In November 2017 , convicted sex offender and former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle filed a motion to overturn his convictions by stating that the federal court did not have jurisdiction to convict him because of his status as a " sovereign citizen . " His motion was dismissed as " frivolous . " On April 22 , 2018 , Travis Reinking , who police said had several past confrontations with authorities and had shown signs of mental instability , carried out a mass shooting rampage in a Nashville Waffle House in which four people were killed and four were wounded . A bag containing a handwritten identification card with his name was found . In July 2017 , he had been arrested in Washington D.C. after confronting an officer at the security barrier outside the White House , saying he needed to talk to the President and that " he was a sovereign citizen and has a right to inspect the grounds "
Nashville Waffle House
Nashville Waffle House shooting
Sovereign citizen movement