A Monroe County, Tenn., man who was arrested after authorities said he barged in on the county grand jury and demanded an indictment of President Barack Obama was freed on bond Tuesday, records show.
Walter Francis Fitzpatrick contends that President Obama is an illegal alien whose real name is Barry Soetoro.
In what he labeled an “affidavit of criminal complaint” and took to the Monroe County court clerk’s office on Friday, Mr. Fitzpatrick wrote that “individuals named below are hereby declared domestic enemies of The (sic) United States of America in commission of treason.”
In addition to President Obama, local officials and District Attorney Steve Bebb, he also names members of the president’s cabinet, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Michael Mullen, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Joe Biden.
When the court clerk wouldn’t issue a warrant, Mr. Fitzpatrick, who is described as a retired U.S. Navy lieutenant commander, took the documents into the grand jury room. He also tried to make citizen’s arrests of the grand jury foreman and, later, Sheriff Bill Bivens, records show.