Investigation finds Washington state representative took part in 'domestic terrorism'

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(CNN)A Republican state lawmaker in Washington is accused of participating "in an act of domestic terrorism against the United States," according to a new report released Thursday by the Washington State House Republicans on their website.

According to the report, state Rep. Matt Shea is the subject of an investigation that was commissioned by the Washington State House Representatives to find out whether he "engaged in, planned, or promoted political violence." Rampart Group LLC investigators say the investigation was sparked by "public allegations made against [Shea] in news media and online reporting," the report said.

The report said, "Investigators have obtained evidence that Representative Shea, as a leader of the Patriot Movement, planned, engaged in, and promoted a total of three armed conflicts of political violence against the United States Government in three states outside the State of Washington over a three-year period to include 2014, 2015 and 2016."

Shea assumed office in 2009, representing the state's 4th legislative district.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/20/politics/washington-state-congressman-domestic-terrorism-investigation/index.html

[Thomas Hurt]

1. and it only took them a decade to figure it out...

even though the patriot movement whackjobs has been around since at least the 90s.

[Faux pas]

2. Kickin' with disgust

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. He got caught, how many more havent been caught...filthy con fucks.

[dalton99a]

4. From Ruby Ridge to Matt Shea, eastern Washington struggles to shake far-right extremism

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-12-20/matt-shea-republican-domestic-terrorism-white-supremacy

From Ruby Ridge to Matt Shea, eastern Washington struggles to shake far-right extremism
By Richard Read | Seattle Bureau Chief | Dec. 20, 2019 | 5:18 PM

SEATTLE — Residents of eastern Washington and northern Idaho have long tried to rid the region of its reputation as a haven for white supremacists, dating from the Ruby Ridge standoff in 1992 and the breakup of the Aryan Nations in the early 2000s.

A foundation converted the site of Richard Butler’s Aryan Nations headquarters north of Hayden, Idaho, into a “peace park.” Around Spokane, Wash., religious leaders organize monthly vigils to oppose white supremacy and Christian dominionism, an ideology that seeks to impose biblical law.

But now the deeply conservative region’s ugly reputation has reared back into view, with the release of an investigative report Thursday on Matt Shea, a far-right Washington lawmaker with ties to white supremacist groups. The four-month investigation, commissioned by the state House, found that Shea had engaged in “domestic terrorism” as an organizer of the 2016 armed takeover of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.

The report also concluded that Shea, a lawyer first elected in 2008, helped plan and direct two other acts of political violence against the federal government, and said he had used his prominence in the so-called “patriot” movement to dispatch militia members....

The report concluded that Shea likely continues to pose a “present and growing threat of risk to others” through political violence, saying: “It is more probable than not that Rep. Shea is likely to plan, direct and engage in additional future conflicts that could carry with them significant risks of bloodshed and loss of life.”

[dalton99a]

5. Report is at:

http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6590426-WA-House-Report-12-03-192058-Redacted.html

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. sounds like at least "Rebellion and Insurrection"

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2383

Maybe a bit of seditious conspiracy

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2384

[dalton99a]

8. But it's for Liberty:

http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6590448-Biblical-Basis-for-War.html

[greyl]

7. KICK

[crickets]

9. Yikes. K&R for visibility

[rockfordfile]

10. He should be given the death penalty.