Michael Volpe Investigates

The lake was angry today, creating great waves and more.

Jeremy Hales used VAWA, a law introduced by then Democrat Delaware Senator Joe Biden, and meant to protect female domestic violence victims. The use of this law was critical in his torture of John Cook and Michelle Preston. Note: in the podcast, I interviewed John Cook and Michelle Preston about the evidence presented at their protective order hearing in Ohio.

A lot is happening in Orange County, California’s family court system, including a failed recall, a high profile first amendment battle, and a judge who hid her ties to Jeffrey Epstein. The judges responded, and the recall effort then required approximately 150,000 signatures to get on the November 2026 ballot. There are 1,909,406 registered voters in Orange County, according to county data.

0:00Welcome back to another special episode of The Unknown. My name is Michael Volpe. I'm in Chicago. I write at michaelvolpe.substack.com, and that is in Cook County, Illinois, and my broadcast partner. As always, Richard Luthman. He writes at L-U-T-H-M-A-N-N.substack.com. He's somewhere around Fort Myers, Florida. He wants to remain mysterious. But it's not my mystery what county he lives in. That's Lee County. Robert E.

The full episode is only available to paid subscribers of Michael Volpe Investigates Bonus coverage: the battle with TUG continued He tried to smear me about my knowledge of VAWA. When I brought receipts, he deflected and obfuscated. Note: The pertinent portion of the interview is above while the full interview with John Cook and Michelle Preston is below.

Earlier this week, I published an article about Jeremy Hales legal entanglements in Wooster, Ohio, a few years ago. The article is important because his bullying and legal harassment in Ohio is mirrored by his bullying and legal harassment in Florida against Michelle Preston and John Cook. As part of the preparation for the article, I reached out to three of his chief propagandists- That Umbrella Guy (TUG), Shizzy Whiz Nut, and Megan Fox- for comment.

Note: due to legal restrictions, the Lyashchenko’s aren’t allowed to say their daughter’s name publicly. As such, I will refer to her as S.L. Part of a social services report in which Dr. Michelle Sager encourages the Lyashchenko’s daughter to transition. Andriy and Alexandra Lyashchenko are living a conservative dystopian nightmare, only everything is real. Approximately, three years ago, their daughter experienced gender dysphoria. They went to a therapist, Dr. Michelle Sager.

Judge Paige McThenia from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Note: an audio of the shocking April 30, 2026, hearing is below. Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. A North Carolina judge with a history of giving kids to abusers bullied, yelled, and threatened a woman in an April 2026 hearing while handing another child to a suspected abuser.

Jeremy Hales mugshot for burglary. It’s part of an eventful legal history in Wayne County, Ohio. Prior to his legal adventures in Levy County, Florida, Jeremy Hales developed his craft in Wooster, Ohio in Wayne County. While there, he didn’t pay his HVAC bill, sped, allegedly committed burglary, and turned his squatting into YouTube content. His torturous YouTube strategy was first formed there. On March 27, 2017, Hales walked into his then estranged girlfriend’s home uninvited.

William Durant, the founder of General Motors, had a career which mirrored Elon Musk’s in many ways. 2008 was a crazy and defining year for Tesla, SpaceX, and Elon Musk. Both his companies- which now make him a trillionaire- were near bankruptcy during the year but took off by the end. The company was on the brink of shutting down. Furthermore, Musk made a huge bet on SpaceX. He put his remaining fortune into the company. Musk wasn’t broke, but he was living by borrowing from wealthy friends.