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eShirl

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Wed Jul 2, 2014, 05:04 PM Jul 2014

Independent lawmaker requests AG’s investigation of LePage meetings with radical group

Independent lawmaker requests AG’s investigation of LePage meetings with radical group
http://bangordailynews.com/2014/07/02/politics/independent-lawmaker-requests-attorney-general-investigation-of-lepage-meetings-with-radical-group/

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Members of the Constitutional Coalition in Maine claim no affiliation with the Sovereign Citizens but espouse many of the same beliefs — including the notion that the government has been “hijacked” and is thus illegitimate, that most state laws are “repugnant to the Constitution” and thus invalid, and that the U.S. dollar is a “false currency.”

One member of the group, Jack McCarthy, said during a radio show last February that the group had discussed charges of treason against House Speaker Mark Eves and Senate President Justin Alfond, both Democrats. McCarthy said that the punishment for treason had never changed.

“We discussed this there: The penalty for high treason hasn’t changed in 100 years. … The governor looked at us and looked at his buddy and said ‘They’re talking about hanging them,’” McCarthy said. “I said, ‘Praise the Lord — we’ll hang a few and be done with this crap.’”

McCarthy, who espoused many other conspiracy theories on his radio show — including one that a coming “holocaust” against U.S. Christians was imminent — seems to be the most radical of the coalition members.


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Independent lawmaker requests AG’s investigation of LePage meetings with radical group (Original Post) eShirl Jul 2014 OP
Holy crap, you mean an official investigation has not already started......incredible. Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #1
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