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| May 2023 | Pauline Bauer was sentenced to 27 months in prison for her participation in the Capitol riot. |
| April 2023 | Bonnie and David Straight, 'sovereign citizen gurus', were arrested and detained on several charges. Bonnie Straight was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for a 2015 gun charge, with the court rejecting her jurisdictional arguments. |
| January 2023 | Pauline Bauer was found guilty on all counts of misdemeanor and felony obstruction of an official proceeding. |
| 2022 | Darrell Brooks, the Waukesha Christmas parade attack perpetrator, claimed to be 'sovereign' during his pro se defense. Judge Jennifer Dorow ruled sovereign citizen arguments were nonsense. Brooks was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to life without parole. |
| 2021 | Pauline Bauer, a Pennsylvania restaurant owner charged for participating in the Capitol riot, claimed to be a 'self-governed individual' and 'Free Living Soul'. She was jailed for contempt of court and later remanded to jail for refusing to cooperate. |
| 2018 | Self-proclaimed judge Bruce Doucette and his associates are sentenced in a significant law enforcement action against sovereign citizens. |
| 2017 | Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle attempted to overturn his child sex tourism and child pornography convictions by denying the court's jurisdiction. The court dismissed his motions. |
| 2015 | Australian New South Wales Police Force identifies sovereign citizens as a potential terrorist threat. |
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