Posted on September 19th, 2012 by Marc Stevens

Mike in Idaho was indicted for four alleged violations of statutes, 26 USC 7201 and 7203; the “trial” started Monday Sept. 10 and ended today, Sept. 19, 2012. Trial is in quotes because what took place was not a trial, it was a farce from beginning to end. However, even though the jury convicted Mike of two misdemeanor charges, they were hung on the two felonies. Mike defended himself against a team of prosecutors, though there was standby counsel with him. Mike did everything himself, argued points of law, evidence, questioned witnesses and did his own closing statement.

I will post more details when I get them; for today it’s great knowing that after ten years and twenty-seven witnesses, they could not get a conviction against Mike for tax evasion. We spoke about the trial on last week’s show, I’ll share a few details here and speculate as to why the jury did not convict.

Despite having forty people on their witness list, the prosecutors only called twenty-eight. Keeping in mind these are allegations Mike violated statutes, the applicability of the code is an essential element of each, including jurisdiction. When a witness was called, Mike would object on grounds the witness had no facts proving the code was applicable and Mike actually believed there was a legitimate obligation to pay taxes and file returns (the witness’s testimony wasn’t relevant to proving the allegations). Such belief is also an element of each statutory violation: ”who willfully attempts” 26 USC 7201. As predicted, the judge, a lawyer named Edward Lodge, denied the objection without explanation.

On cross-examination, Mike asked each witness if they had facts proving the US code was applicable, the prosecutor would object and Lodge would rubber-stamp the objection. And that’s how it went for a week; not one prosecution witness testified the code was applicable to Mike. The prosecutors must prove the code is applicable to then prove a violation of the code beyond a reasonable doubt. This was no surprise because Edward Lodge made it clear at the start of the “trial” there would be no discussion regarding the applicability of the code to Mike. Not one fact was presented proving Mike believed there was a legitimate obligation to pay taxes and file returns. The bulk of the testimony, if not all, had to do with Mike making and spending money. Making money is not evidence the code is applicable.

So in this entire pretended “trial” in the Coeur d’Alene, Idaho US district court for an alleged violation of the will of “congress”, no one making the allegations attempted to prove the will of “congress”, the sacred US code, actually applied. Not only did they not try to prove it, they worked together by blocking any investigation into it. Sound familiar? It’s typical for crooks to block investigation into the truth.

Mike was able to point out to the jury, a jury he was not permitted to voir dire by the way (that’s a pretty bad error for a judge to make), not one witness had facts the code was applicable. This evidently had an impact on the jury. I speculate the prosecution looked worse with every “witness” who took the stand but had no evidence the code was applicable and decided not to go forty for forty. It looks like they decided to cut their losses and close. Mike was not permitted to recall witnesses either, nor was he permitted to call his own expert, the commissioner of the IRS. Yes, the prosecutors were upset and threatened to retry Mike. They still won’t have any witnesses with facts the code is applicable and Mike believed there was a legitimate obligations to pay taxes.

As I’ve said for years now: if it’s so self-evident and easy to prove the constitution and code apply, then they would not only present the facts, but not block investigation into it every time.

If you think you’re better prepared than Edward Lodge and US attorneys who prosecuted Mike, then you’re cordially invited to call into my radio show, the No State Project, and present your facts the constitution and code not only apply to Mike, but to anyone (we’re live Sat. 4-7pm est 218-632-9399). I’m happy to set you up as a scheduled guest or prerecord the show if you’d like; though calling the live show without any prior notification is my preferred method. We can even go on another show if you’re able to work that out so you can have a “neutral venue”. I’m happy to speak publicly with anyone who thinks they have facts proving the constitution and code apply. Because those acting as the “US government”, such as Edward Lodge, failed miserably to present any facts this past week.

A big congrats to Mike for standing up for himself; for doing something to help stop the machine; for not looking to just do anything to avoid going to jail because if he defends himself, he may anger a lawyer. In the video below Mike and I talk about his adventure in legal land.

I also spoke about it on Free Talk Live.