Controversial Washington lawmaker spreads views across West A Washington state lawmaker whose actions surrounding an armed standoff with federal agents were dubbed "domestic terrorism'' in a recent report has for years been spreading his anti-government views to other Western statesSPOKANE, Wash. -- A Washington state lawmaker whose actions surrounding an armed standoff with federal agents were dubbed “domestic terrorism” in a recent report has for years been spreading his anti-government views to other Western states. Its goal is to "stop unconstitutional actions against United States citizens,'' according to the December report into Shea’s activities, paid for by the Washington state House. He often visits other parts of Washington, plus Oregon, Montana and Idaho to spread his views, Bitz said. Shea founded the group with former Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore; former Apache County, Arizona, supervisor Barry Weller; and former Washington state Rep. David Taylor. The group said in 2015 it had members in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.

Source: ABC News January 23, 2020 15:11 UTC