A filing cabinet in a valley, with a record unspooling toward the river.
Custody LedgerExhibits 02–10Illustration · not a record

  1. Ex. 02Copy

    Follow the routing, not the rumor. A routing note is not a verified transaction.

  2. Ex. 03Copy

    A mention in correspondence is not a resolved record.

  3. Ex. 04Copy

    Place names repeat. Fact patterns stay in separate files.

  4. Ex. 05Copy

    One question can have more than one custodian.

  5. Ex. 06Copy

    Match the claim to the source. A mention is not a verdict.

  6. Ex. 07Copy

    Redact only what the law requires, and say what was withheld.

  7. Ex. 08Copy

    Release what the law allows. Say what it withholds.

  8. Ex. 09Copy

    A sourced page corrects a rumor. Distinctions stay on the page.

  9. Ex. 10Copy

    Who holds it, what can be released, and what is withheld.

Wire · @altmilknews · not a filing

Asks the U.S. Attorney and the Attorney General to release what they have. · Asks where a government response is, and tags the U.S. Marshals, the U.S. Attorney, and Missoula. · Posts a sourced note on EFTA01526966: a July 2007 JPMorgan Fedwire debit, described as via WEST SEC MISSOULA to Ideal Manufacturing, memo about a batch plant. · Asks the U.S. Attorney and the Attorney General to release what they have. · Asks where a government response is, and tags the U.S. Marshals, the U.S. Attorney, and Missoula. · Posts a sourced note on EFTA01526966: a July 2007 JPMorgan Fedwire debit, described as via WEST SEC MISSOULA to Ideal Manufacturing, memo about a batch plant.

Desk up. Public posts compiled. Compiled 2026-10-14. The private fleet is not on this network. No packet sent.

Open the tape · three posts, none of them a filing

  • Asks the U.S. Attorney and the Attorney General to release what they have.

    A demand on X. Not a record produced, and not a finding that either office is withholding a named file.

    Open the post

  • Asks where a government response is, and tags the U.S. Marshals, the U.S. Attorney, and Missoula.

    A question. Tagging an office is not proof the office has a file, and not proof it has answered.

    Open the post

  • Posts a sourced note on EFTA01526966: a July 2007 JPMorgan Fedwire debit, described as via WEST SEC MISSOULA to Ideal Manufacturing, memo about a batch plant.

    The post itself says this is not a Montana account, not delivery in Montana, and not knowledge of a crime. The desk has not re-opened the DOJ page image.

    Open the post

Arming rings this page at once, then again when a later check carries a different newest post. A post is still not a filing.

File copyPublicNot a roster

Docket

What is already on paper

7 files in this cut. Compiled October 14, 2026. Saving a file keeps it on this browser only.

Federal docket · Indictment reported

Samuel Pascal Redfern — reported indictment

Federal criminal case; number not in this file · Missoula

Arrest reported October 11, 2026; indictment story October 13, 2026

What was published

On the night of October 11, 2026, Redfern posted that he had been arrested and jailed on false charges, and he named U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme and Attorney General Austin Knudsen. The Missoulian’s October 12 story, in the text that was readable, says a prominent conservative commentator from Missoula was arrested Sunday night for allegedly possessing a firearm in violation of a court order, and that authorities allege a credible threat. On October 13 the paper published a companion headlined “Read the redacted indictment against Redfern.” The visible allegation, as completed in the Billings Gazette syndication of that story, is that the U.S. Attorney’s Office alleges Redfern had been restrained by a court from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner. The Missoulian reporter, writing about the arrest story, said a federal jury indicted a Missoula man known for political commentary for illegally possessing firearms, and that friends and family are calling him a political prisoner. The reporter’s post does not print the surname. The indictment headline does.

Where it stands

An indictment has been reported, by name, as of October 13, 2026. It is the government’s allegation. It is not a conviction, and it is not a civil-rights complaint. “Political prisoner” is a phrase his friends and family used. It is not a count.

Does not establish

The article body and the indictment PDF were not readable in this compilation. No case number is printed in the text this desk could read, so none is invented. PACER was not opened. The protected person is not named. Do not treat the February raid, the June civil-investigative petition, and this indictment as one case. His post accusing particular officials is his accusation.

Sources