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To the end, Steele and a handful of supporters claimed he was railroaded by a Jewish-controlled, corrupt federal government. Even his wife, Cyndi, blasted federal officials, refusing to believe she had been the intended target of an attempted car bombing. But in October 2013, a federal appeals court upheld Steele鈥檚 murder conspiracy conviction, rejecting claims of improper jury instructions and other judicial errors.

Edgar Steele went from a relatively normal law practice to defending white supremacists, then became one himself before landing in prison for attempting to have his wife murdered. It all ended in a California penitentiary, where he died in August.

Steele got a law degree in 1982 from UCLA and moved his law practice from California to North Idaho in the mid-1990s. In 1999, he was hired by Butler to defend the Aryan Nations in a civil suit brought by the 澳彩开奖 on behalf of a mother and her son who were assaulted by three guards outside the 20-acre Aryan compound near Hayden Lake. The jury didn鈥檛 buy Steele鈥檚 鈥渇ree speech鈥� defense and, in 2000, awarded the plaintiffs $6.3 million in damages, leading to the group鈥檚 bankruptcy and demolition of its buildings.

The following year, Steele represented a woman at the center of a five-day standoff that ended peacefully after the standoff became a hot button for militia and antigovernment groups. Steele started calling himself 鈥渢he attorney for the damned鈥� and bragged that he was 鈥渆xceedingly politically incorrect.鈥� He proved that in a series of anti-Semitic, antigovernment essays published on his 鈥淐onspiracy Pen Pal鈥� blog and in speeches he delivered at various extremist gatherings.

Steele seemed to really cross the extremist Rubicon in 2002, when he wrote a kind of coming-out essay entitled 鈥淚T鈥橲 THE JEWS, STUPID!!!鈥� There 鈥渋s a conspiracy,鈥� he wrote, and 鈥渋t is being run by jews. Yes, it is being condoned by our government, which has become jewish.鈥� He accused Jews of controlling the Federal Reserve and orchestrating the terrorists attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

He later expanded his enemies list, claiming the late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a 鈥渕isbegotten individual鈥� with 鈥渘onexistent ideals.鈥� Steele wrote that the MLK national holiday really should 鈥渟tand for Marchin鈥� Lootin鈥� Killin鈥� Day.鈥�

In 2004, Steele published Defensive Racism: An Unapologetic Examination of Racial Differences, detailing his vision of a race war and the ultimate destruction of American society.

Cyndi Steele shared her imprisoned husband鈥檚 views in assorted public appearances and backed his legal defense fund. Upon his death, she claimed that he was murdered in prison after being 鈥渦nder the control of pure evil for the past four years.鈥�