Sunday, 15 February 2026

Jeff Davis Interviews Republic Of Texas Richard McLaren [sErs3f9Jl9w]

The incarcerated leader of the Republic of Texas movement details his international legal campaign to invalidate the 1845 annexation and reclaim billions in sovereign bullion.

By Mike Hanson Archives | 29m listen | 13 chapters
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About this episode

Richard McLaren, the incarcerated ambassador of the Republic of Texas, claims new legal filings submitted to the United Nations and U.S. Congress prove Texas remains an occupied sovereign nation. Speaking from a Segoville jail facility, McLaren asserts that the absence of a formal post-Civil War peace treaty invalidates federal authority and maintains the state's independent status under international law.

Historical research into the Texas State Archives and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo suggests the 1845 annexation lacks essential documentation, according to McLaren. He details a strategy to bypass the Texas v. White Supreme Court ruling by utilizing the Law of Nations to challenge the International Monetary Fund and the Clinton administration. The Republic of Texas leadership further alleges that the 1997 Fort Davis standoff involving Joe Rowe was an act of war authorized by Bill Clinton rather than a domestic criminal matter. These efforts coincide with claims that the federal government is withholding twenty billion dollars in stolen silver and gold assets from the Republic's treasury.

McLaren describes the rise of a biometric surveillance state in Texas where thumb scanning and aggressive truancy enforcement by armed officers fuel a predatory prison industry. He identifies himself as a political prisoner targeted by land fraud operatives at the Davis Mountain Resort and calls for a massive house cleaning of the New World Order. The segment features a salute to the Republic of Texas and a call for citizens to engage in public mediation hearings to reclaim common sense justice.


CHAPTER 02 / 13 Discussion

Administrative Discharge, Prisoner Release and Government Fraud

Richard McLaren describes an administrative process intended to force courts to release "prisoners of war" and expose systemic governmental fraud. He argues that current legal actions are necessary to clean out a corrupt system he associates with the New World Order and the Clinton administration scandals. The strategy involves recovering legal titles and calling in notes against entities that converted gold and silver assets.

prisoners of war· administrative discharge· government fraud· clinton scandals· new world order

01:58 We're moving now through this discharge administratively to force the courts to let our prisoners of war go. They're going to have to let this go to the people, and it's time we get these hearings that have been denied out on the table and start bringing all these sacred cows and this governmental fraud on all levels out on the table! We are going to have to clean government out even whether or not we take our independence with it." And that's what this whole thing was about. There has been so much cover up and debasing anybody who comes forward to try to clean it out, you know? I think now with the Clinton scandals and everything everybody is saying we are not crazy. No were not! This is a new world order come to haunt and come to roost

02:40 And it's nothing but a vile corrupt government system I think Greg Paulson called it the governor of the devil and I think he's exactly right We either pull out and take our independence which the world will recognize us because we have been a captive nation. We have done the process And this is where we're at now, is we are forcing the issue administratively. We've recovered our title Now we want to call our notes due against those people that have converted our gold and silver and we want a chance to regain what we...the mistakes we made in 1845 This time it's time that Texas stands alone for right now until the smoke clears

CHAPTER 03 / 13 Discussion

Republic of Texas, International Law and UN Treaties

The Republic of Texas organization continues to operate its congress and foreign affairs despite the incarceration of its leadership. Richard McLaren explains that the group is utilizing modern United Nations human rights treaties and the historical Law of Nations to challenge the legality of the 1845 annexation. He threatens to use these international legal frameworks to disrupt international commerce and bring the current court system to a standstill.

law of nations· united nations· international commerce· annexation· treaties

03:23 Richard, are you still getting plenty of feedback from people that you were connected to beforehand or before last May? Richard? Excuse me now, can you repeat that? Yes. So you're still staying in contact with many of the people before what came down last May Oh yes we are still holding our congress together We're moving forward on our foreign affairs We did a $3,000 mail-out this weekend. I mean our biggest problem is keeping enough contributions to keep the paperwork going to get us out of it! What we're realizing is there's no question of law. The annexation was illegal...we got out of the illegal annexation in 1860 and all they held us were as by captive nation. We dissolved that war powers title now and now we're administratively discharging under the Law of Nations

04:20 all the offices, our rights and everything. We're forcing these people now... we're going to bring the system to a dead halt if they don't start coming to the bargaining table and dealing with these facts because it can't hold it anymore! They can't lie to the public anymore!" Let me just say this Richard. We are engaged down here with some local activities And basically their strategy is of course to ignore the truth and they cover it up in bureaucracies, and all this kind of thing. Is this the same type of problem that you're having as you file these documents against these international criminal institutions? Well see what's funny now we've been able to go in and use their own UN law on our own human rights treaties and things against them

05:02 We are kind of like a lone eagle coming out of the past and bringing forward this claim that we had, and were able to utilize all their modern UN law against them by using the old law nations. And they can't get around it because their new UN Law recognizes the old law if you were under it when you came forward! So what we're doing now is saying hey this your law, your either going to have to live with it We're going to take internationally our steps to shut you down. We're gonna shut your international commerce down, we're gonna take this thing away from you! It's a paper game and that's what we are doing. And we are bringing the courts to stand still because they don't want this stuff public I'm looking at a letter dated January 20th 1998 by the Archives of the State of Texas

CHAPTER 05 / 13 Discussion

Global Secession Movements, IMF and the Texas vs. White Decision

Richard McLaren claims that numerous nations within the United Nations are seeking to leave the organization and may join the Republic of Texas in its efforts. He asserts that his team has "broken the code" regarding the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and administrative processes used to maintain global control. The 1869 Supreme Court decision in Texas v. White is dismissed as a "bogus" ruling that the group intends to bypass through political and international means.

imf· federal reserve· texas vs white· secession· bill clinton

07:25 We need people to come forward, especially that are in existing Texas government and say hey maybe it's time that we do look at this. We can't do anything in Washington anymore We're going to need a new world order if we don't. That's right, we either have to make our move as a country again and reclaim our rights because I'm telling you the nations even in the UN there are number of nations that want out. We can provide that ability by going into that organization utilizing it and probably getting some of those people to join us Let me ask you this Richard wouldn't you say...and this is kind of my take on it

08:01 that you guys are in trouble, and particularly you because you were the one who did all the research over 15 years. You are actually finding loopholes within your own enemy mechanism to basically shut down their global empire isn't that not why... You've got it if they don't let Texas go they're going to lose the whole system because remember its all built on administrative international process Once you understand their treaties, administrative processes and how they run the IMF money system. Everything... We've broken the code! We're in, we're a player now They are going to have to deal with us Now whether they deal with us and think that can hold on much longer That's fine The world is finding out what were doing Were no longer playing with Bill Clinton in his zipper anymore

08:48 We're playing with 160 other nations in the world and a lot of them are very upset with Mr. Clinton's policies, both domestically and foreignly. And we're not making the same mistakes that the Confederacy did. Texas out of its position. We can't help the other states in the union, it's up to them to make their moves but we're still a nation! We have that right let's take it lets all 17 million people in Texas decide this choice It can't be decided in the courts anymore That Texas vs White decision was as bogus a decision than it was ever handed down as it is today Gene did you have something for Richard?

CHAPTER 06 / 13 Discussion

Administrative Filings, Vertical Down Pressure and Local Corruption

New administrative documents and summary judgments are being filed in Washington D.C. courts to address reconstruction issues and a purported ceasefire treaty signed by Bill Clinton. The conversation shifts to "vertical down pressure," a theory describing how corruption from federal levels is forced down into local municipalities. Specific Texas officials and local commissioners are accused of being manipulated by higher-level "crooks" to subvert the will of the people.

summary judgment· ceasefire treaty· vertical down pressure· local government· corruption

09:30 Now all the stuff that you filed, you told me it's all going to be hitting various people this week. Things have already hit today a lot of them There is a lot of stuff we are doing an administrative process It is going into the court systems The DC Court doesn't know what they do They tried to keep the transcript out by denying it into the record but its attached to the summary judgment as an exhibit You know, it's just like don't cloud the issue with facts and law. We've been keeping the lie going. We're not going to allow them to keep the lie going! This is not a matter that a court can decide... It's a matter of political matter Mr Clinton signed a ceasefire treaty That was the first ceasefire treaty he authorized sign since the end of the Civil War And thats' only one standing since the Civil war By Law that settles the reconstruction issues and its gotta go to people

10:21 Well, you know it's really kind of... It's really kind of funny because down here in Austin Jeff's been getting real upset. The same kind of stuff you've been fighting with the new world order has reared its head on a local level We've seen it down at national level with well some folks call it zipper gate. I call it tailgate With clay, I call it a diversion whether the version while they keep us focused on issues of no significance Why they take away while they robbers blind Rob is blind You know But it all points to the same thing you have elected officials who have forgotten that this was a government Of by and for the people who are stealing from the public their election

10:58 They're lying to us and they're playing all these little charades. And at the meantime, when someone like you comes along or other POWs that try and raise their voice to number one the truth a little honesty and little freedom then your such a threat they are going to run you...they are going to railroad you so bad it's not even funny. Exactly! What you hit is exactly we've seen replication of The New World Order all way down the scale into the local They utilize the concept of vertical down pressure. They take the corrupt ones from up higher, and they vertical it all the way down into local government, and they find the corrupt local crooks that they manipulate! And when you see this is what they've done with Bailey in Valadez... You see this is what's happened with Morales at Bush, and it goes right up the chain! It's crook versus crook verus crook!!

CHAPTER 07 / 13 Discussion

Truancy Officers, Armed Enforcement and Public Mediation Hearings

Local school districts in Texas are reportedly using aggressive tactics, including sending armed truancy officers to private property at night, to secure state financial rewards for student attendance. Richard McLaren proposes a series of open public mediation hearings to "cut up the sacred cows" of big government and corporations. He argues that these sessions will allow the people of Texas to reclaim common sense justice and profit from their own actions rather than being exploited by large entities.

truancy· school districts· public hearings· mediation· corporate power

11:50 And Jeff found out first hand here with the commissioners court, their corruption and crooks down there. Forget the will of the people! Let me explain what's going on here Richard briefly. I'm sure you're aware of this but now that the state is They provide financial rewards for children to go to the local school districts. So now, the local school districts are becoming so aggressive now that they are sending truant officers on your property without notification 8 o'clock at night armed beating on your house wanting to know where you're children why your children wasn't in school and they think it's great

12:29 You know, see and this encroachment it's gone nuts. And I think the majority of people are fed up with it they don't know what to do well...I can tell the people of Texas you want to do something with it? Get on the bandwagon in the nation of Texas and push! their right to get this house cleaned because we go into these mediation sessions that were slated, that we're forcing them into. We're not going to go in and decide issues without the people. These are going to be open public hearings and we're gonna take all the sacred cows, we're gonna put them on the cable and we're gonna cut em up and then we'll let nation of Texas had the first time that nobody's had a chance in the world to decide all these issues because it takes in all the people. This is not something that can be done behind closed doors, this is something that cannot be done by a government. All we can do as representatives of the people is get these issues on the table and then let the people decide them and I think the majority of people are going say they're tired of getting ripped off by big power companies, big corporations, big government

13:31 and they want a reality back into their lives, and a common sense of justice in ways that the people can start profiting rather than big corporations from their acts. Richard I'm just going to come right out with it brother wouldn't you say that you're sitting... You got 99 years for Whatever phony feel they come up with I guess filing against the World Bank got you 99 years Yeah, but let me just let me just say this now what? There's no there's very little doubt in my mind and if I'm proven wrong. I'll Accept that though I will take the responsibility for it But basically you got 99 years because you had you had to knowledge and you were somebody who was showing people This corrupt

CHAPTER 08 / 13 Discussion

Fort Davis Standoff, Joe Rowe and Acts of War

Richard McLaren addresses the events leading to his 99-year sentence, specifically the conflict involving Joe Rowe. McLaren alleges that Rowe was a government operative conducting surveillance on the Republic of Texas members prior to the 1997 standoff. He claims the conflict began when a captain was pulled over at gunpoint, characterizing the subsequent events as "acts of war" authorized by President Bill Clinton rather than domestic crimes.

joe rowe· fort davis· surveillance· m16· bill clinton

14:18 system that we're in and basically had a mechanism to get us out of it. Isn't that your perspective? It's pretty well true because you know what happened is, you have to understand when you start raising stuff I mean there's no doubt that it came out on the stand they were plotting for two months ahead of time that they were going to kill and exterminate us We knew that was coming down And course thats why we followed through with bringing the latent war out making the declarations follow. We knew under the law of nations under the article's war was early protection because they were going to kill us. And now you have people like Roe who are operating their house as a government surveillance and that is why they're trying to kill us." Hey, let's clarify that for a minute now this Roe bunch

14:58 These are the ones that you all supposedly kidnapped, right? Tell us what really happened with that. Well Mr. Rowe admitted on his deposition two months before he was doing surveillance for the government so he was watching our people He was helping Bailey and the rest of them plan to have us killed We knew that was coming down And because we weren't running into incidents and they were drumming up every charge they could come up with trying to get me suppressed shut me down from doing paperwork Because thats how we fight and our paperwork was starting to jam their system. Well, of course Mr Bailey decides with an M16 rifle he's going to pull over one of our captains at the behest of Mr Rowe and started the war! So by the articles of war the first thing you do is protect yourself

15:43 And so, the problem of it is that declaration was filed. Mr Clinton authorized a peace treaty to be signed in performance to those acts of war Well I don't think you can try somebody for acts of war unless they're war crimes and there were no war crimes And these people were government agents. Do you think Roe was a government agent? He stated on the stand, as well as I have a deposition he gave in the Morales lawsuit against us in Austin that he was doing government surveillance. So that's an operative and it has no personal sanctity when your using your house as a government base

16:19 And they basically backed the media up 10 miles, so the only information that the people were getting was this Mike Cox fella. They're just basically stating what you know... The pre-approved script. So this is how... helicopters, ground troops, F-16 fighters all sorts of stuff. Well who authorized the military hardware? I guarantee it was Bill Clinton because we already have the documents So if the president authorized a governor to use military weapons that's called war my friend

CHAPTER 09 / 13 Discussion

Political Prisoners, Bank Fraud Charges and Silver Recovery

The status of various individuals associated with the Republic of Texas, including Carolyn Carney and a man named Crear, is discussed. McLaren clarifies that the group includes members of various racial backgrounds to counter accusations of racism. He explains that their current incarceration for "bank fraud" stems from their attempts to access funds and demand the return of $20 billion in silver and gold they claim was stolen by the federal government.

carolyn carney· bank fraud· silver· gold· political prisoners

16:57 And I'll tell you what the war is called. It was called the American War, not the American Civil War and it never died because there was no peace treaty signed. I'm looking right here at my response from the archives so until the first peace treaty was signed by us in May 3rd there had been no settlement of the acts of the blockade on April 19th 1861 and I have a top book on war powers by men's name called Berkheimer that explains everything that we did Let me ask you, let me see if I can confirm something. You may or may not know this. Carolyn Carney, San Antonio. Is she in jail? I don't know! I know that they supposedly gave her 10 years for protecting herself against a couple of ludicrous cops that broke her door down and dragged her off and arrested her for Mr Morales' frivolous little lawsuit

17:46 What about Crear? Crears in jail on the other side over here with the other gentleman. He's a black fella so they can't call us a bunch of racists. Yeah, there are four black gentlemen one Vietnamese gentleman that is a citizen of the republic and three whites. Where is Crear at do you know? He's in the other unit he's in Segalville also. What what's he in their for just I mean... They're trying to get us from bank fraud because we've accessed their funds And that's what we've done. We've taken their money system away from it, now we're calling their notes and we want our 20 billion in silver back so we can run our republic government in Austin! We don't want their paper, we want our silver! Yeah... ...and we want our gold they stole on that too! Yeah but they do not like that though Well were going to call there note dude because if they are not we are going out, we are going to call their note everywhere 99 years Rick McLaren you got, 99 years You could go out here a person could murder somebody

CHAPTER 10 / 13 Discussion

Stewart Title Company, Land Fraud and Waco Survivors

Richard McLaren alleges that his conviction was overseen by a title agent involved in land fraud at the Davis Mountain Resort. He mentions that his case is currently being reviewed by an appellate court and notes the death of Mike Madsen during the movement's activities. The segment also previews an upcoming remembrance in Austin for survivors of the Waco siege, marking the five-year anniversary of the event.

stewart title company· land fraud· appellate court· waco· mike madsen

18:42 and get what, like 5 to 30 years? Well you know you have to understand I was convicted by Mr. Dehart who is a title agent for Stewart Title Company involved in the Davis Mount Resort land fraud which created all this so it's kind of interesting that i was convicted by a title agent Uh huh. And of course he owns a tire company, and he was involved in the bankruptcies and the fraud land fraud suits with Global Land Corporation so he really doesn't like his skeletons dug up Richard is there any chance at all you getting out of there or anything? Well the appellate court has docketed it and I think we're going to see some movement

19:21 All I can tell you right now is there's a lot of international pressure coming down on these people over Texas and we're not going to let up. We didn't fight this for a few people, we fought this for everybody and my record speaks for itself the documents speak for themselves but the record speaks for itself And we still got a dead man called Mike Madsen that gave his life for them too. Yeah, and coming up here in February 22nd this month we've got a bunch of Waco survivors coming to Austin for a little remembrance So there was about 90 of them murdered in less than 5 years ago It's amazing it is time to put these agencies and people out of business I don't know how much

CHAPTER 11 / 13 Discussion

Surveillance State, Biometric Scanning and the Prison Industry

The conversation critiques the expansion of the "New World Order" in Texas through increased licensing, registration, and the biometric thumb scanning of drivers. The speakers argue that the state is creating "victimless criminals" to fuel a profitable prison industry and expand government employment. They claim that thousands of new laws are passed annually to regulate citizens into a state of perpetual criminality.

thumb scanning· social security· prison business· victimless crimes· regulations

20:05 people are going to continue to stand at this, you know? You know we were just talking I would just... here we're licensed to death. Just the little things that you have to do get out on a road! I mean your registration, your inspection stickers, your insurance, your license. They're thumb scanning your driver's license now that they require a social security number. Right welcome to communist Texas! Yeah welcome the new world order is what it all amounts too Richard, first off sir it's an honor to have you call in here brother. Listen appreciate it and like I said all I can tell everybody is that its time the people come out of the wall that are down there in Austin still in government saying I think its time for change we start to realize if we don't do this were going to go down with a ship and thats where they're headed Hey how...do you have a little bit more time yet? Yes I still do Okay Gene do you have something you want to ask them because I know I've been dominating them but I've got Well that's quite alright

21:03 Hey, let me thank the Ridders man. These are the folks that got this done for us again! getting Richard and both Richards on. Go ahead, Jim. You said your appellate court had been docketed? Do you have any idea when that is? Well we have documents going in but they accepted my UN and US Congress testimony in on the 14th of January And this was the same judge who signed the judgment we got proving a land fraud at the resort So it's gonna be kind of interesting now that I go back to him and say look what happened since you signed the order apparently We found who has a title to the land now oh boy this is a heck of a tangled web and you know it's really funny uh... it reminds me of Jim and Tammy Faye Baker they got Jim Baker in for a zillion years in prison for taking money. You start hitting on their land fraud scheme and they get all nervous about so you wind up in prison while they're running around stealing more people's money Jeff pulling his hair out down here because all of this burden on the citizens

22:04 for the fees, permits and they're just another name for tax. They are cleaning our wallets out. Revenue generators! And all they are doing Richard is creating a bunch of victimless criminals in prison now. criminals of the state man, criminals of the state. And they got their brother-in-law a job you know like down here at the uh... at the uh... the course he was that on this ASAP situation here the uh... absent student assault program yeah you know that they're generating all these fees and it's just taxes so they can put more other brothers to work have bigger and bigger government

22:44 They're regulating us to death. They're passing thousands of laws every year and no one knows what they are. Make us criminals at the state, in the same time the prison business is one of the biggest businesses that's gone! Yeah exactly... Yeah they're making money off you Richard, they're making a lot of money off you I mean this thing has just gotten completely out of control This is Mike Hanson here on YouTube here On Mike Hanson archives and we also have a new one here And we are starting a new one, Waco Archives. About all the interviews we've done with the Branch Davidians over the years and all the evidence that we got on that particular murder case so be sure if you need to write us here on our

CHAPTER 12 / 13 Discussion

Republic of Texas, Contact Information and Closing Statements

In his closing remarks, Richard McLaren urges Texans to use the Republic of Texas as a vehicle for government "house cleaning" through public mediation. He provides the organization's website, republicoftexas.org, and a contact hotline number (972-471-2040) for those seeking more information. McLaren emphasizes that exercising rights as an independent nation is the only way to escape what he describes as a bankrupt federal system.

republicoftexas.org· mediation· coalition government· hotline· independent nation

25:32 We better take what push we've got and somebody needs to call Mr. Bullock over there, and maybe some of the other ones who are a little more midline, saying hey I think it's time you boys get your act together with the Republic because it's fixing to come down. Richard do you have any...you about done with your time? Excuse me? You almost done, I know you're... Yeah. I've got just a few more minutes. Okay, I'll let you make a closing comment anything you want to say Richard to the viewers of the program Well listen what i'd like to say is again I want to reiterate that it's time for the people-I know there are a lot of people thinking the same thing we are but you gotta find a vehicle to get it accomplished and the only way you can do that using the right that we have still as an independent nation to bring forward all these issues

26:16 force this into a mediation, get these issues publicly. Do the house cleaning go into coalition government then move to the decision if we want to stay as a nation but we've got to clean house We've got to clean this very large government and the only way that we can do that is exercising our rights as a nation You cant do it as a fictitious state in the union operating under war powers and bankruptcy there's no way to do it This is the only way. We looked at everything, we studied a lot of people doing different things and were the only ones that have been able to get this point. Hawaii nobody else has been able to do it so either take the opportunity or go down ship with everybody else. Richard did you happen to know a number? Not 1-800 but can't do that here but did you happen to know where someone could get hold

27:04 maybe the office of the current people in the republic or yes it did be first of all the internet site is uh... the republic of texas dot org that is the republic of texas dot org and now we refer you to other various websites the embassy site The main number we're using now is, uh... We have a hotline number but I don't have that. But you can call this number which is 972-471-2040. 972-471-2040 and they can give you information. We have a hotline number, and they give you fax numbers and other numbers of our people in our government so we can get you into contact with the right people. We have a Corps of Engineers website page I don't have that listed right now but things are starting to pick back up. We kind of lost some momentum but were going full strength now

CHAPTER 13 / 13 Discussion

Program Outro, Final Break and Republic Salutations

The hosts prepare to take a final break and conclude the interview with Richard McLaren. They reiterate the importance of the information shared for the future of Texas. The segment ends with a final salute to the Republic of Texas and a verbal attack on the "New World Order" as the program transitions.

jeff davis· mike hanson· republic of texas· new world order· houston

27:59 That's republicoftexas.org? Yeah, therepublicoftexas.org The Republic of Texas? Yeah And that's 97247... We'll get it up on the screen here at the end of this program Okay we appreciate it and like I said uh..we will keep uh just keep plugging along with you so people in Texas realize that this may be their only shot to clean house We'd like to ask you come back Richard if you can do it listen we sure will god bless you brother hang in there brother hey you're not alone listen we appreciate it god bless you Texas bye-bye now if you want uh go ahead and call me down in Houston I don't have the number with me but I can give to you as long as its a regular that's your regular number okay um they can ah, I could give them the number to go ahead close up im gonna take just a quick break secretary gal and

28:46 whatnot and we can get all the phone numbers. I love Mike Hanson Archives. Get ready to write. All right, that's it. All right, who wants a letter? Let James go! Go ahead. Yes sir. All right God bless the Republic! Death to New World Order!