Richard C. / Richard Pilger appears in House Oversight letters and releases on the 2010 Lerner meeting and IRS disks, in Grassley’s October 7, 2021 minority staff report, in Grassley’s July 18, 2022 letter naming him with Timothy Thibault, and in an FBI Arctic Frost opening EC attributing January 28, 2022 email concurrence. Other Pilger professionals exist; do not collapse private persons — or John Pilger — into this DOJ official. This page is identity only.
Identity
About Richard C. Pilger
This site is case-file commentary on documented official acts of a public figure. He is a former Director of the DOJ Election Crimes Branch (Public Integrity Section). He is not a judge. He is not John Pilger (Australian journalist/filmmaker, different person). Identity confidence: high for the DOJ official (House Oversight PDFs + Grassley PDFs + Barr memo + Arctic Frost EC). No usable Commons / U.S. government portrait found. Episodes live on the home case file.
Documented roles
- ~2010–. Director, Election Crimes Branch (Bloomberg Law succession reporting; Oversight/Grassley treat as Director).
- Oct 2010 / May–Jun 2014. Lerner disks emails + Oversight transcribed interview (Issa/Jordan letters).
- Nov 9, 2020. Resigns Election Crimes directorship after Barr memo (Grassley 2021 report; Barr PDF).
- Oct 7, 2021. Named in Grassley minority staff report PIN/ECB section.
- Jan 28, 2022. Arctic Frost EC — email concurrence for full-field / grand jury.
- Jul 18, 2022. Named with Thibault in Grassley letter to Garland/Wray.
What this site is not
It is not a court and not a finding that Pilger committed a personal crime. A Senate letter is not a verdict. An FBI EC concurrence is not a personal conviction. Whistleblower allegations are allegations. He is a DOJ official in these records — not a judge. Read the case file and the disclaimer.