Shawna Cox, one of the people involved in the Oregon wildlife refuge occupation last month, is suing the U.S. government for $666 billion, seeking compensation for “damages from the works of the devil.”
Cox, 59, is seeking “in excess of $666,666,666,666.66 Six hundred sixty six billion, six hundred sixty six million, six hundred sixty six thousand, six hundred sixty six dollars and sixty-six cents,” according to court documents filed on Wednesday.
The woman was among 16 armed occupiers who took over the refuge on Jan. 2, demanding the government change federal land policies and free two ranchers imprisoned for setting fires on federal land.
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“I am a victim, witness and informant to extremely serious public corruption and government oppression,” reads a portion of the court document. “I came to the assistance of economically vulnerable individuals who were being harassed, threatened, intimidated, persecuted and incarcerated by arrogant, narcissi Federal Government officials who have organized together to highjack and steal our Constitutional form of government from the people of the United States of America.”
However, the eight page, seemingly incoherent document was not signed by a lawyer.
Cox, along with group leader Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Ryan Payne, and Peter Santilli were indicted by a Nevada grand jury Wednesday.
On Jan. 26, Ammon Bundy and four other occupiers left the refuge to head into a nearby town.
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FBI agents and Oregon state troopers followed the group and stopped the two-vehicle convoy and a confrontation ensued.
Rancher Robert “LaVoy” Finicum died when shots were fired.
The FBI said Finicum was reaching for a pistol inside his jacket pocket. However, Cox, who was in Finicum’s truck, disputed the FBI’s version of the events.
–with a file from The Associated Press
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