Separatist’s Wife Pleads Not Guilty
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The wife of a Texas separatist leader who held off police last month in the mountains of west Texas pleaded not guilty to federal fraud and conspiracy charges. Evelyn McLaren, 50, said in a written statement to U.S. District Judge Joe Fish in Dallas that she was a “Texian,” not a citizen of the United States, and therefore not bound by U.S. laws. McLaren and husband Rick McLaren, a leader of the separatist group known as the Republic of Texas, were charged in a 25-count federal indictment with issuing $1.8 billion in worthless financial warrants.
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