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

Today, Maria Foerster personally delivered the following correspondence and accompanying discussion memorandum to Naki Frierson, Deputy Constituent Services Director for U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen, at the Senator's Rockville, Maryland office.

Rather than seeking assistance with a specific matter, the submission asks whether Congress should consider a broader question:

Should Congress establish a more uniform administrative framework governing federal investigations?

The idea grew out of the family's effort to better understand the administrative records associated with a federal investigation involving their father, Dr. Bradley Foerster. After years of Freedom of Information Act requests, administrative appeals, and federal litigation, what began as an effort to understand one investigation evolved into a broader question about how federal investigations are administratively documented and managed.

The discussion memorandum does not propose changes to investigative authority or advocate expanded public access to investigative records. Instead, it asks whether Congress should consider establishing more consistent administrative procedures governing the documentation, management, preservation, transfer, certification, and disposition of investigative records throughout the lifecycle of federal investigations, while preserving existing protections for classified information, confidential sources, investigative techniques, grand jury material, and ongoing investigations.

Document 1 – Correspondence

Maria and Peter Foerster to Naki Frierson
Deputy Constituent Services Director
Office of U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen
June 25, 2026

The discussion memorandum referenced in the accompanying correspondence follows.

Document 2 – Discussion Memorandum

Toward a Uniform Administrative Framework Governing Federal Investigations Involving Individuals
Prepared by Maria Foerster and Peter Foerster
June 25, 2026

Update – June 26, 2026

The following morning, Maria and Peter Foerster also shared the discussion memorandum with Congressman Jamie Raskin.

In her email, Maria explained that after personally delivering the memorandum to Senator Van Hollen's Rockville office the previous day, she happened to see both Senator Van Hollen and Congressman Raskin interviewed on television that evening. It reminded her that she and Peter also wanted to share the discussion memorandum with Congressman Raskin and invite his office to engage with the broader policy question presented in the memorandum.

Document 3 – Correspondence

Maria and Peter Foerster to Congressman Jamie Raskin
June 26, 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.