Walter Fitzpatrick

Birther Who Tried To Indict Obama For Treason Arrested For Stealing Court Documents

Jillian Rayfield | December 9, 2011, 11:24AM

Walt Fitzpatrick is seeking an indictment against President Barack Obama for charges of treason.

A birther in Tennessee, previously seen trying to indict President Obama for treason, was arrested and charged with tampering with government documents for allegedly stealing confidential paperwork from his local courthouse.

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Birthers

Birther Oathkeeper Convicted In Attempted Courthouse Takeover

Jillian Rayfield | October 25, 2011, 3:08PM

Georgia birther and Oathkeeper Darren Huff was convicted Tuesday of attempting to take over a Tennessee courthouse and conduct citizen's arrests on officials.

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Darren Huff

'I Refuse To Be Intimidated': Birther OathKeeper's Trial Heads To Jury

Jillian Rayfield | October 25, 2011, 5:05AM

After a week-long trial, a federal jury in Georgia is deliberating the strange case of birther OathKeeper Darren Huff, who allegedly attempted to take over a Tennessee courthouse and conduct citizens arrests on local judges and officers.

"My government has called me a potential domestic terrorist," Huff said on the stand on Friday as he fought back tears.

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Darren Huff

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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Carl Swensson

Extremist Leader Seeking To Indict Obama For Treason Says He Was Questioned By FBI

Zachary Roth | May 7, 2010, 12:03PM

Carl Swensson (inset)

The leader of a movement seeking to have President Obama indicted for treason told TPMmuckraker he was interviewed this week by the FBI.

Carl Swensson said that FBI agents, accompanied by state police, came to his Georgia home Wednesday asking for information about what law enforcement fears is a plan to take over a Tennessee judicial building. "They were concerned that we were gonna storm the courthouse," said Swensson.

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Right-wing extremism

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.

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