Washington state lawmaker is a domestic terrorist, Obama instigated Democrat investigation finds

[Obama the sore loser]

Remember when Obama got slapped in the face by a few good men
armed with rifles?

He's trying to get his revenge.

He's going to fail.

Again.

Washington state Rep. Matt Shea planned and participated in
domestic terrorism against the United States before and during
the armed takeover at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, an
investigation commissioned by the Washington state House found.

The 108-page report found that beginning in November 2015, Shea,
working with militia leader Ammon Bundy, helped “in the planning
and preparation” of the Malheur takeover, a six-week conflict in
which dozens of armed protesters occupied the refuge in rural
Eastern Oregon. The standoff ended after one protester was shot
and killed and dozens were arrested.

“Representative Shea, as a leader in 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,” according to the report released Thursday.
“In one conflict Representative Shea led covert strategic pre-
planning in advance of the conflict.”

Immediately after the report was released, Rep. J.T. Wilcox, the
Republican minority leader of the House, said Shea “has been
suspended from any role in the House Republican Caucus.”

Rep. Matt Shea has been suspended from any role in the House
Republican Caucus. He should resign. He cannot use House
Republican staff, he cannot meet with the caucus, his office
will be moved. https://t.co/AATHOHuO31

— Rep. JT Wilcox (@jtwilcox111) December 20, 2019
“He should resign,” Wilcox wrote on Twitter. “He cannot use
House Republican staff, he cannot meet with the caucus, his
office will be moved.” Shea’s name and picture were removed from
the House GOP website.

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“I will not back down, I will not give in, I will not resign,”
Shea said in a statement posted to Facebook Thursday night.
“Stand strong fellow Patriots.”

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The report concluded that Shea, a Republican first elected in
2008, is closely associated with several armed militias and uses
his prominence in the Patriot Movement to dispatch militia
members to conflicts with government officials. The Patriot
Movement is a loose organization of conservative groups and
individuals in mostly rural areas that includes organized
militia members and so-called sovereign citizens, who are
generally united by deep suspicion and fear of the federal
government.

The movement grew after militia standoffs at Ruby Ridge in Idaho
and Waco, Texas, in the 1990s and the Oklahoma City bombing was
carried out by Patriot Movement members.

Shea also traveled to an armed standoff in 2014 in Bunkerville,
Nev., and “publicly supported” the armed militia’s standoff
involving rancher Cliven Bundy, and engaged in a 2015 armed
conflict in Bonner County, Idaho, the report found.

The report has been forwarded to the FBI and to the U.S.
Attorney’s Office, said incoming Democratic House Speaker Laurie
Jinkins.

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“This is about a state lawmaker who, according to the
investigative findings, engaged in an act of domestic terrorism
rather than choosing political or legal avenues to change laws
and policies he disagrees with,” Jinkins said. “This is why we
believe formal action needs to be taken that sends a clear
message upholding the values of a free and democratic society,
and supports the safety of all Washingtonians.”

In Washington’s 130-year history, only one lawmaker has been
expelled from the Legislature, an action that requires a vote of
at least two-thirds of the House.

The House Republican caucus was briefed on the report in a
Thursday conference call. One legislator on the call, which did
not include Shea, said “one or two” representatives questioned
whether the report was biased, but the overall sentiment to
suspend Shea from the caucus was “overwhelming.”

Shea participated in four phone calls with Ammon Bundy in
advance of the January 2016 Malheur occupation, the report
found. The day after the occupation began, Shea, using the code
name Verumbellator, created a detailed military-style plan
called Operation Cold Reality that laid out roles and
responsibilities for militia members and for an organization
that Shea chaired, the Coalition of Western States.

Days later, Shea traveled to Burns, Ore., the site of the
standoff, identified himself as a state representative and met
with local and national law enforcement, the report found. He
“gathered intelligence” about law enforcement strategies and
operations from that meeting and then met with Ammon Bundy and
other armed occupiers of the refuge, the report found, despite
warnings from law enforcement.

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Two other Washington Republicans, then-state Rep. Graham Hunt
and Steve McLaughlin, the party’s 2016 nominee for state lands
commissioner, were included on emails planning the Malheur
occupation, the report found.

Commissioned this summer and conducted by an outside business
led by a former FBI agent, the investigation examined whether
Shea promoted or planned political violence, and the extent of
his association with people involved in those activities.

House leaders of both parties initiated the investigation into
Shea this year after reports that he participated in group chats
that discussed violence against and surveillance of political
opponents. Those reports were among a recent deluge of news
articles detailing ties between Shea and extremist movements.

The outside company, the Rampart Group, submitted its report in
early December, but it was tightly held by House leadership for
weeks, its contents unknown to the public, legislators and even
Shea himself.

Thursday morning, before the public release of the report, Shea,
who rarely speaks to the media, issued a statement calling the
House’s investigation “unprecedented” and saying they were
investigating “lawful communications between a member of the
House and citizens of this country.”

“Due process is the right of every citizen, and should be
afforded to all members of the House regardless of their views
or party affiliation,” Shea said. “I will not back down. I will
continue to fight for our shared values that have made this
country such a blessing to the rest of the world.”

But the report found that Malheur was the third armed conflict
in which Shea played a role. It found no evidence that Shea
presents an imminent threat to any individual or group, but
“considerable evidence” that, since 2014, Shea has presented a
“significant threat of political violence against employees of
the federal government and state and local law enforcement
officers.”

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This man is an American hero.