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David Straight

David Straight is a prominent sovereign citizen guru and QAnon adherent who teaches sovereignty with a QAnon bent, urging his followers to become "American State Nationals" before Trump is reinstated as president. He works closely with Bobby... Read more

People Right-wing

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Bobby Lawrence

Bobby Lawrence is a prominent Pennsylvania-based sovereign citizen guru and QAnon adherent who teaches sovereignty with a QAnon bent, urging his followers to become "American State Nationals" before Trump is reinstated as president. He works closely with... Read more

People Right-wing

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Charles Weisman

From the late 1980s, Charles Weisman ran Weisman Publications, a Minnesota-based publisher whose publications focused on Christian Identity theology and sovereign citizen doctrine. He died in 2016.

People White supremacist

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Chuck Baldwin

Chuck Baldwin is a prominent figure in the anti-government extremist "Patriot" movement. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Baldwin has peddled conspiracy theories that government measures to combat the virus are a "pretext for civil tyranny," "phase two" (after... Read more

People Anti-government

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Citizens’ grand jury…

Citizens' grand juries (also known as common law grand juries and people's grand juries) are sham juries created primarily by adherents of the sovereign citizen movement, who have a fondness for creating fictitious judicial and governmental entities... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Anti-government

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Common law courts

"Common law courts" are bogus courts established by adherents of the sovereign citizen movement, who reject the legitimacy of actual courts. They are often used to render unenforceable judgments regarding genuine legal disputes and to issue phony... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Anti-government

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Constitutional Sheri…

The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) is an anti-government extremist group founded in 2011 by former Arizona sheriff Richard Mack. The organization recruits sheriffs into the anti-government extremist "Patriot" movement, and claims the county sheriff... Read more

Groups / Movements Anti-government

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Crusaders

Crusaders is a term used by Islamists to refer to any Western presence in the Middle East, though it is most often used to refer to the U.S. In addition, anti-Muslim extremists in the United States often... Read more

Slogans / Code words Islamist

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David Wynn-Miller

David Wynn-Miller was an influential Wisconsin-based sovereign citizen activist who created (and used) a completely alternative grammar and syntax for the English language, which he claimed would allow people to master the judicial system and always prevail... Read more

People Anti-government

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De facto vs. de jure…

Sovereign citizens often use the term "de facto government" to refer to the U.S. government. They believe a conspiracy began in the 1860s to infiltrate the original "de jure" government, subvert its laws and replace them with... Read more

Slogans / Code words Anti-government