Quote from: NewLiberty on December 28, 2016, 12:49:35 AM

Quote from: NewLiberty on August 17, 2013, 04:58:51 PM

Quote from: Viceroy on August 17, 2013, 01:59:06 PM

Is this affiliated:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/25/us/liberty-dollar-creator-awaits-his-fate-behind-bars.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Bernard von NotHaus is not involved.
The article headline is misleading, the lower court case for him is not yet settled, he has not been sentenced and has a motion before the court for acquittal.
We would maintain that he is not guilty of any current law, and innocent of any wrongdoing, and that the prosecution has not proved their case, but the jury was bamboozled. Hopefully justice will prevail.

He has suffered much at the misguided efforts of the federal prosecution, we wish him well.

For those that did not hear the resolution of the Liberty Dollar case.

The judge did not overrule the conviction handed down by the jury. What the judge did instead is essentially nullify the penalty in the sentencing.

It seems that Judge Voorhees was utterly convinced of Bernard Von Nothaus's innocence. However if he overruled the jury verdict (as is his right as the 13th juror. The prosecution did not prove their case on any of the counts. There was no intent to defraud, no intent to conspire, nor to counterfiet. There were in fact no victims either of any fraud nor counterfeiting nor conspiracy. Despite the charges not being proved by the prosecution, the jury was overwhelmed by the show of force of the prosecution with FBI, Secret Service, and very expensive prosecution lawyers (especially when compared to the lawyers provided to BvNH after all his wealth was seized by the government and could not afford to pay for more).

So instead of overruling the jury, which would have resulted in an appeal, perhaps a new trial, and likely another decade of litigation taking what is left of BvNH's life time, the judge split the baby by cutting the sentence to nil.

BvNH and all the customers with gold and silver in custody were awarded their metal back.
No prison time served.

Basically, free to go without any penalty other than the conviction on his record.

The entire process was a great travesty of justice, and abuse of power for political reasons. A private business was punished due to the free speech of its founder who advocated for the National Organization for the Repeal of the Federal Reserve Act (NORFED).
For saying the same things that many senators and representatives also say, a private citizen's life and legacy were destroyed.

Fortunately he is back in business and as dangerous as ever.
Now he is exercising his free speech with a "Trump Dollar" in gold, silver and copper.
It was released during the 2016 primary season long before Donald Trump was even the nominee.

https://www.trumpdollar.us/

I am not involved in this, other than as an admirer of Bernard's artistry, but it seems to have had some success.

Thank you for sharing this.

I was unaware of the current standing of the case.

Just goes to show that power corrupts absolutely. Those in power do not want to see competing currencies and therefore resort to underhanded tactics.