Eric Odom

Paul Jacob, a man of integrity, family values and a true American spirit, is being thrown under the bus by the Oklahoma Attorney General for… get this… doing the same thing our founding fathers would have done.

A veteran political activist is facing 10 years in prison and a hefty fine for attempting to petition government for redress of grievances. The latest news from Pakistan? No, this is happening in Oklahoma.

Last month Paul Jacob, the former head of U.S. Term Limits and current head of Citizens in Charge, was led out of an Oklahoma City courtroom in handcuffs after pleading not guilty to charges that he conspired to defraud the state. Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson, who’s overseeing this bizarre prosecution, has accused Mr. Jacob and two fellow petition organizers — Rick Carpenter of Oklahomans in Action and Susan Johnson of National Voter Outreach — of bringing out-of-state petition gatherers to Oklahoma to collect signatures.

You read that right. Paul Jacob, Susan Johnson, and Rick Carpenter are being threatened with ten years in prison for helping Oklahoma get a tax restraining initiative on the state ballot.

This is deep, and if we allow the elite government of Oklahoma to get away with it, we might as well begin preparing for a lot more of it to come in the future.

I’ll post more on this as it comes in. In the mean time, stay up to date over at FreePaulJacob.com.