enforcement against James R. Baird

One-line summary: No documented enforcement against James R. Baird

Full evidence trail with source citations and confidence labels: https://goblinhouse.net/wall/enforcement-gap-congress-b001307

This is not original reporting — it's a structured map of public-record evidence (court filings, settlements, disclosures) compiled by Goblin House, an open investigative database. Shari…
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