

Mark then read aloud the short speech I wrote for the occasion, which you can read in full here. That’s probably too kind, but I sure do appreciate his sentiment. Here’s the full presentation including the very kind introduction by TALKERS’ publisher, Michael Harrison, who called me, “the greatest champion of free speech that we have”. Thankfully, Free Talk Live’s co-hosts Mark Edge and Captain Kickass were in attendance and Mark accepted the award while Captain recorded video. Sadly, due to the insane bail restrictions on me in the Crypto Six case, I was unable to attend TALKERS’ NYC convention to receive the award. This year, I was tremendously honored to receive the talk radio industry’s most prestigious award, TALKERS Magazine’s Freedom of Speech Award. TALKERS’ Publisher on FTL’s Ian: “The greatest champion of free speech that we have.” This is some of the footage taken at the scene of the Free Talk Live studio in Keene, NH: Now, more than a year later, the FBI has returned the surveillance DVRs they took from the property. Two remain, facing hundreds of years in prison for completely victimless, made-up financial “crimes” regarding bitcoin.

One had her charges dropped and three have taken plea deals despite never harming another human being. They were since dubbed “ the Crypto Six” by supporters. Simultaneous raids were being conducted in multiple other locations, with six people arrested in total. They smashed in windows and a front door, set off explosions, flew in drones, and held multiple peaceful bitcoin activists at gunpoint. It was about ten degrees Fahrenheit at around 6am on March 16th, 2021 when dozens of armed agents from the FBI, IRS, USPS, ATF, and Keene Police swarmed onto the duplex containing the Free Talk Live studio. Surveillance Video of FBI Raid Against FTL Studio
