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30 Oct 2017
There is no public record or evidence that Chris Athanas was arrested or imprisoned as Alex Jones claimed.

Not totally, but also I could find no evidence he was actually arrested. I can find no because we have his name. I know the date of the incident. I can't find an arrest record from anywhere around then. How about a Facebook page? I found the guy's LinkedIn. Oh, that's nice. Maybe he could get you a new job. Maybe. I found software engineer or silver guy. I found Chris Athanos' LinkedIn page. And it doesn't. I mean, why would you put I was in prison for a few years?

30 Oct 2017
Chris Athanas was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon in a prohibited area (a school), not for possessing silver coins.

On April 14th, 2003, in Austin, Texas, an incident occurred that just shows how a small misstep can create a big problem. And most unfortunately, this incident involved Chris Athanas, one of our most successful associates and the RCO for South Austin. Like so many times, Chris offered a cashier a choice of either a $10 silver liberty coin or $20 Federal Reserve Note to attend a comedy show at a University of Texas venue and didn't think much that a quote friendly police officer was on guard next by, nearby. Chris paid with the Federal Reserve Note, as that was preferred by the cashier and went into the show. Already, we can see in this if your newsletter calls it a Federal Reserve note. Yeah. You guys are wacky. You're suspicious. Yep. Also, we can already tell he was at a University of Texas venue, so he was on campus property. What comedy show was on the show? Oh, it's probably the blue collar. What time is this? What year? 2003. 2003? Yeah. Oh, it's probably Brian Posey. Could be. That was the year comedians of comedy was really breaking. That is true. Yeah, it could have been. So he gives him the 20 and goes into the show. Shortly, the police officer found Chris and asked to see the quote coin. I think the quotation marks in there are a little fuck off. A little bit of a flare. Mistakenly, the officer thought it was illegal, so he asked Chris to step outside, which he did. Now, I'm going to read through the subtext. I believe that the person who worked the door here thought this guy was trying to pull a scam. Yeah, of course. And flagged down the police officer. That's my guess. Yeah. That's my guess. So during a brief discussion, the officer and the backup officer asked Chris for his identification. Chris refused, stating his fourth and fifth constitutional rights. The officers informed Chris that he would be arrested if he did not produce identification. When Chris finally produced his ID, he also produced his right to carry a concealed weapon permit. This led to an inquiry as to where the weapon was and ultimately to Chris being arrested for having a weapon in a prohibited area, a school. So there we go. Okay. That's their version of it.