Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Is the federal government torturing Brian Kolfage?
American Thinker.com ^ | August 15, 2021 | Andrea Widburg

Posted on 08/15/2021 6:35:28 AM PDT by Kaslin

Brian Kolfage, an airman who survived losing both legs and an arm in Iraq, started a fundraiser to build a wall on our Southern border. The project took off, a lot of money flowed in, and the federal government promptly went after Kolfage, accusing him of defrauding those who donated money. This post is not about Kolfage’s guilt or innocence on the charges against him. It is, instead, about allegations that the government is effectively torturing him by denying him access to a medicine that controls the nerve pain resulting from his leg amputations.

We know that the government has been exceptionally vicious in its prosecution against Kolfage. It started when based federal agents operating out of the Southern District of New York arrested this family man, who lives in a Florida home with his wife and two young children.

On August 20, 2020, the United States Postal Inspection Service sent 15 people to arrest Kolfage. Think about that for a moment: This is a triple amputee in a wheelchair, and they sent 15 armed officers to take him down. They then dragged Kolfage into a car that was not ADA compliant, leaving behind his wheelchair and his prosthetic limbs.

Donald Trump subsequently pardoned Steve Bannon, who was arrested on the same charges, but Kolfage is still in the government’s crosshairs. In addition, in May 2021, a federal grand jury in Pensacola issued a separate indictment against him, charging him with fraud and filing false tax returns.

Now, Kolfage has announced that the federal government is refusing to give him a medicine that handles the nerve pain he experiences in his amputated legs. (Phantom limb pains are common in amputees and, I have heard, they are excruciating.) The Gateway Pundit quotes Kolfage:

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: briankolfage; kolfage

1 posted on 08/15/2021 6:35:28 AM PDT by Kaslin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

I wouldn’t put it past them.


2 posted on 08/15/2021 6:38:03 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

A friend on a Harley was hit by a drunk/drugged driver several years ago and her leg was ripped off.

She survived but she says the phantom pain is pure agony.


3 posted on 08/15/2021 6:38:34 AM PDT by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Steve Bannon should give him some money. He’s a millionaire.


4 posted on 08/15/2021 6:52:50 AM PDT by TakebackGOP
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Salamander

I am sorry for your friend. Hopefully, she has a pain management regime.


5 posted on 08/15/2021 6:54:36 AM PDT by sauropod (Time is like quicksilver, smearing the years... - Bill Nelson)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

At this strange, sad point in our history, it would not surprise me at all.

With communists at the controls, anything is possible.


6 posted on 08/15/2021 7:05:07 AM PDT by cld51860 (We’re doomed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sauropod

She is a very positive person, still.

She is grateful to have survived it, at all.
Most of what she shares is the joy she finds in her daughters and grandchildren.
Once in a while, in the dark of the night, one of the pain posts will pop up.

As luck [and God] would have it, a local radio DJ and his paramedic wife were driving by right as it happened.

Mickey held her and talked to her to keep her conscious as his wife stopped the hemorrhaging from the femoral artery, since the ambulance would not have gotten there in time.

It was her entire leg and part of her pelvic bone, just torn off.

The driver basically got a slap on the wrist.

I don’t have a lot of “personal heroes” but she is one of them.


7 posted on 08/15/2021 7:07:52 AM PDT by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

The totally corrupt Leftist controlled governments wrath is directed exclusively towards conservatives and patriots.


8 posted on 08/15/2021 7:11:53 AM PDT by robel
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin
As someone who deals with horrible nerve pain due to a hand injury. I have found CBD oil to be THE most effective pain reliever. I hope those that suffer with this pain as I do try it. It is my game changer.
9 posted on 08/15/2021 7:17:15 AM PDT by glaseatr (Father of a Marine, Uncle of SGT Adam Estep. A Co. 2/5 Cav. KIA Thurs April 29, 2004 Baghdad Iraq)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Salamander

Luck had nothing to do with it. God put them there.

‘Pod


10 posted on 08/15/2021 7:59:01 AM PDT by sauropod (Time is like quicksilver, smearing the years... - Bill Nelson)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: sauropod

We all believe so.

It’s not an area they would have normally been in but were.

:)


11 posted on 08/15/2021 8:10:02 AM PDT by Salamander ("Salamander has barbaric tendencies" /Gundog)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Kaslin

.


12 posted on 08/15/2021 1:22:36 PM PDT by redinIllinois (Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue voter up)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson