He was not ALLOWED to present he defense he wanted to....only an abridged version.
Let me tell you this aint gonna help guys like me. You have to have millions to fight them then you can win. Me, they came after me relentlessly when I feel behind because I was unemployeed and used the money from a real estate sale to live on. 3 years and $20K plus in penalties and interest on top of the $20k I owed has got me still flat broke. Maybe I should hire Wesley’s attorneys!
I read he did not put up a defense, claiming he didn’t need one. Perhaps you are right and that the judged may have ruled against him in evidentiary proceedings, so he decided not to say much at all.
Very interesting to see him win. He’s not quite the first to win. The woman who won on basically the same arguments still ended up losing her home.
This probably will have no effect on anything, because the key issues of the tax protest movement were not ruled on. But I’m sure there will be people who will now refuse to file... the “Wesley defense”.