According to media sources, federal authorities raided the estate of Alfie Oakes, a prominent conservative activist and grocery chain owner, in Collier County. WESH, the local NBC-2 affiliate, reportedly reported seeing federal officials from the Defense Criminal Investigative Service at an Oakes packing facility. In the meantime, Oakes’ residence in the Villages of Monterey in North Naples was encircled by unmarked state and local police vehicles.
According to WESH, Oakes was also the target of a new complaint this week that claims he has not made payments on $4.5 million in loans from Farm Credit of Florida. The Naples Daily News said that Florida Highway Patrol troopers who were spotted at the residence referred media inquiries to the Secret Service. Collier County Republican Executive Committee Chair John Meo implied that federal officials were pursuing Oakes for political purposes.
He stated, “We are aware that they arrived and took some material.” The fact that they’re doing it now is kind of funny. I believe they are looking for information on January 6. Meo informed the newspaper. Notably, however, the probe was conducted right after Republican Donald Trump was elected, and Trump has indicated that he might pardon anyone responsible for the Jan. 6, 2021, incident.
A well-known propagandist of conspiracy theories, Oakes claimed that the 2020 presidential election, which was won by Joe Biden over Trump, was rigged. Even though Trump won Florida’s electoral votes, Oakes openly promised a $100,000 payment to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ reelection campaign if DeSantis requested an audit of the state’s election results during an interview on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ InfoWars show.
Although his power locally has diminished, there were rumors that Oakes was thinking about running for Agriculture Commissioner on a statewide level. For instance, he was not eligible to run for re-election as the Republican State Committeeman for Collier County. Another candidate he backed for the position of Supervisor of Elections lost. Additionally, the Collier County School Board did not hire his nominee for superintendent of schools.
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