Adam Kokesh is in need of a little cash.The anti-government, pro-gun activist who was arrested the evening of July 9 after federal authorities raided his Herndon home and found stashes of hallucinogenic drugs and firearms recently recorded a live phone message from the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center where he has been held ever since.In the message, he says he needs money for his "legal defense" for the "legal maze" he finds himself in.The plea comes after the former Marine reportedly said he would refuse to pay bond and stay in jail as a form of protest.Now, he's asking for help funding the $5,000 he needs to make bail on the drugs and weapons charges he faces in Fairfax County.He'll need even more money after he's released from local jail for federal charges he faces in connection with the July 4th incident in which Kokesh filmed himself in Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., loading what appeared to be live ammunition into a pump shotgun. Firearms are illegal in Freedom Plaza and throughout D.C.In particular, Freedom Plaza is U.S. Parks land - which is why, after seeing the video, federal authorities, along with the assistance of the Town of Herndon Police Department, executed the search warrant on Kokesh's Herndon home the evening of July 9, to search for evidence that the ammunition he loaded into the shotgun in the video was real.During the search, authorities found drugs and weapons, and he was arrested and booked into Fairfax County jail. Several news outlets reported that Kokesh failed to cooperate with authorites upon his arrest, refusing to let his photo or fingerprints be taken, and refusing to walk into court to face a judge, forcing officers to put him in a wheelchair and wheel him in front of a closed-circuit television to hear the judge.In the recorded message, which you can hear in the video above, Kokesh says several supporters have already sent him money orders and letters mailed to his cell have been "keeping his spirits up."He said anyone who donates $20 or more to his "legal defense fund" by midnight Tuesday will receive a letter from him, written right from his cell."I will write you a letter - handwritten, signed, customized - from my prison cell....and answer one question, whatever you want," he says.He said donations can be made through his website, AdamVsTheMan.com."I'm looking forward to being with you all on the outside in...well, I don't want to say 'freedom,' I guess it's relative freedom," he said.

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