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(118,356 posts) Mon Oct 17, 2016, 09:21 PM Oct 2016

Defense rests its case in Malheur Refuge trial - #BundyTeaParty

Eileen Park and KOIN 6 News Staff
Published: October 17, 2016, 6:00 am
Updated: October 17, 2016, 5:39 pm

... The defense rested its case Monday and the government completed its rebuttal case after calling 4 witnesses to the stand. Jury instructions are set to start Tuesday followed by closing arguments.

Early Monday the defense pressed the government about how many confidential sources the FBI paid to be at the refuge during the occupation. Judge Brown instructed the prosecution to come up with a written stipulation about both the number of FBI informants in the case and how many were at the refuge.

Of 9 informants at the refuge, 6 unidentified ones left by January 23, the prosecution said. Each of the 9 informants were reportedly there for various lengths of time ...

http://koin.com/2016/10/17/malheur-refuge-trial-defense-may-rest-10172016/

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Defense rests its case in Malheur Refuge trial - #BundyTeaParty (Original Post) struggle4progress Oct 2016 OP

Closing arguments will begin Tuesday struggle4progress Oct 2016 #1

Throw the book at the assholes or it will happen again and again. The Tingler Oct 2016 #2

Monday's highlights struggle4progress Oct 2016 #3

‘Who is John Killman?’ struggle4progress Oct 2016 #4

struggle4progress

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1. Closing arguments will begin Tuesday

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2016, 09:22 PM

Oct 2016

by KATU.com Staff and Associated Press
Monday, October 17th 2016
http://katu.com/news/local/closing-arguments-in-malheur-wildlife-refuge-occupation-to-begin-tuesday

The Tingler

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2. Throw the book at the assholes or it will happen again and again.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Mon Oct 17, 2016, 10:51 PM

Oct 2016

These fucksticks need to learn about the RULE OF LAW in this country.

struggle4progress

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3. Monday's highlights

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Tue Oct 18, 2016, 11:11 AM

Oct 2016

By The Oregonian staff and wire reports
on October 18, 2016 at 5:01 AM, updated October 18, 2016 at 7:00 AM

... The man occupiers knew only by his alias "John Killman" was revealed as Fabio Minoggio, a Las Vegas resident who was subpoenaed by the defense to testify after prosecutors declined earlier in the day to confirm whether or not he was a government informant ...

While at the refuge, Minoggio said he was asked to oversee the shooting range by the refuge boat launch. He said he provided training on firearms safety and proficient use of firearms to those occupying the federal bird sanctuary ...

FBI Agent Ben Jones was called to refute rancher Duane Schrock's testimony that Jones had intimidated him when Jones showed up at his ranch on Sept. 21 after Schrock was listed as a potential defense witness. Jones said he did show up unannounced to Schrock's ranch outside Crane on Sept. 21 at the request of Gabriel ...

Other rebuttal witnesses were Harney County Sheriff Sgt. Lucas McLain, refuge manager Chad Karges and Harney County commissioner Steve Grasty. Grasty testified for the government that he had asked Ammon Bundy to leave town during a town hall meeting on Jan. 19 in the Burns High School gym ...

http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2016/10/oregon_standoff_trial_mondays_2.html

struggle4progress

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4. ‘Who is John Killman?’

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Tue Oct 18, 2016, 11:19 AM

Oct 2016

By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. (TNS)
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 | 2 a.m.

... By lunch hour, court-appointed lawyer Norman Sepenuk informed the judge that Killman does intend to testify and isn't interested in pleading Fifth Amendment ...

Brown ruled that she wouldn't order the government to identify any of its 15 confidential sources, although two others already have been named: Mark McConnell, who drove the Jeep that Ammon Bundy was riding in when he was arrested on Jan. 26, and Terri Linnell, a California woman who testified for the defense that she provided information to the FBI from the refuge ...

In other developments Monday, the judge limited the government's proposed rebuttal case. Prosecutors can't call a government lawyer to discuss the court orders that were in place regarding Cliven Bundy's cattle that led to the standoff with protesters in April 2014 outside his ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada. They also can't call U.S. Bureau of Land Management agent Jason Curry to discuss the armed standoff in Bunkerville. The judge reminded the government there's already a stipulation before jurors on what occurred in Bunkerville ...

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/oct/18/who-is-john-killman-defense-lawyers-believe-he-was/

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