If you’re accused of tax evasion, there are a myriad of good defense strategies. However, claiming you were kidnapped by IRS Agents isn’t one of them.
Judge William Terrell Hodges rejected that claim along with several others made by Mark Maggert. If the judge’s name sounds familiar, it should; Judge Hodges presided over the Wesley Snipes trial. And there’s more linking this case to Mr. Snipes.
Mr. Maggert, a dentist in Lake Lady, Florida, is being called an associate of Eddie Ray Kahn and American Rights Litigators by the Department of Justice. Mr. Kahn, tried with Mr. Snipes, is currently serving a ten-year term at ClubFed.
And Mr. Maggert’s other arguments are equally frivolous. He claimed the court has no authority and, according to the Orlando Sentinel, “[that the federal court] has no jurisdiction whatsoever over Me and is not a part of…a government of, by and for the people….” Mr. Maggert made other laughable claims, but Judge Hodges was having none of it. Judge Hodges called Mr. Maggert’s claims “patently frivolous.”
Mr. Maggert’s trial in Ocala is scheduled for January 4th.
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