Less than an hour after announcing his candidacy, an unknown presidential hopeful calling for "the peaceful, responsible dissolution of the entire federal government" was twice pulled over in Wise County by Texas Department of Public Safety troopers.

Libertarian candidate Adam Kokesh, 35, who lives in Ashfork, Ariz., was stopped by officers for a traffic violation about 12:45 p.m. Tuesday on U.S. Highway 287 near U.S. Highway 380, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.

For 28 minutes, the Marine, author and gun rights activist recorded the traffic stop until a canine brought in to search the rear of Kokesh's recreational vehicle — which he calls "No Force One" — was thought to have found something and officers ordered him to turn off the camera.

"At this point and time the dog did alert, so we're going to a whole 'nother level," the trooper is heard saying.

As he turned it off, Kokesh said to the camera, "This is Adam Kokesh, somewhere in Texas. If you don't hear from me, please come find me."

Kokesh was charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and tampering with evidence and was booked into the Wise County Jail on $76,500 bail, the newspaper reported. His girlfriend released a statement in which he described the situation as a "gross miscarriage of justice."

Libertarian groups have flooded the office of Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin with phone calls as the campaign's chief strategist, Ben Farmer of Austin, said it was "extremely suspicious" that Kokesh would be pulled over twice after declaring his candidacy.

"It's difficult to understand everything that's going on," Farmer said.

The Star-Telegram reported that Kokesh, in announcing his 2020 candidacy, had said in a news release: "America is too good for this government. There is no reason San Francisco should be delegating laws in San Antonio and vise versa. Nobody wants that. When we localize everything, everyone gets what they want."

Kokesh was arrested in April on a fugitive-of-justice charge for failing to appear in court in Maryland's Anne Arundel County, NBC reported. In 2013, he earned notoriety after he was shown loading a shotgun in video footage from Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C.

On his website, he says he is running for the office of "Not-President" — "because no one should be President."