Former policeman turned rebel purchased 34 weapons and made a pipe bomb after being arrested

The arrest warrant filed in the US District Court for the District of Columbia states: “On June 29, 2021, after a lawful authorized search of the defendant’s residence, the police found that the defendant violated his release terms by owning a loaded M4 rifle and a partially assembled whistle Bomb in his house, and by purchasing an arsenal of 34 firearms online and transporting them in interstate trade on a crime charge in violation of 18 USC § 922 (n). because the defendant completely disregarded the court orders prohibiting his possession Firearms and other weapons while he is in custody and because he is disregarded his release conditions through repeated violations of federal weapons laws, the The defendant poses a threat to the community that no conditions for dismissal can adequately mitigate. “

According to the Washington Post, Judge G. Michael Harvey’s release conditions included that Robertson must “relocate” any firearm or “destructive device or dangerous weapon” within two days of his release. Robertson was given a second chance after “authorities found eight firearms in his home in Ferrum, Virginia,” two days after he should have relocated them. They also found “large quantities of ammunition” in an outbuilding on the property where Robertson lived.

According to the prosecutor, during the investigation into Robertson on the additional crime charge, the FBI found evidence that he bought and sold firearms, and possibly Ammunition, online and send them in “international trade”. That act alone violated 18 US Code § 922 for unlicensed importers, manufacturers, or distributors to “engage in import, manufacturing or trading business Fire arms, or as part of such a business for sending, transporting or receiving Firearm in the interstate or foreign trade. ”It is super bad if you have been released from prison until a trial has been completed by a judge who has specifically told you not to even have firearms in your possession.

The FBI received a search warrant to go through Robertson’s email correspondence which contained clear evidence of gun purchase negotiations, subsequent searches on Gunbroker.com (an online gun auction site), and numerous firearm orders between April and May of this year. All of this evidence resulted in a search warrant being issued and processed in Robertson’s house on June 29th. but agents also found a loaded M4 rifle, ammunition and a partially assembled pipe bomb in Robertson’s house. “

According to court records, the FBI found a black box with blue tape on it that said “booby trap”. In this black box a pipe bomb was made without explosive powder. Explosive “powder” was found at the reloading station in the annex nearby. ”Prosecutors said the warrant was served at a location other than his home and although he was reminded that he is not required to make a statement as he is in charge of the Capitol Unrest was represented:Upon delivery of the warrant, agents informed Robertson that he was free to leave. Robertson responded that he wanted a … do statement of his own Accordance. The Agents interrupted him and found that he was being represented by a lawyer in the case of the Capitol Riots. Robertson then stated that if that warrant was related to buying guns, he had bought them online and hadn’t even picked them up.

The defense is dormant? According to the prosecutor, the guns are held at an FFL in Roanoke (a location with a federal firearms license that allows for the interstate or domestic sale of firearms). The owner of the FFL informed the authorities that although Robertson had told him that he was unable to collect the firearms due to his current binding conditions, he had “only come a week ago” in person to handle the weapons.

This is where the Second Amendment meets insanity. There will be people, mostly MAGA people, who will say this isn’t a big deal, but imagine a black person was charged with trespassing at a Walmart and bought 34 guns after being released on bail and was found in his home with a loaded rifle and pipe bomb. Would these Second Amendment patriots kvetch?

Is it all disproportionate? According to the prosecutor, Robertson posted screenshots of his federal charges in the case of the Capitol riot on June 10, 2021 in a forum on Gunbroker.com. Someone on the forum asked if he was proud, to which he wrote, “I’m damn sure.” And while this is an uncertain male reaction to one thing, he allegedly haunted it by posting this:

I have said beforehand. you are to attempt Teach us one lesson. They have. But its defifinally not the envisaged lessons. I learned that I doWhen you protest peacefully than you wereI am arrested Get fired, put on a no-fly list, smear your name and get your address released by the FBI to do so Any idiot in the US can send you hate mail. I learned that very well when you dipped your toe in the Rubicon. . . . Cross it out. Cross it out hard and violent and playing for all marbles.

Prosecutors are demanding that Robertson remain in custody pending his trial.