Trochmann Learns Lesson From Freemen Militia Leader Tells Of Scheme To File Liens Against Officials

The freemen are attempting to re-establish a constitutional form of self-government and have developed a method of restitution for damages, according to information in a Militia of Montana newsletter and a shortwave radio talk show in which freeman Leroy Schweitzer was a guest.

The January issue of “Taking Aim,” the Militia of Montana newsletter written by Randy Trochmann, one of the group’s founders, describes how to set up a selfgovernment based on common law principles and how to seek restitution for damages the “corporate” government and its agents have done to the “natural” government and its people.

Trochmann’s article is based on a visit with the freemen in late January. He concludes, “After spending those couple of days with these guys, I am totally convinced that they have the solution to the problem.”

The article says that the remedy for those injured by agents of the “corporate” government, such as IRS agents, is to file liens against the individual.

The process involves sending the individual a “confession-admission” form outlining the violation, filling out a lien identifying the debtor and creditor and publishing notice in the county newspaper. Further steps involve instructing banks to deposit the liens as an asset from which to receive a line of credit.

“As of this time, the ‘Freemen’ have deposited billions of dollars in liens. The ‘banks’ are claiming that the accounts are closed. However, account status reports clearly have shown that the liens were credited as assets to the account - and buying power of the account increased by the amount of the lien,” the Militia of Montana article said.

The freemen have written checks on the accounts to credit card companies, paid off farm mortgages and paid off IRS liens, the article said.

Bob Fletcher, a spokesman for MOM, said in a recent interview the article was simply a news report. “All we do is give you the phone number. We’re not involved with it,” he said. “It doesn’t mean we don’t support the concept.”Schweitzer told Valentine, “What we’ve done is created our own credit. And we get the credit from a default. So, it’s an account receivable at a bank.”

According to a tape of the radio program, Schweitzer said the freemen developed their ideas from the banker’s handbook.

Schweitzer said he developed the certified money orders by applying the Uniform Commercial Code to public officers who have acted outside the scope of their authority. He said if the officers don’t answer to their presentments within a certain time, “we publish their default in the paper and it becomes common law judgment.”