What is a sovereign citizen? And why do they believe laws don’t apply to them?

Talk of “sovereign citizens” has been about – but who are they, and what do they believe?
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The self-declared “sovereign citizen” is actually an American thing. In Australia, we broadly use the umbrella term of “pseudolaw” to describe various beliefs that laws are illegitimate and the government has become corrupted.

We spoke to investigative reporter Ariel Bogle about what it actually looks like in practice.

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