Sovereign Citizens facts

While investigating facts about Sovereign Citizens, I found out little known, but curios details like:

Jared Fogle, in a last ditch effort to get his conviction overturned, claimed to be a "sovereign citizen" and filed a motion rejecting the court's authority to convict him. It was rejected.

The Knights of Malta, a sovereign entity (part of the U.N. General Assembly) with 13,500 knights, 40,000 doctors and a further 80,000 volunteers. They have only 2 official citizens, but they still issue passports, coins and postage stamps despite having no physical land or territory

In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 24 of the best facts about Sovereign Citizens I managed to collect.

1. A 2014 survey of law enforcement officials and agencies across the US concluded that the Sovereign Citizens Movement was the greatest threat to American communities, ranking above Islamic terrorists and jihadists

2. South of Egypt, there is a small area of land called Bir Tawil that no country has claimed. In 2014, a single American citizen claimed the region as a sovereign state, established embassies around the world, and appointed his daughter as princess.

3. Three people were convicted of taking part in using phony diplomatic credentials. They charged customers between $450 and $2,000 for a a diplomatic ID card, which will grant the holder immunity status from paying tax, stopped or arrested by polices. Those 3 are "Sovereign Citizens"

4. The "Sovereign Citizen" movement--where people claim they are not answerable to any court in the US--is so common that the IRS can fine you up to $5000 for trying to use that argument in court.

5. Norway, a country of roughly 5 million, has a Sovereign Fund worth $893 billion. If assets were liquidated, that's a $178,600 payout to each citizen.

6. About Suriname in SA. It's culturally Caribbean and the only sovereign country outside of Europe where the majority of its 558k citizens speak Dutch. Slaves fleeing very brutal conditions formed independent communities in the forest, raiding and fighting successfully against plantation owners.

7. The 2013 criminal case involving sovereign citizen Kenneth Leaming and the judge's response to frivolous defense claims: "The Court therefore feels some measure of responsibility to inform Defendant that all the fancy legal-sounding things he has read on the internet are make-believe"

8. Norway's sovereign wealth fund is worth about $195,000 USD per Norwegian citizen.

9. Sovereign Citizens of America are considered a bigger threat than Islamic Extremists.

10. The Sovereign Citizen Movement has absolutely no legal validity in court and people who use this defense can be and are fined for frivolous claims.

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A study by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism found that the Sovereign citizen movement was a greater terrorist threat than islamic extremism.

The Confederate States of America still considers itself a sovereign state, occupied by the USA. They have an interim government, constitution, and citizens. - source

The Russia has it's own version of sovereign citizens, who believe that the USSR still exists and that they are really Soviet citizens. - source

There are estimated 300,000 Sovereign Citizen Anarchists in the United States

Sovereign Citizens Believe In Legal Cheat Codes

In the U.S. you can drive without a license. By stating your right to travel as sovereign citizen, you can get your way out of being pulled over and not having your license.

Convicted Sex Offender Jared Fogel tried to overturn his convictions by stating he was a "sovereign citizen" and the federal court did not have jurisdiction to convict him.