Olav Småriset

🚨INTERVIEW: ‘BITCOIN JESUS’ FACING LIFE IN PRISON! @rogerkver shares his story on how he was jailed for his politics, forced into exile, and relentlessly pursued by the U.S government. Now, he’s speaking out on his shocking arrest, his escape from America, and whether Trump will intervene before it’s too late. 02:54 – Politics and Firecrackers: The charge that changed his life forever. 07:12 – The ATF is against free speech? Opinions in a debate led to serious consequences. 08:30 – Why Was He the Only One Jailed? The selective prosecution nobody can explain. 09:53 – “I Had to Flee”: Why Ver left the U.S the first day he legally could. 13:05 – Why He Renounced His Citizenship: The truth behind his shocking decision. 15:50 – Facing 120 Years in Prison: “Every charge is 100% fake.” 17:17 – Biden Targetted Crypto? How Ver became a high-profile target. 19:20 – Being outspoken leads to being targeted? “I don’t hate America, I didn’t feel safe.” 22:00 – Banned from Countries: Why he can’t enter Australia, Canada, and others. 23:16 – Ver’s response to Elon: “America is about liberty and justice for all.” 25:55 – The IRS Bitcoin Case: The charge he calls “pure nonsense.” 26:50 – Locked Up with John McAfee: His terrifying month in a Spanish prison. 29:47 – Illegal IRS Raid: “They didn’t even have a warrant.” 31:55 – 99% Conviction Rate: Does Ver stand a chance? 33:51 – Could an illegal raid blow up the prosecution? 37:26 – Arrested in Spain: How Interpol tracked him down. 40:57 – “This Is Lawfare”: The weaponization of the justice system. 44:56 – Why Ver hasn’t been pardoned yet. 46:04 – Where Is the Crypto Community? Why aren’t more people speaking up? 48:01 – Ver’s message: “This isn’t about Bitcoin, it’s about freedom.” 52:40 – Will Spain Extradite Him? His fate could be decided any day now.

Roger Ver was there for me when I was down and needed help. Now Roger needs our support. No one should spend the rest of their life in prison over taxes. Let him pay the tax (if any) and be done with it. #FreeRoger

Going to prison for the rest of your life over non-violent tax offenses is absurd. The case against Roger seems very politically motivated; like with @RealRossU, there have been plenty of people and corporations who have been accused of far worse and yet faced sentences far milder than what Roger is facing. The argument that the flashlight on him is motivated by things he said (namely, his advocacy of freedom and refusal to accept legitimacy of coercive state power) seems compelling. This is worth standing against, because selective prosecution for unrelated offenses is a common way of circumventing protections like the First Amendment (or in more authoritarian countries, even more basic things like the moral prohibition against punishing people for the crimes of their family members). The US tax-by-citizenship and associated exit tax regime is extreme; the former is shared by almost no other countries in the world, and the latter is on the high end of what countries do (eg. UK only charges capital gains if you return within 5 years). If the IRS did intimidate Roger's lawyers to get privileged information, that is a bad faith move; the right to consult lawyers in confidence must be kept sacrosanct. Genuine good faith mistakes should be treated by giving the actor the opportunity to pay back taxes if needed with interest and penalties, not with prosecution. @FreeRogerVer

We need @DOGE to fix this.

@ianmiles @POTUS That’s up to the President, but I have asked whether this is possible