CONTENT WARNING: This story contains graphic content. Reader discretion is advised..A day after Diagolon leader Jeremy MacKenzie was arrested by the RCMP, his partner, Morgan May, claims the incident that led to his arrest was "fabricated," and there was no firearm involved.."There are three other witnesses who have no criminal records, who have not been reached out to for comment. We have witness statements we've been trying to get to the police," May told the Western Standard..On Wednesday night, MacKenzie was arrested in Cole Harbour, NS in relation to a Canada-wide warrant for his arrest."The arrest warrant is related to charges laid by the Saskatchewan RCMP. He’ll be remanded into custody as part of the court process related to his arrest warrant," the RCMP told the Western Standard.READ MORE: Diagolon's Jeremy MacKenzie arrested by RCMPSaskatchewan RCMP said MacKenzie was charged this summer with assault, pointing a firearm, mischief, and using a restricted weapon in a careless manner. The arrest came after the RCMP received a report in March this year about an alleged assault that happened near Viscount, Sask in November 2021.May claimed the man who was allegedly assaulted by MacKenzie was a former member of Diagolon who had a falling out with the group's leaders."I think there were times when he didn't feel supported by Jeremy, and he ended up turning on Diagolon," she said.On Thursday night, the RCMP claimed their decision to arrest MacKenzie was not influenced by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre's request on Monday for the RCMP to look into comments made about his wife. The RCMP warrant for MacKenzie's arrest, which had been confined to Saskatchewan for months, was made Canada-wide on Wednesday.During a recent livestream, MacKenzie made a crude joke about Poilievre's wife Anaida. "She is hot as f*ck. Oh my goodness," MacKenzie said. "Like a midnight snack, when everyone's asleep, I'm gonna sneak into this fridge and cut myself off a piece of that Venezuelan brown cake. READ MORE: Poilievre tells Diagolon leader 'Leave my family alone' after lewd jokeWhen someone questioned what May would have thought of those comments, MacKenzie replied she likely would have said, "she's hot, we should both f*ck her."In response, Poilievre called MacKenzie and Diagolon "losers," "dirtbags," and "odious." He also requested the RCMP look into the comments.Diagolon has been on the RCMP's radar since back in February, when patches bearing the group's flag were found alongside a cache of weapons seized by the RCMP. Four men were charged with allegedly plotting to assassinate RCMP members. MacKenzie claimed the incident was a "false flag." READ MORE: Legacy media blasts Poilievre for shaking hands with Diagolon founder.May said MacKenzie's comments on the livestream, were "a bit of a shock."."I found out about it while I was in court, and I was like, 'OK, great. Here we go. Right on to the next issue,'" she said..At the time MacKenzie made the comments, May was in jail for failing to pay for $64 worth of gas. May claims she forgot to do so and offered to pay the gas station back prior to her arrest..May condemned MacKenzie's comments and said she wished he "had not put words in my mouth that I have would never say." May also said she believed MacKenzie had been "pushed to his limits," that day due to the stress surrounding her arrest.."He was very upset that I was arrested arbitrarily, and I think he just felt out of control. And he definitely had too much to drink," she said. "When we have so many court cases on the go, and when he's being so challenged by the RCMP and by the government and is under a ton of public scrutiny, it's just not the time to get wasted and say stupid sh*t on the internet.".May said she hopes when MacKenzie gets out of jail he will give a public apology for his remarks. ."But when you know someone's heart and what they're fighting for, it will take a lot more than comments like that for me to throw in the towel on them," she said.
