{"id":9701,"date":"2014-08-05T13:46:36","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T17:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=9701"},"modified":"2014-08-05T13:54:24","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T17:54:24","slug":"the-governments-warrants-in-the-cherokee-tobacco-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/05\/the-governments-warrants-in-the-cherokee-tobacco-case\/","title":{"rendered":"The government’s warrants in the Cherokee Tobacco case"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following documents have been unsealed by the Federal court system. They represent the affidavits and actions of the government in the case. No charges have been filed at this time. If charges are ever filed, I also remind you that people are presumed innocent until convicted in a court of law.<\/p>\n

It’s not easy to publish these documents. I’ve gone back and forth weighing personal friendships and the public’s “right to know”. Now that the documents have been unsealed and are public record, I have to do my job and inform the public.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it ain’t easy to run SouthsideCentral.<\/p>\n

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The USDA’s Office of the Inspector General and the IRS executed a search warrant at Cherokee Tobacco in August 2013.<\/p>\n

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Here’s the application for the search warrant.<\/p>\n