Where is adam kokesh now

He ran unsuccessfully for Congress in , losing a Republican primary to Tom Mullins of Farmington. Even before his congressional race, Kokesh had received national attention for his anti-war activities. Kokesh, who had served in Iraq as a Marine, was detained by police at the Republican National Convention for heckling presidential nominee John McCain.

Kokesh in began hosting a talk radio program called Adam vs. That year he was offered a spot as a regular panelist on a KNME television news program.

But that invitation was rescinded after a dispute about whether Kokesh could bring a concealed gun to the studio. A bigger audience awaited Kokesh. In the spring of , Russia Today, a television network known as a propaganda tool of the Russian government, asked Kokesh to bring Adam vs.

The Man to its airwaves. He moved to Washington, D. Critics lambasted Kokesh for allowing himself to be used by the Russians to bash America. The gig only lasted about four months. Kokesh says it was canceled because he was critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kokesh began producing the show independently as a podcast and YouTube series. Controversy followed him.

On one show in , he read a letter from a fellow Paul supporter who asked whether it would be ethical to assassinate Mitt Romney to help Paul get the Republican presidential nomination. Kokesh in the video stresses that he did not endorse the idea of killing Romney.

Though he had been arrested before at protests, Kokesh faced serious legal trouble after posting a video of himself loading a shotgun in Freedom Plaza, just blocks from the White House, on July 4, He pleaded guilty to a felony count of carrying a shotgun outside of his home, and misdemeanor charges of possession of an unregistered firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition and marijuana possession. He later was convicted in a Virginia court of a felony gun charge as well as a charge of possessing psychedelic mushrooms, which police had found when they raided his home.

After being released from jail, Kokesh left Washington, D. Now, he says, he follows a philosophy he outlined in a page book titled Freedom! He would need to change a lot of minds to emerge as the Libertarian presidential nominee and gain any momentum nationally. Johnson, a two-term governor, last year received just over 3 percent of the national vote, the best any Libertarian presidential candidate has ever done.

Sign Up. Log In. Purchase a Subscription. We hope that you continue to enjoy our free content. We hope that you enjoy our free content. He also used Facebook to call for an armed march in Washington for the same day but called off the event in May. It is illegal to carry firearms in the District of Columbia. He was still there as of Wednesday afternoon.

He faces two charges -- illegal possession of a schedule I or II drug and having a firearm while in possession of such a drug -- Smith said. Under Virginia law, schedule I drugs such as heroin and LSD have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, and schedule II drugs such as PCP, cocaine and methamphetamine are addictive, have a high potential for abuse but have accepted medical uses. Smith earlier told CNN that authorities had executed a search warrant on Kokesh's home in Herndon, Virginia, which is about 20 miles west of Washington.

She declined to comment on what, if any, weapons had been discovered in the search. More Videos Kokesh has a long history of speaking out.