By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on September 16, 2016 at 12:50 PM
updated September 16, 2016 at 1:39 PM

FBI agents on Friday took the witness stand to reveal some of the hundreds of thousands of Facebook posts and private messages that defendants in the Oregon standoff trial made in late December and through the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

Ammon Bundy's Facebook posts in late December and January revealed that several people responding to his "Call for Action'' in Burns were confused about what type of event he was planning and urged him to be clearer.

Co-defendant Joseph O'Shaughnessy wrote a private message on Dec. 26 to co-defendant Jon Ritzheimer that read, "I need all patriots here on or before Jan. 2 for the wink ... wink ... emoticon .. rally."

In response to a message from Gavin Seim on Dec. 30 that said he was getting confusing messages surrounding the "2nd rally,'" Ammon Bundy responded, "I would never show up to a rally without my arms" ...

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2016/09/ammon_bundys_facebook_posts_re.html

KOIN 6 News Staff
Published: September 16, 2016, 6:00 am
Updated: September 16, 2016, 3:24 pm

... There was .. a photo, or meme, which Bundy shared on Facebook and his attorney asked Judge Anna Brown that prosecutors not show it to the jury. Brown declined, saying the photo gave the jury insight into Bundy’s mindset leading up to the occupation.

The photo was of a man in combat gear with his face completely masked, kneeling and holding a military assault rifle. The caption read “But they drew first blood. Forgive me Father, for I will sin” ...

Defendants Ryan Bundy, Ammon Bundy, Jeff Banta, Neil Wampler, Kenneth Medenbach, David Fry and Shawna Cox all plead not guilty to charges of impeding federal employees from carrying out their work at the refuge through intimidation, threats or force ...

http://koin.com/2016/09/16/malheur-refuge-trial-testimony-09162016/

by Joe English, KATU NewsFriday, September 16th 2016

... The defense made the claim the social media posts were open to interpretation, and Judge Anna Brown agreed, but allowed the posts gave insight into the defendants' state of mind ...

Kenneth Medenbach's attorney specifically pointed out that Medenbach's name was not found in the Facebook posts uncovered by the FBI, and agents agreed ...

Prosecutors also showed surveillance video of Ammon Bundy, Kenneth Medenbach and others putting up their own "closed permanently" signs on BLM property ...

http://katu.com/news/local/jury-hears-facebook-evidence-in-refuge-standoff-trial