Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Oklahoma state Rep. Charles Key never bought the official version of what happened 15 years ago Monday at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Even though authorities prosecuted a small group of extremists, whose homemade bomb killed 168 people, Key claimed that there was a government conspiracy to hide the truth. He said at a 1998 news conference, "It's obvious that there's more to this case than what some in the government want you to know." Today, his distrust of the federal government is as deep as ever. Key stands for many of the issues that attract Tea Party protesters to a rally on the Capitol steps: less government, lower taxes and more liberty.
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Many of issues Rep. Charles Key stands for attract members of the Tea Party
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Key has mistrusted government since 1995 attack on Murrah Federal Building
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Key: Today's federal government is "dictatorial," on way to becoming "tyranny"
"When I ran in 2006, the @placeholder bombing was not on the radar screen," he said.