Anyone who still believes that former U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick "Tate" Adamiak must have done something wrong or illegal in order to justify his 20-year federal prison sentence need only look at the documents his team has just released.
The documents are damning, but not for Adamiak.
The documents are damning for the ATF.
The documents show that the ATF was severely screwed after they stormed into Adamiak's home based solely on an informant's misinformation, because they found nothing illegal.
The documents show how the ATF then took extremely questionable steps to charge the now 31-year-old with illegally possessing 31 machineguns and four destructive devices, even though none of the items the ATF found are actually machineguns or destructive devices.
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