Attention attorneys and sane people everywhere: You really don’t want to miss this one. Seriously, you don’t.
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Today, Shawna Cox, one of 25 defendants charged with conspiracy in the 41-day takeover of Oregon’s Malheur Wildlife Refuge, filed an eight page Affirmative Defence [sic] and Counter Criminal Complaint. I suspect these eight pages may, indeed, end up winning some kind of award for the best conspiracy word salad in its category.
Cox, a Sovereign Citizen, opines at length about everything from the International Monetary Fund to the Bar Association.
Seriously. Kick off your shoes, put your feet on your desk and just think about how lucky you are she isn’t your client. Or your neighbor.
Here’s the opening paragraph, and warning, put the coffee down:
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENCES AND COUNTER CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
As identified in 18 USC sections 1512, 1513, and 1514 I am a victim, witness and informant to extremely serious public corruption and government oppression. I came to the assistance of economically vulnerable individuals who were being harassed, threatened, intimidated, persecuted and incarcerated by arrogant, narcissi Federal Government officials who have organized together to highjack and steal our Constitutional form of government from the people of the United States of America. I came to assist the people of the states that were derived from the Northwest Territories, to address the fraud involving lands that were defrauded from them, by organized efforts of individuals within Federal and State Governments. [sic, as in all over the place]
As for you attorneys, shame on you for forcing your nobility upon us:
I am a victim, witness and informant to
subversive activities and efforts organized by law Colleges, State and Federal Bar Associations, to attack our constitutional form of government and subversively, secretly force socialism, communism and imperialism types of government onto the people of the United States of America. The intention of these law professors and State and Federal Bar Association members is to create nobility for themselves, their prosperity and an oligarchy. Evidence will show that many of these individuals held official public positions and employment for generations and believe they are "entitledn to hold controlling public offices. Members of the State and Federal Bar Associations have violated the separations of powers so they could create special privileges and immunities for themselves, their membership and those who are supporting their subversive attacks on our constitutional form of government and our domestic tranquility. [sic] [bolding mine]
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Evidence will also show that Oregon State Bar members including S. Amanda Marshall, Governor Kate Brown, Judge Grasity, Oregon State Senator Cliff Bentz, and others within the Oregon State Bar Association organized together to take complete control of the Oregon State Government so they could execute their personal objectives, agendas and the objectives and agendas of the predatory Oregon State Bar Association. [sic]
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And least you public employees think you are off the hook, well hardly. Shawna’s got that covered, too:
At the time we took Hostile Adverse Possession of Malheur it was being closed down for the winter. At no time did I or anyone else interfere with any public employees working on the Malheur in fact we encouraged them to come to work as we wanted to discuss the ownership problem with them and get as much information we could from them. If anything, it was their choice to not come to work, out of guilt. … [bolding mine]
Among others, here’s a list she includes of all you naughty folks and reasons:
Additional affirmative defenses I am reserving include:
1. Jurisdiction, or lack of
2. Venue or lack of
3. The court that is attempting to prosecute me is an Article 4 court and not an article 3 court.
4. I object to the court continuing to attempt to identify me as a subject of corporate United States of America, I ask the court to cease and desist this, and acknowledge I am a sovereign citizen with State and Federal constitutional rights and protections of law.
5. I am requesting a fact finding hearing to identify the status of the court and my status 13 with the court.
6. Restriction of Judicial Powers
7. Selective prosecution, unequal protections of the laws, Government > the people
8. Omission and misprision of felony by state and federal agents, officials and employees.
9. Subversive activities against our state and federal constitutional form of governments.
10. Malicious Prosecution
11. Unlawful detainment and seizure.
12. RICO Racketeering efforts organized against me, us, the Hammonds and others.
13. The constitutional right of militia to assemble against subversive attacks against the Constitution of the United States and the people of the United States.
14. My right to assemble was interfered with.
15. My Freedom of speech was interfered with.
16. Criminal Negligence
17. Organized attempted execution/murder of a witness and informant.
18. Organized execution / murder of my co-witness and co-informant.
19. Foreign Agents operating subversively within United States, including but not limited to 29 State and Federal Bar Associations, IMF agents and Blackstone mercenaries. [sic]
And finally, here are the damages sought:
CLAIM FOR DAMAGES
I am asking for criminal and civil penalties for the perpetrators that subjected me and my witnesses to the crimes I have identified herein. I Claim I and the others involved in these actions have suffered damages from the works of the devil in excess of $666,666,666,666.66 Six hundred sixty six billion, six hundred sixty six million, six hundred sixty six thousand, six hundred sixty six dollars and sixty six cents. [bolding mine]
Whatever you do, please don’t forget the sixty-six cents.
Needless to say, the judge tossed the filing relative to the criminal case and instructed Shawna to work with her attorney, Tiffany Harris (click and enlarge):
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On a serious note, the above may sound like the rantings of a mad woman, but this seems to be more or less typical method and verbiage from the Sovereign Citizen crowd.
And least you believe them harmless, remember that the Millers who shot and killed two lunching policemen and an innocent Walmart Shopper after leaving Cliven Bundy’s 2014 armed standoff were sovereign citizens. Terri Nichols of the Oklahoma City bombing was a Sovereign Citizen. There’s a long list, and it’s growing.
To whit, this group ranks #1 in concern among law enforcement and many are very dangerous:
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