(Cedar City, UT) — Operation Underground Railroad founder Tim Ballard was encouraged by Attorney General Sean Reyes to sue a political rival. According to new court filings, Reyes sent Ballard a tweet from freshman democratic state senator Nate Blouin that allegedly called “OUR” a criminal organization. The tweet was about the movie “Sound of Freedom” and referred “OUR” as a criminal organization with a link to an article about it being under investigation. In the messages after Reyes called the senator a “punk” and falsely said he tried to impeach him. Blouin has been very critical of both Reyes and Ballard online since before he was in office. The new filing stems from a wrongful imprisonment lawsuit from someone “busted”‘ by OUR.