Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Randy Weaver explains his version of events during his standoff with U.S. Marshals and ATF agents during the 1992 siege at his home in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. Weaver alleges that false charges were made against him by the U.S. government which led to a warrant for his arrest and the assault by Federal agents in his home. Weaver answers questions about his religious and racial separatist beliefs, and how undercover agents tried multiple times to compromise him. Weaver is questioned by Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA), Herb Kohl (D-WS), and Fred Thompson (R-TN) in this excerpt from the first day of hearings. Ends abruptly.
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