# Susan Gaertner *Minnesota public official; Ramsey County Attorney, 1995–2011.* Susan Gaertner was [[Ramsey County Attorney]] from 1995 to 2011.[^1][^2] Before the 2008 Republican National Convention, she charged eight activists with "conspiracy to commit riot in furtherance of terrorism" under [[Minnesota]]'s 2002 PATRIOT Act.[^2][^3] The terrorism enhancements were dropped at a May 26, 2009 hearing.[^2] According to the project's dossier dated September 2, 2026, she serves on the state's [[Peace Officer Grievance Arbitration Roster]], the roster of arbitrators who hear peace officer grievances.[^2][^5] The project's record places that roster seat beside the 2008 charges in one at-issue pair.[^3] ## Who Gaertner held the office of Ramsey County Attorney from 1995 to 2011.[^1] The dossier's officeholder table lists Tom Foley (1979–1994) as her predecessor. It lists John J. Choi as her successor, holding the office from 2011 to the present as of the dossier's date.[^2] As of the same date, the dossier records her as a member of Minnesota's Peace Officer Grievance Arbitration Roster.[^2][^5] ## What Before the 2008 Republican National Convention, Gaertner charged eight activists with "conspiracy to commit riot in furtherance of terrorism" under the state's 2002 PATRIOT Act.[^2][^3] The project's tags refer to the defendants as the RNC 8.[^3] At a May 26, 2009 hearing the terrorism enhancements were dropped.[^2] The at-issue entry records that she explained the withdrawal "purely as a matter of trial strategy."[^3] The dossier uses the same words for her account of the step.[^2] The sources cited here do not record how the remaining charges were resolved.[^2][^3] ## When - 1995–2011: Gaertner serves as Ramsey County Attorney.[^1][^2] - 2002: Minnesota's PATRIOT Act is enacted. Gaertner's office later brought the terrorism-enhanced charges under this statute.[^3] - 2008: Before the Republican National Convention, Gaertner charges eight activists.[^2][^3] - May 26, 2009: The terrorism enhancements are dropped at a hearing.[^2] - As of September 2, 2026: The dossier records Gaertner on the Peace Officer Grievance Arbitration Roster.[^2][^5] ## In the at-issue record At-issue pair AI-Ramsey-073 is ranked 73 in the tier titled *The County Attorney, the Sheriff, and the Arbitration Door*. It sets the 2008 terrorism charges and their 2009 withdrawal beside her later seat on the arbitration roster.[^3] The dossier's routing table files the link "Gaertner → arbitration roster" under PELRA as evidence item E-R4.[^5] In the same table, the dossier connects the roster seat to a gap in arbitration-driven reinstatement that the project's Anoka package had logged (finding F-5). It states that the Ramsey file "does not close it federally."[^5] The pair is anchored to a March 2025 White House presidential action on information silos.[^4] The sources do not show how or when she was placed on the roster, or why.[^2][^3] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - Susan Gaertner, County Attorney, 1995–2011.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: Project history table, row HE-0202, companion to *Ramsey County Complete History* (2026-09-02) — lists Susan Gaertner as County Attorney for 1995–2011. No URL in pack. [^2]: *Warren E. Burger Apex Dossier* (2026-09-02), §VII — Ramsey County Attorney officeholder table. It gives Gaertner's 1995–2011 tenure, her predecessor and successor, the 2008 charges, the May 26, 2009 hearing, the "purely as a matter of trial strategy" quotation, and her roster service. No URL in pack; the dossier's own sources (its notes 38 and 39) are not supplied. [^3]: At-issue pair AI-Ramsey-073 (Ramsey package) — the charges under the 2002 PATRIOT Act, the May 2009 withdrawal, the quotation, and the roster seat. The pair lists its sources as minnpost.com and mn.gov; no URL in pack. [^4]: The White House, *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos* (March 2025) — anchor document attached to pair AI-Ramsey-073; cited only as the anchor. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/stopping-waste-fraud-and-abuse-by-eliminating-information-silos/ [^5]: *Warren E. Burger Apex Dossier* (2026-09-02), §X — routing table entry "Gaertner → arbitration roster" (PELRA; E-R4) and the note on the Anoka gap G1, recording her roster seat. No URL in pack.