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The Strange Case Of The Birther OathKeeper -- Who Tried To Take Over A Courthouse -- Heads To Trial

Jillian Rayfield | October 18, 2011, 5:05AM

On Tuesday, Georgia OathKeeper Darren Huff will begin his trial for an alleged attempt to take over a Tennessee courthouse and conduct citizens arrests on local judges and officers.

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Topics: American Grand Jury, Barack Obama, Birthers, Darren Huff, Tennessee

Right-Wing Extremists Take On Local Law Enforcement, Lose

Zachary Roth | May 6, 2010, 11:54AM

Darren Huff

Right-wing extremists who question the legitimacy of Barack Obama's presidency tried to take on local law enforcement recently -- and they seem to have come out on the losing end.

First, a Tennessee man was arrested after walking into his local county courthouse to try to effect a citizen's arrest of a grand jury foreman who had refused to investigate President Obama's legitimacy to serve -- an encounter partially caught on video. That enraged one Georgia-based member of the far-right OathKeepers group. Responding to a call from an extremist leader, he drove to Tennessee with an AK-47 in a bid to get his comrade released -- only to wind up getting arrested himself.