Republican state Rep. is accused of domestic terrorism for planning the 41-day Bundy showdown in Oregon

An independent investigation commissioned by the Washington State House of Representatives has alleged that a Republican rep. for the state engaged in acts of domestic terrorism against the US for his part working with the Bundy family militia. The Rampart Group LLC private investigation firm released a 108-pg report detailing how Representative Matt Shea 'planned, engaged in and promoted a total of three armed conflicts of political violence against the United States Government' as a leader of the Patriot Movement. Shea was found to have had a hand in three events: a 2014 standoff in Bunkerville, Nevada, that involved 1500 armed militia members; a 2015 armed conflict in Priest River, Idaho, against the Veteran Administration; and the 2016 armed takeover at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns, Oregon, that led to the death of one person. 'In one conflict Representative Shea led cover strategic pre-planning in advance of the conflict,' the report states of Shea's participation in the Oregon incident, which lasted for 41 days 'resulting in devastating, financial, physical and emotional harm to a community and its residents; and the loss of one life.' The report states that Shea communicated with Ammon Bundy and other militia members 'in the planning' of the takeover from November 2015 through January 2, 2016. Shea - who was first elected in 2008 - was said to have released a press release calling for militia to help support the action in Oregon. He was also said to have created a detailed operation plan on January 3 of that year - called 'Operation Cold Reality' - that gave clear explanations as to what leadership was to do during the armed occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. On January 4, 2016, Shea used an encrypted email and the code name 'Verumbellator' to contact state reps. from Washington, Idaho and Nevada - along with Coalition of Western States militia leaders - to give them instructions for the takeover. Not identifying himself as a member of COWS, Shea traveled to Burns, Oregon, and met with law enforcement that was dealing with Ammon Bundy and the armed occupiers,' the report states. He was said to have 'gathered intelligence to counter law enforcement operations.'...MORE