In the subsequent trial of Weaver and Harris in the federal court, Weaver's defense lawyer Gerry Spence accused the following government agencies of "criminal misconduct" in this incident: FBI, USMS, ATF and USAO. After the trial was completed, the office of professional responsibility of the US Department of Justice set up the Ruby Ridge Task Force to investigate Spencer's allegations. 1994 published an excerpt from the report of the ad hoc group on Lexis Consultant Connect, which questioned the measures and policies adopted by all institutions involved in the incident.
People strongly protested what happened in Ruby Ridge and the subsequent siege of Waco, which also involved many similar government agencies. Some people even used this opportunity to fuel the expansion of the militia movement. In order to answer the public's questions about the Ruby Ridge incident, the US Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Government Information held a hearing with a total duration of 14 days from1September 6, 995 to 191October, and then released a report calling for the federal government's law enforcement reform.
Randy Weaver is a former factory worker in Idaho and an American military combat engineer [1]. In 1980s, he moved his family to northern Idaho in order to educate his children and escape from the "World Destruction Day" that he and his wife Vicky thought was coming [2][3]. On 1983, they bought 20 mu of land in Ruby Ridge and started to build a hut [4]. Weaver's property is located in the border county of northern Idaho, on a hillside near the Ruby River, opposite the reindeer ridge near Naples. [5]
1984, Randy Weaver and neighbor Terry Kennison had an argument over a land transaction of more than 3,000 dollars. Later, Kennison lost the case and was sentenced to pay Weaver 2 100 in legal fees and damages. Kennison wrote to the FBI, united states secret service and the county sheriff, claiming that Weaver threatened to kill the Pope, the President and Idaho Governor John Evans. 10, the FBI and united states secret service launched a survey. In February of that year, Weaver and Vicky were interviewed for several hours by two FBI agents, two Secret Service agents, the border county sheriff and his chief investigator. [6] Although the Secret Service was told that Weaver was a member of the Aryan nation and had a large arsenal near his residence, Weaver denied this accusation and finally did not make any accusations. [7]
According to the investigation, Weaver is connected with Frank Kumnick, who is considered to be connected with Aryan members. But Weaver told investigators that neither he nor Kumnik were members of the Aryan countries, and described Kumnik as "related to God's covenant, sword and arm". [8]1On February 28th, 985, Randy and Vicky Weaver filed a lawsuit in the county court, claiming that their personal enemies intended to provoke the FBI to attack and kill the Weavers. [6]1On May 6, 985, Randy and Vicky Weaver wrote to President Ronald Reagan, claiming that Weaver's enemies might have written a threatening letter with a forged signature to the President. There is no evidence that threatening letters have surfaced. However, in 1992, the prosecutor quoted this letter from 1985 as evidence that the Weaver family openly opposed the federal government for the seventh time. [9][ 10]
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ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) first noticed Weaver in July 1986, when he was introduced to an ATF informant at a meeting in Aryan countries (the informant used two names Fadeley and Magisono as aliases). Weaver was invited by Frank Kumnick, who was the original investigation object of ATF. This is Weaver's first time to attend the Aryan Conference. In the next three years, Weaver met his informant several times. [7] 1989 10, ATF claimed that Weaver sold his informant two short-sawed shotguns, the total length of which was shorter than the length limit stipulated by federal law. At the same time, Weaver had an argument with Kumnik and Aryan countries. 10, Weaver accused the informant of ATF of being a police spy. Weaver later wrote that he was warned by the handling procedure of Rico v. report. [11] Herb Byerly, the boss of ATF informant, ordered him not to have any contact with Weaver again.
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