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Pramls Augqst Schae e er COxlaarls4 tolitlcal, prisEerJuly 26, 2013Dear Sensible psple of a Candld

"o.lil,- - gy nae ls Francl'g August Schaeffer Cox. I an a 29 yearold. husbaeat and a fatirer oE-t*o vbuag-;;iiai"".- i-.i " porrti."tprlsoner Ln a sesret rederaL prJ.Son iocateci-in-nai:.6n, riffnois.I-uas senteoced to just unde! 26 years 1n prison in-Jinuary ot201 3.,-I haveart_done anythlng illegal and I ceEtainly h.een,L doneanyurng norally Eong. t slII Ehare ny Elgry witit you aa bstG caa b done in a letter. It is [y nope thit aft; investLqatincwhat bas been done ro ne and uy fmiiy yiu rrii ;;J"a; i;;E'i;--"sould be right far 1'ou to help-us. c3 itat ena,-tfris- Ls our etory.I was bom in Dsver, colorado g.S.A. go GaEy ald JennlEercox.. My Eather, who atta;deat Hest ptont, ".s ite'pileor oe asmarr-church and taught crek and Hebres at a locai uivuslty.uy noEher was a rchoo] teacher betore ahe had ch1ldr6n. At!6;ny slsEer, two.brqtherg, &d f w6re born she stayed hone Lo Ea{seus 1nd,:9e to. Lt that. re all, got a lrroper educatLon. In theearly go's ay EatheE uent lBto buslnesl rylth his brolher DavLdc":, f3. forer Chiet ot Staff, eor Senator Oa"fa i.-iorin, as:*:uI:iI_"" provj.ded rEsident.ial asslsleat tlvlng to the elderly.meroustiless was_very Euccesslul and our Eaolly'beeue qulte -::?i:l{. .rn_1999 Ey paEenrs noved oqr Eal.ly iroo Denver,@r?rid: to-Falrbanks, Alaska sbere, tl yearl later, I sauld be

=::::4.?"dsent.to prlson aler belng accused o! i vague andEonspecrtic conbpiracy agaLnst the Federal Goverikst. A995?Ta9y.that,.the prosecutols afgued, would take place at smeuRtown tut.ure tlhe nrny yearg tlon nou.

- ,^-A: l-f?:ft? ,W r roved the froneleE ot Alaska. A! age 18a,req-a Eonth Iong qpeallt.lon lo tbe slml! oE 6100 Eter-!4t,HcKlnley. I sould lead a Fecond expeditlon tuo yearg later wLthEy.father_by ny siale and in Z0O5 a ifri.a *peOffi""-lh.t 1r"Iod.dsy qt,'fuL and beloved stfe Itartl. A}1 three rere succeasul.uy _godparents htroduced tre to thE sea and lhe ,"rer"fii-iirfrL"9}l?""tTI: -_And- together se FLoneered o", *etl-"ar--ii-ianest cavi.arEroE frtd Eerring and release Che fj.sh uBhEmed. I dld anapplgntlceship i.n lhe constructloa i*lustly and studied ertic*illl.t,::"n.lques. Berore goins Lnro uuiiness-ioi nvsert, r::"::-:l!1." }?rge-coDpatry ro,build pooer plaotg and retsote gotA:::.p.o.:":i:,9 _Eacttiiies in Ataska's rildeiness. By age 23,elEn ny falthful and lovlhd Hlte as my partner, f wai an acclmpllshedbuslnessmn ln ny own rrghi. lravtng :";i"";t;.;o;; ri'anctal

July ?6,Page 2 201 3irdependeace to no longgr be livlng paycheck to paycheck f decldedto run tor pubttc otflce. I ran eor the State ttiuia oi Rap;;;;_-tatLves. I came ln se@nd in-a lhrea way race wj.t'h Eougtrli,38* qfthe vote, an lnpresElvE teat Cor-such a young, pollticai nir.orei.I sas posl.tloned eel.l for a win !n lhe nlxt. iieitfon, teo years-1ater. t,l.tlle dtd I knoo the Federal gou"inr"ri wag'about'tJualeash a. heLltsh nightmare on m and iy fantly thal vostaEravent tha! fron ever happening.- . l{y plattorE was sidplc: Ahe goverment feealg to EolLos theConstltution becase it,s lhe lap. t arEued that shen theEovermetrt dL8rsgards the las anil truptis on ottrerg sinpiybecause- tbey are powerful ercuEh to do-so and s"C-ai"v ulth lt, ithurts thes as r Natlon. I pol;ted out that $,5t. s;ri'"i-h;av/--!l:9:d 9i::?glrd for thelr-basLe obllEatlons cost.-rfre govennenrcnerr scrbtlilry at hon6 ild thslr credlblllty abroad. i enjoyedcupaignlng very duch anil continued Lo ato ro-ater ifre cfec-tiin,Fitlt_oy eye on the next. lty BEssaEe flas {ell raceived UV-if,.--''9::p-f? 3$ local_ governnent, . ft sas rescnted by the poirerulanq nlgnly secrellve Federal Agencies of the Exoautlve-Branch.I,lrave}dl and-g?ye.speEches to-cro$ds that entfnued to grow inslze. I {arneal that the Federal Cocermentrg cqlrn! behivlortas umustalnabla, that they w6;e quickly llmlng out o f creditand credibl.ltty-on the eorld stage,- ild itrat ii ifr"v-afal oot conEunoer sensl,Dle behEvloral loms soon, th6y ?ould ioie theirposttion.o_f .pr.eqinence, At ttrat point, ! cilr;;;; rhac theresponstblJ,ity would EaLl baek on to eur ghoulilet's ai tfr" prcffesno had createal thls coverment anal let lt rrin efi its ralls.-?he solution horever uas slsple: - pick up the piecei md putthlbgs back toEethe!, and thl.e tlre foll;e ttrc'Coniiftutron tlathad sErvd ur ws]'t o! hutrdreds ot-years. lrt n;;;;;; was slnpte,ate and conventl,onal. Not onty dii I caU 6n jou-fireuts totol.Low thc_constttuEiotr. .r encoirraged tt" p""gf!-to-ls Caitheulrn tne ciulc dutl.es ghe Ccnsgitutlotr placed on thea. W!-ile th;:eI-ere 9?ny ot these. lhe one that got lhe nosl fredj-a altentlon ua;the uiLltia. Thi It.S. constl,tutlan reguirs aff aUfe bodied naiesto be prepsred to sErye loc.tLy Ln tlnds of tro'trfi.- ihi;-;d;;;sas aoneuhat ouedated and largeLy neglected in Aoeri.ca at theti@._ But tt we were golng to aik tie governnent t; to.tlos theColr5Citution w6 needed to be wl,J.llng to follov i! ourselves orelsa- be hytEcrtEs. . Thl,E !,tl-Utl,a !a; not a gloup, irsperfi- -speaking, so uuch as a cultqral obllgation io nii.'" gooal-taithpr?dE_ 9i your rlltingness to personilty c"niriluie-t6 -itre -ia eltyand re1lb1a9 of the peopLe around you if needed. .!he feds.

Jul!' 26, 20l3Page 3belng oEtended !y-mI-open clltlcl,sd ot ther,r sel destruetlvenaElES. auched hlgh and lor tor E rcagon tO alreat ne. BUt noqecould b found, I sas tn honsE lH. f p.y"a,y-ii*.". I altdJisir!-?y-people.in buslness. . r EaIImd irri r,.*i -i" rt.yl:"19:d ro bry. inducenent. Tbe FgI hired locats to tiy t; tllk1:-1"::..9rgi!!lng a crlne. ?hes hireat provocateura, aany o::",1?!,"::Ti"ar pasts, stGteit to coue to ne and arlue tiat r::: ::l]y-:hlngs arl sEong. $hat r necdEd to do, t}rei said, visure.dy_tntluence to. orguize a violsq! attack on the goverrent.r orq rct wal@@ the suddestlon. I stayed away tron-ttrose ltoitend advLaed athers to do-fhe sare. wnii'.-i "i]'"iiiical. oG rhe::"?::T:i!:: conducr, rhar crlrtclEn saa for tts -m-gooO. using[y anEruence to encorrage a l,lolent attack on tha goveEnEentwourq onty deatroy the peace and stabllity that I;aE ultiMtelytrying to presene,

AfteE gveral rcntha ot. unruccesgtul attemptE by the provo_cateurs to qhange ny nind, the-Feds aecfdea to [i-f-it "p a notch.They knew hov Duch I Iove ny.wLEe and chtldru.:-i" i}r*y-aEri."a':^::y,!",1!:?"pt.to sptolt thar as a seakres*. trhai tfrey aia -nexE ls perhaps the nost rcrally reprehenslble aslect of ihlsunole ardeal. ft yas ro bad, tn tact, that the ltilitary policeroo a nearby base ended up intervening a rrerf re-aia ;y i;;iy.Thls i difticutt for tre t6 vrite auoui. ri-mitfJ ie "agry arahsrtbroken at rhe san riae. Eur ttriorighout-il-ifi-r aiair,i -cave iD to thelr pEeEsure. Ot that f etind proua.--. - In the Sprlng o 2010 f was charged wLth a rocklessnesanisdeeeanor relateit Eo an arguent tlit fnvoivea-ni'-iree ana lernoths. . Thar charge.was rs6lved 3 d;t"-t.i;;:- ii""e"ir"iirnl--:?:L1 r:. chargeal_uith a nlnor wBEEnre otfencc, that vouLd ;eoas[:s6cal conplBtEly over a-yeu later,-followed by a conp!.attrtby the.feds that-ny vtte and I-were neilecttnE oui'rJ yeai olaaon Seth. At thi6 tl.ne not _only are u! wtfe ina i f6ving and goodparents bu! se are ll^ceaged by ttre goviment ., 'io"i., lnrents.So tlc Oftlce of ch[d protecllve B;rvlces tnowE us-Jna icnovs reare togd. people ild has euen certltiad us as Eood g.rant".courts-haal placed troubled qhildren ln our caie Auifnq fegai!To:?:dilgs and-so forth before wc had chj.Iilren o oqr oun. As ar6sulE oE my uife and f volunteqring,ln th15 ray, ,e wele veryIA*li:r,,"r!h the poliqles oe trre oEtice'oi-crrriir;i," s"roi-ls,9r -ocs.]' So when there waa a knock at lhe door one oorning andI y::."t?19 that ocs waE lhore to t.ke selh cox tnio dreir crislorty,r xnew.something vas Eong. -I called Ey attorney Robert John anaasked hln wha! to do- Ee called ne baci a te, nin"ieg 1ater andtold ne t'o cooe dlrect.l.y to h1s otclce. ihe; t;-;;ivd rith ourtoildler son he ror.d ny i'ree ana i'd;i-a j;;.-;;:;is"ed a use