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The Montana Freemen were an anti-government Christian Patriot militia based outside the town of Jordan, Montana, United States. The members of the group referred to their land as "Justus Township" and had declared their leaders and followers " sovereign citizens " no longer under the authority of any outside government.
The Southern Poverty Law Center noted a similarity between Doucette's planned trials and the false trials held by the Montana Freemen group in the 1990s. [88] Oregon members of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, a sportsmen's group, removed tarps the militants used to cover an official refuge sign. On January 12, members of the group also posted ...
In March 1996, agents of the FBI and other law enforcement organizations surrounded the 960-acre (390 ha) eastern Montana "Justus Township" compound of the Montana Freemen. The Freemen were a Sovereign Citizen group that included elements of the Christian Identity ideology, espoused common law legal theories, and rejected the legitimacy of the ...
KHNC began broadcasting in January 1993. It was originally owned by Donald and Sharon Wiedeman, broadcasting the same conservative talk format it has carried since. [2] The station first gained notoriety in 1996 when the Montana Freemen called into the station during their 81-day standoff with the FBI, [3] though the station was already airing programming that espoused conspiracy theories and ...
Stewart Rhodes and the Oath Keepers. If the Proud Boys are the U.S. far-right’s street brawlers, the Oath Keepers are the movement’s military vanguard, with Yale graduate, military veteran and ...
[56] [57] In March 1996, Montana Freemen began a 61-day standoff with the FBI after the FBI arrested three members of the group for refusing to leave property from which they had been evicted. [57] Following the tragedy at Waco, the FBI was determined to avoid violence, and Reno assured the public that the FBI was looking for a peaceful ...
In response to President Donald Trump's executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, the Pentagon's intelligence agency has paused special event programs and related events ...
She was the first woman president of the State Bar Association of Montana. [4] [3] She was appointed as United States Attorney for the District of Montana in November 1993. [5] Most notably, the Montana Freeman were prosecuted by the US Attorney's office during her tenure. [6] During the Freeman standoff, the Unabomber was arrested