OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, on Wednesday sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking his help in stemming the overreach of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

The request came because of Humphrey's involvement in an Oklahoma case involving a 2023 ATF raid on a Pushmataha County resident and business owner that resulted in the forfeiture of the man's federal firearms license and what Humphrey said was the seizure of approximately 60 of the man's firearms.

"The president and members of his cabinet have expressed considerable concerns about government overreach by the ATF," Humphrey said. "Therefore, I'm asking his assistance in looking into this local case, which I believe constitutes a gross misuse and abuse of the ATF's federal police powers."

The raid involved Russell Fincher, a resident of Southeastern Oklahoma. Fincher, at the time of the raid, owned a firearms business and was a local preacher and schoolteacher.

Humphrey said in 2023, Fincher allowed ATF agents to enter his home and conduct a consent search.

"Despite his full cooperation, they conducted a full-scale raid," Humphrey alleges. "They handcuffed this man in front of his teenage son and despite finding no evidence of a crime, they illegally seized about half of the guns he owns after disabling his home surveillance equipment."

It was reported by Fincher that the ATF agents told him to tell all his buddies they were coming for their guns as well, and they had plans to shut down gun shows.

After the raid, Humphrey submitted a probable cause statement on the ATF and requested Oklahoma's attorney general file charges for extortion, terroristic threats and disabling security equipment during the course of a crime.

Humphrey also reached out to the sheriff of Pushmataha County who worked with him to contact the governor and other judicial and law enforcement agencies asking for an investigation into the actions of the ATF.

Humphrey, the vice chair of the House Public Safety Committee and a 30-year law enforcement officer, wrote in the letter that the state's attorney general lacked the courage to protect his citizens. Therefore, Humphrey is asking the president to consider filing charges against the ATF, granting a presidential pardon to Fincher and forcing the ATF to return Fincher's firearms.

"This is one of the most unjust and illegal abuses of law enforcement," Humphrey said. "I stand ready to assist the president in anything he might need from Oklahoma."

A copy of the full letter can be read here.