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J. William Carter
Board Member
Biography
J. William Carter is a retired, 30-year veteran of the U.S. Border Patrol and an NRA Benefactor Member. He also worked for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Carter also serves as chairman of the NRA’s Smallbore Rifle Committee and their Adaptive Shooting Sports Committee. He is also a member of the NRA Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Law Enforcement Assistance Committee, Competition Rules & Programs Committee, Jeanne E. Bray Memorial Scholarship Committee, and the NRA Whittington Center Board of Trustees. Carter was accused of sexual harassment of female employees and faced disciplinary action during his tenure at INS. He is the son of former NRA executive vice president Harlon Carter.
All Statements (2 total)
- During his time working as the chief Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) agent in Livermore, California, Carter sexually harassed Ginger Kramer, who worked under him as an automation clerk. In a sworn statement to investigators, Kramer said Carter crudely invited her to have sex on his office couch. A few weeks later, Carter ordered Kramer to deliver his newly laminated identification card to his office. He grabbed her again, and this time forced his tongue into her mouth, peered down her blouse and declared that he would not let go until she "did it right."
Kramer described in detail one incident that took place in Carter's office on Nov. 28, 1988. "He stood in front of me, and said that my dress was very pretty," she told investigators. "Carter then grabbed my dress. I crossed my arms to protect myself, and he then pulled me to him. I resisted. He pulled me tighter, then pressed his lips against mine and forced his tongue inside my mouth. I resisted the kiss, and he said he would not release me until I did it right." Kramer said she left the office crying. Ten minutes later, Carter called her back and said, "Show me you know how to kiss.” "I did it," she said, "because I was confused and afraid that he would fire me if I didn't do what he said." Carter admitted that he solicited the kiss from Ms. Kramer and told investigators, "Our lips touched." A few months after this incident, an INS official concluded that there was "no question" that Carter had sexually harassed Kramer.
Kramer was offered a $7,500 settlement in return for dropping her complaint against Carter. She refused it. "It's not like Carter beat her up and threw her out of a car," said Harold Ezell, the INS official who made the offer (Ezell was later author of California's anti-illegal-immigrant measure, Proposition 187). At that point, other women in the office began to come forward with their own stories about Carter. His secretary recalled an occasion on which Carter told her that her Halloween costume "turned him on," causing her to break into tears.
The INS investigation of Carter ended in 1990. No punishment was meted out. At that point Kramer took her case to the next level, Justice Department adjudication. "The records make clear that supervisor Carter engaged in highly unprofessional conduct towards complainant and other female employees," the adjudicator in the case, Mark L. Gross, wrote on September 30, 1993. Gross questioned why, given "the gravity of Carter's offenses," the agency had neither punished nor demoted him. The INS responded by suspending Carter for three days (one-tenth the standard punishment for misusing a Government car). Carter retained his position (which he had been promoted to) as second-in-command of the Border Patrol. Kramer finally dropped her case at that point in exchange for a $15,000 settlement.1988-11-28
- In 1984, Carter was working as an assistant regional commissioner for the southern region of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). While working out of INS' Dallas office, Carter was accused of coercing his secretary into lending him $600 to cover a travel advance—a serious breach of the agency's rules. Carter repaid the money only after the woman reported the matter to senior INS officials, according to a statement she gave the agency. The case appears to have been handled informally, and INS has indicated it never disciplined Carter.
1984-01-02
Statements by Category (2 total)
Women's Rights
During his time working as the chief Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) agent in Livermore, California, Carter sexually harassed Ginger Kramer, who worked under him as an automation clerk. In a sworn statement to investigators, Kramer said Carter crudely invited her to have sex on his office couch. A few weeks later, Carter ordered Kramer to deliver his newly laminated identification card to his office. He grabbed her again, and this time forced his tongue into her mouth, peered down her blouse and declared that he would not let go until she "did it right."
Kramer described in detail one incident that took place in Carter's office on Nov. 28, 1988. "He stood in front of me, and said that my dress was very pretty," she told investigators. "Carter then grabbed my dress. I crossed my arms to protect myself, and he then pulled me to him. I resisted. He pulled me tighter, then pressed his lips against mine and forced his tongue inside my mouth. I resisted the kiss, and he said he would not release me until I did it right." Kramer said she left the office crying. Ten minutes later, Carter called her back and said, "Show me you know how to kiss.” "I did it," she said, "because I was confused and afraid that he would fire me if I didn't do what he said." Carter admitted that he solicited the kiss from Ms. Kramer and told investigators, "Our lips touched." A few months after this incident, an INS official concluded that there was "no question" that Carter had sexually harassed Kramer.
Kramer was offered a $7,500 settlement in return for dropping her complaint against Carter. She refused it. "It's not like Carter beat her up and threw her out of a car," said Harold Ezell, the INS official who made the offer (Ezell was later author of California's anti-illegal-immigrant measure, Proposition 187). At that point, other women in the office began to come forward with their own stories about Carter. His secretary recalled an occasion on which Carter told her that her Halloween costume "turned him on," causing her to break into tears.
The INS investigation of Carter ended in 1990. No punishment was meted out. At that point Kramer took her case to the next level, Justice Department adjudication. "The records make clear that supervisor Carter engaged in highly unprofessional conduct towards complainant and other female employees," the adjudicator in the case, Mark L. Gross, wrote on September 30, 1993. Gross questioned why, given "the gravity of Carter's offenses," the agency had neither punished nor demoted him. The INS responded by suspending Carter for three days (one-tenth the standard punishment for misusing a Government car). Carter retained his position (which he had been promoted to) as second-in-command of the Border Patrol. Kramer finally dropped her case at that point in exchange for a $15,000 settlement.
Kramer described in detail one incident that took place in Carter's office on Nov. 28, 1988. "He stood in front of me, and said that my dress was very pretty," she told investigators. "Carter then grabbed my dress. I crossed my arms to protect myself, and he then pulled me to him. I resisted. He pulled me tighter, then pressed his lips against mine and forced his tongue inside my mouth. I resisted the kiss, and he said he would not release me until I did it right." Kramer said she left the office crying. Ten minutes later, Carter called her back and said, "Show me you know how to kiss.” "I did it," she said, "because I was confused and afraid that he would fire me if I didn't do what he said." Carter admitted that he solicited the kiss from Ms. Kramer and told investigators, "Our lips touched." A few months after this incident, an INS official concluded that there was "no question" that Carter had sexually harassed Kramer.
Kramer was offered a $7,500 settlement in return for dropping her complaint against Carter. She refused it. "It's not like Carter beat her up and threw her out of a car," said Harold Ezell, the INS official who made the offer (Ezell was later author of California's anti-illegal-immigrant measure, Proposition 187). At that point, other women in the office began to come forward with their own stories about Carter. His secretary recalled an occasion on which Carter told her that her Halloween costume "turned him on," causing her to break into tears.
The INS investigation of Carter ended in 1990. No punishment was meted out. At that point Kramer took her case to the next level, Justice Department adjudication. "The records make clear that supervisor Carter engaged in highly unprofessional conduct towards complainant and other female employees," the adjudicator in the case, Mark L. Gross, wrote on September 30, 1993. Gross questioned why, given "the gravity of Carter's offenses," the agency had neither punished nor demoted him. The INS responded by suspending Carter for three days (one-tenth the standard punishment for misusing a Government car). Carter retained his position (which he had been promoted to) as second-in-command of the Border Patrol. Kramer finally dropped her case at that point in exchange for a $15,000 settlement.
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Sexual Scandals
During his time working as the chief Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) agent in Livermore, California, Carter sexually harassed Ginger Kramer, who worked under him as an automation clerk. In a sworn statement to investigators, Kramer said Carter crudely invited her to have sex on his office couch. A few weeks later, Carter ordered Kramer to deliver his newly laminated identification card to his office. He grabbed her again, and this time forced his tongue into her mouth, peered down her blouse and declared that he would not let go until she "did it right."
Kramer described in detail one incident that took place in Carter's office on Nov. 28, 1988. "He stood in front of me, and said that my dress was very pretty," she told investigators. "Carter then grabbed my dress. I crossed my arms to protect myself, and he then pulled me to him. I resisted. He pulled me tighter, then pressed his lips against mine and forced his tongue inside my mouth. I resisted the kiss, and he said he would not release me until I did it right." Kramer said she left the office crying. Ten minutes later, Carter called her back and said, "Show me you know how to kiss.” "I did it," she said, "because I was confused and afraid that he would fire me if I didn't do what he said." Carter admitted that he solicited the kiss from Ms. Kramer and told investigators, "Our lips touched." A few months after this incident, an INS official concluded that there was "no question" that Carter had sexually harassed Kramer.
Kramer was offered a $7,500 settlement in return for dropping her complaint against Carter. She refused it. "It's not like Carter beat her up and threw her out of a car," said Harold Ezell, the INS official who made the offer (Ezell was later author of California's anti-illegal-immigrant measure, Proposition 187). At that point, other women in the office began to come forward with their own stories about Carter. His secretary recalled an occasion on which Carter told her that her Halloween costume "turned him on," causing her to break into tears.
The INS investigation of Carter ended in 1990. No punishment was meted out. At that point Kramer took her case to the next level, Justice Department adjudication. "The records make clear that supervisor Carter engaged in highly unprofessional conduct towards complainant and other female employees," the adjudicator in the case, Mark L. Gross, wrote on September 30, 1993. Gross questioned why, given "the gravity of Carter's offenses," the agency had neither punished nor demoted him. The INS responded by suspending Carter for three days (one-tenth the standard punishment for misusing a Government car). Carter retained his position (which he had been promoted to) as second-in-command of the Border Patrol. Kramer finally dropped her case at that point in exchange for a $15,000 settlement.
Kramer described in detail one incident that took place in Carter's office on Nov. 28, 1988. "He stood in front of me, and said that my dress was very pretty," she told investigators. "Carter then grabbed my dress. I crossed my arms to protect myself, and he then pulled me to him. I resisted. He pulled me tighter, then pressed his lips against mine and forced his tongue inside my mouth. I resisted the kiss, and he said he would not release me until I did it right." Kramer said she left the office crying. Ten minutes later, Carter called her back and said, "Show me you know how to kiss.” "I did it," she said, "because I was confused and afraid that he would fire me if I didn't do what he said." Carter admitted that he solicited the kiss from Ms. Kramer and told investigators, "Our lips touched." A few months after this incident, an INS official concluded that there was "no question" that Carter had sexually harassed Kramer.
Kramer was offered a $7,500 settlement in return for dropping her complaint against Carter. She refused it. "It's not like Carter beat her up and threw her out of a car," said Harold Ezell, the INS official who made the offer (Ezell was later author of California's anti-illegal-immigrant measure, Proposition 187). At that point, other women in the office began to come forward with their own stories about Carter. His secretary recalled an occasion on which Carter told her that her Halloween costume "turned him on," causing her to break into tears.
The INS investigation of Carter ended in 1990. No punishment was meted out. At that point Kramer took her case to the next level, Justice Department adjudication. "The records make clear that supervisor Carter engaged in highly unprofessional conduct towards complainant and other female employees," the adjudicator in the case, Mark L. Gross, wrote on September 30, 1993. Gross questioned why, given "the gravity of Carter's offenses," the agency had neither punished nor demoted him. The INS responded by suspending Carter for three days (one-tenth the standard punishment for misusing a Government car). Carter retained his position (which he had been promoted to) as second-in-command of the Border Patrol. Kramer finally dropped her case at that point in exchange for a $15,000 settlement.
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Other
In 1984, Carter was working as an assistant regional commissioner for the southern region of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). While working out of INS' Dallas office, Carter was accused of coercing his secretary into lending him $600 to cover a travel advance—a serious breach of the agency's rules. Carter repaid the money only after the woman reported the matter to senior INS officials, according to a statement she gave the agency. The case appears to have been handled informally, and INS has indicated it never disciplined Carter.
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