for 21 years. but he refused to pay the fine claiming that nevada was a sovereign state and that quote i don t recognize the quite government even as existing. that sounds ridiculous. he was dead serious. when officials with the u.s. burro of land management came to confiscate his cattle, a repo man situation, a standoff broke out. what joined him, elmer stewart rose founder of the oath keepers that called for patriots to get ready for a military combat operation. fearing mass bloodshed. federal agents released the cattle to deescalate the situation. here is rhodes celebrating that victory. it was a posse. those cowboys showed america how it is done. you cow boy up and freaking ride. that s what they did. a lot of credit goes to the militia guys that showed up today. you have militia members from all over the country. what we saw there was the people. what it was was a combined arms defense of the constitution. what happened today was a choice between bending the knee and s
in the probe to date. rhodes appearing in a federal court in texas. he was seen in jeans and a t-shirt and pled not guilty. he remains in custody, facing up to 20 years in prison on that charge alone. while his estranged ex-wife spoke out today. i think he planned it very carefully. i think he planned for himself to not get arrested by seemingly stay out of the capitol himself, but that entire stack, the people that went in, the entire event, to me i see his fingerprints all over it. and i think even though from the outside, oh, i told them not to go in, we were just there for we were just there for you know, to guard people, it s silly, but it s also very carefully planned to keep himself you know, to keep himself out of trouble. she helped him in some ways start the oath keepers but that s her view of what s going on now, the view of someone who knows him. prosecutors are drawing on a range of evidence to actually make a similar point, that this defendant planned
Anyone that knows me. we re full circle and that ends the show and the week for us. appreciate both of you david burn and bobby from american utopia. keep rocking. appreciate it. that does it for us. the beat is over. msnbc goes on. the reidout with joy reid goes on. hi, joy. the theme for the year might be same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was. we love the talking heads. thank you. great interview. have a wonderful weekend. cheers. good evening. we begin the reidout with a story you might remember about an armed militia that rose up against the u.s. government but not in washington, not at first. in 2014 nevada rancher bundy owed the u.s. government more than $1 million in fees for letting his cattle graze on federal lands without a permit