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Brady McCombs, Associated Press
8:42 p.m. MDT August 26, 2016
SALT LAKE CITY - Numerous hours of secretly recorded video and audio taken by undercover FBI agents has bogged down the case of a Utah militia group leader accused of trying to blow up a federally owned cabin.
A trial date for William Keebler was pushed back indefinitely Friday after his attorney said he had only reviewed a fraction of the recorded evidence.
Lawyer Lynn Donaldson agreed to scrap a September trial date even though his client is jailed while awaiting the proceeding.
He said reviewing the evidence is painstaking work, with some footage showing hours of people driving. But he says he can't skip over anything as he builds the defense case ...
http://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/2016/08/26/utah-militia-leaders-case-slowed-lawyer-eyes-recordings/89452676/
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(14,559 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Watching for what exactly? The moment the FBI agents get close to the camera and start talking about their grand CT against the wackadoodle?
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Utah has a bad habit of cases being tossed because the speedy trail rules. This is nothing new it seems in recent years. Run the clock,the American Land Council would love nothing better than have this case go into the crapper. The Guy is just another member of the American Independence Party which produced the Bundy Pooperiates. Got a hunch this Lawyer is in way over his head and is treading water waiting for the Bundy trials to finish.