November 17, 2018: Dr. Bradley Foerster Asked the University of Michigan to Facilitate Testimony Before a Federal Judge Regarding Paul Cronin's Russia-Gate Statements
On November 17, 2018, during the University of Michigan's Bylaw 5.09 dismissal proceedings, Dr. Bradley Foerster submitted the following letter to Executive Vice Dean Dr. Carol Bradford and the Bylaw 5.09 Committee. The letter was copied to attorney Daniel Tukel, President Mark Schlissel, Provost Martin Philbert, Dean Marshall Runge, Dr. Paul Cronin, Dr. Myria Petrou, and Duaa Altaee.
The correspondence was submitted as an exhibit during the Bylaw 5.09 proceedings. In it, Dr. Foerster requested that the University facilitate the safe and controlled release of recordings of conversations with Dr. Paul Cronin concerning alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, together with testimony before a federal judge by Dr. Paul Cronin, Dr. Bradley Foerster, Dr. Myria Petrou, and Duaa Altaee. Rather than requesting public disclosure, the letter proposed that the information be presented through a controlled judicial process because of the sensitivity of the matter.
According to Dr. Foerster, although the letter was entered into the record as an exhibit during the Bylaw 5.09 proceedings, the request itself was not subsequently addressed.
Years later, after the FBI disclosed that it had maintained a Russia-Gate investigative file under Dr. Bradley Foerster's name, the November 17, 2018 correspondence assumed renewed significance.
On June 28, 2026, Dr. Myria Petrou wrote to attorney Daniel Tukel—who was retained by the University of Michigan Office of the General Counsel to represent the University during the Bylaw 5.09 dismissal proceedings involving Dr. Bradley Foerster—asking what, if anything, he had done in response to Dr. Foerster's November 2018 request that the University facilitate the presentation of the Cronin Russia-Gate recordings and witness testimony before a federal judge.
She also asked whether he was aware of any pathway by which the Summer 2016 Russia-Gate conversations at the Wellington Cross residence in Ann Arbor may have reached state or federal law enforcement, the United States Attorney's Office, another part of the executive branch, or the University of Michigan before January 2018, when Drs. Foerster and Petrou reported those matters to the FBI.
That subsequent correspondence is reproduced in the following post.
The November 17, 2018 letter is reproduced below.
Exhibit 1 – November 17, 2018 Letter to the University of Michigan
Core Archive Documents
From Paul Cronin's "This Will Ruin All Our Lives" to "I Will"
Case Model
Case Index
Federal Record Summary
Timeline: Town and Gown (2014–2026)
Selected Reporting
- From Mentor to Federal Investigation: The Dr. Eva Feldman Documentary Chronology
- July 26 Documentary Notice and Documentary Chronology Transmitted to City Attorney Kaur, Mayor Taylor, City Administrator Dohoney, and Police Chief Anderson Concerning Ann Arbor Police Department Investigations, Related City Proceedings, and Federal Investigations Involving Drs. Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou (2015–2026).
- July 7 Documentary Notice to University of Michigan Vice President and General Counsel Timothy G. Lynch Concerning University and Law Enforcement Investigations Involving Drs. Bradley Foerster and Myria Petrou (2015–2026). July 8 UM Announces Lynch Leaving.
- From One FBI File to a Legislative Proposal: Peter and Maria Foerster Ask Senator Van Hollen's Office and Congressman Jamie Raskin to Consider a Uniform Administrative Framework for Federal Investigations
- The Institutional Fingerprint of the FBI Russia-Gate File: Referrals, Consults, Intelligence Reports, and the June 16, 2026 FBI Production
- Dr. Bradley Foerster and Dr. Myria Petrou Document More Than Two Years of Unsuccessful Efforts to Trace Bank of Ann Arbor's $1.4 Million Sheriff's Sale Credit Bid (June 2026)
Brad Foerster, MD PhD
Brad Foerster is a FOIA advocate documenting requests, transparency disputes, and accountability investigations involving public agencies, universities, police oversight, and Russia-Gate related inquiries. His work compiles original documents, timelines, and analysis of public records and institutional responses. Brad is also a board-certified radiologist, author of Town & Gown, and has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles. Brad lives in Potomac, Maryland with his family and is active in the Montgomery County Medical Society and the Takoma Park U.S. & World History Book Club.