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John Lamb's cideo report on the Malheur Protest trial Oct. 13
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Oregon Live Governor knew occupiers were going to John Day in mid-January
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on October 13, 2016 at 7:02 PM, updated October 13, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Concerns about refuge occupiers heading to Grant County reached Gov. Brown's office in mid-January
A Jan. 15 email between staffers in Gov. Kate Brown's office reveals there was concern about the occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge heading to Grant County.
One Grant County commissioner even suggested to the governor's natural resources liaison that the open road on U.S. 395 between the two counties would be a good spot to arrest them.
Eleven days later, state police and federal agents moved in and conducted a high-risk felony stop on a Jeep and white Dodge truck carrying Ammon Bundy and other leaders of the occupation as they were driving to a community meeting in John Day, located in Grant County. Ammon Bundy and several co-defendants were arrested there.
Ammon Bundy's lawyer Marcus Mumford wanted to introduce the email as evidence in their defense case.
Read the email between two members of Gov. Kate Brown's office
Mumford argued Thursday that it showed that authorities knew in mid-January that the aim of the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge was to spread a political message, not to interfere with federal employees at the federal bird sanctuary.
Prosecutors objected to the email being offered, citing it as hearsay evidence and irrelevant. They've argued there's no suggestion that the information shared in the email factored into any of the planning that was involved in the arrests of the occupiers.
U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown ruled that the email cannot be presented to the jury.
The email, provided by Ammon Bundy's lawyer to The Oregonian/OregonLive, is written by Brett Brownscombe, the natural resources liaison in the governor's office, to Heidi Moawad, the governor's public safety liaison.
Brownscombe shared with Moawad his conversations with Harney County commissioner Steve Grasty, commonly called Judge Grasty
"Judge Grasty flagged that local militia/occupiers had been heading over to Grant Co. to make visits with people there and potentially establish and (sic) occupation,'' the email read. "He is very concerned about exponential growth of occupations in other counties.''
Brownscombe wrote that he also spoke with Grant County commissioner Boyd Britton to find out what information he had learned.
Britton had informed Brownscombe that the refuge occupiers had visited his county at least twice, including a meeting with Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer over lunch, the email said. Some in the Grant County community were already "agitating in ways that support the Bundy occupation,'' Britton reportedly told Brownscombe.
"Grant Co. Sheriff Glenn Palmer is potentially highly sympathetic to the occupiers/Bundy message,'' Brownscombe wrote of Britton's observations.
Britton was concerned, Brownscombe wrote, that if Ammon Bundy and his supporters attempted to occupy a government property in Grant County, such as the courthouse or a U.S. Forest Service office, it was possible the local sheriff would not enforce the law.
Brownscombe wrote of his concern that the occupiers might use the upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. Day "to make a new kind of civil rights statement.''
He also passed along an idea offered by Grant County commissioner Britton:
"There is a lot of open road traveling between Harney and Grant Co. Doesn't it seem like an opportunity for law enforcement to stop the occupiers on their way and make some arrests?''
Britton's also had questioned who would have the authority to step in and assert a law enforcement role if Grant County sheriff refused to enforce the law, the email said.
Ammon Bundy's lawyers had subpoenaed both Brownscombe and Moawad to testify, but the judge isn't expected to allow them to take the stand.
The government is expected to agree to a stipulation that doesn't go beyond the fact that the governor's office never responded to Ammon Bundy's "redress of grievances.''
-- Maxine Bernstein
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Todd Macfarlane Oct. 13, Malheur Protest trial.
http://rangefire.us/2016/09/29/ongoi...-defense-case/
DAY 18 — Thursday, October 13, 2016
Today, the Defense called four witnesses, including Sheriff Richard Mack, Former FBI Agent Charles Stephenson, Shawna Cox, and Becky Kingen, from Fields, Oregon.
Sheriff Mack testified that he had several conversations with Ammon Bundy and told him that in his opinion, the occupation was misguided, and the occupiers should do something different, and should leave the Refuge. He also testified that he talked to Sheriff David Ward at least twice before the occupation began on January 2, 2016, and strongly encouraged him to do something to help the Hammonds. He said that in his opinion, Ward was derilect in his duties as county sheriff, and as far as he was concerned Ward should have arrested Ammon for trespass, and dealt with it at the county level.
Agent Stephenson testified as a firearms expert. He said that he did not observe any firearms at the Refuge that were not either secure or at rest. He did not observe any improper use, display or handling of firearms at the Refuge.
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Defendant Shawna Cox also testified. The most significant aspect of her testimony was that she was able to play the recording from her cell phone from inside LaVoy Finicum’s truck when she and the other defendants were arrestedd, and Finicum was killed. The prosecution and Judge Brown had been working hard to keep out any reference to LaVoy Finicum and his shooting death out of the case, but it all came in today with Shawna Cox’s recording. Many court observers have stated that Judge Brown suddenly seems more humble, or resigned than she has ever been in this case.
The final witness of the day was Becky Kingen. She said she took her 11 year-old son to the refuge to interview Ryan Bundy for a school report. He wanted to do the report “because they seem like people just like we are.”
Side Note: I have met young Monty Kingen. He attends the (K-8) one-room school in Fields, along with about 12 other students. I would like to read the report he wrote about the occupation.
Will be on Rural Route with Trent Loos tomorrow morning to discuss the trial, and from what I understand, Harney County ranch woman, Erin Maupin, may be joining us. We’ll post a link to the discussion.
For contrasting perspectives and reporting, you can also follow Maxine Bernstein for OregonLive, and Conrad Wilson for Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), Bundy Court Sketches on Facebook, John Lamb on Facebook, Gary Hunt at Outpost for Freedom and Redoubt News.
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I think this is Monty Kingen at the Refuge being interviewed by Pete Santilli.
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Re: 150 Militia Take Over Makhuer National Wildlife Preserve Headquarters
15 paid informants at the refuge. The government may be forced to identify all.
Sarah Redd Buck
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Trial update:
Confirmed in court AGAIN for all those gullible people out there that MARK MCCONNELL WAS A PAID INFORMANT.
He is good at what he does so he has convinced many that he isn't EVEN after it was said twice in court. SMH but again in court, for the third time, it was confirmed today that MARK MCCONNELL WAS A PAID INFORMANT.
Also Terri Linnell. I guess At least she has taken responsibility. He never will. He says by the time he is done with me, I won't even have enough money to buy ice cream. He has done a pretty good job at trying to destroy me, my character, and my name. But I believe it's important that the truth is known even if I have to suffer and sacrifice. The truth is important. The safety of others is important. Why is it important? So that no other American and/or their family has to suffer again by being set up by any of these 15 ever again.
There are 15 of them and legally the rest of the names will have to be released or the charges will have to be dropped. With the amount of informants that there were you can't conspire with an informant and that is what the charge is. The judge is hesitant to release the names but Ammon's attorney is fighting and pushing very sternly that legally the names HAVE to be released so we can confirm which reports belongs to who OR the charges need to be dropped. Those are the options. Very possible that by the end of court today those other names will have been released. Stay tuned. Also watch John Lambs update on David Fry taking the stand and what came out during that.
By the end of this trial we will probably see that the government conspired with themselves to set up good American people!! And just like those FBI agents that lied 3xs about firing shots that murdered LaVoy Finicum are still roaming free, those who conspired against good Americans will also probably roam free. This is our reality right here in America folks! Are you awake yet?
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Something humble and sincere in the court today
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Claud R. Franklin3 hrs ·
Awesome.
Today, in court, something so humble and sincere that you probably have never seen before.
As witness Duane Schrock (Harney County, OR) rancher concluded his testimony in the USA v. Ammon Bundy trial, the witness left the stand and walked over to the table where Defendant Ammon Bundy was seated and humbly handed him his hat. The US Marshalls immediately swooped in and took the hat.
As Mr. Schrock left the court room, the question was put to him why he had done it. He responded that he had given his hat to "the only many who deserved it."
Once in a while in life, humble statements are witnessed that speak louder than almost all other things. God Bless men like Duane Schrock and Ammon Bundy.
- Lisa Bundy Angie Huntington Bundy Carol Bundy
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Oregon Live's Maxine Bernstein Malhuer Protest Trial Oct. 14
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on October 14, 2016 at 3:38 PM, updated October 14, 2016 at 5:35 PM
15 confidential sources fed FBI info from Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
The FBI had 15 confidential sources feeding them information from their contacts with occupiers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, a prosecutor confirmed in court Friday.
Ammon Bundy's lawyer Marcus Mumford is urging the court to compel prosecutors to identify their informants before the defense rests its case in the federal conspiracy trial against his client and six co-defendants.
"We're being prosecuted based on the collective actions of others,'' Mumford argued.
Defense lawyers, he said, don't know what these confidential sources "did or how they contributed'' to the alleged conspiracy during the 41-day armed takeover of the federal bird sanctuary in eastern Oregon.
Two of the 15 have been identified through trial as Mark McConnell, who was driving the Jeep when Ammon Bundy was arrested on Jan. 26, and Terri Linnell, who was called as a witness by the defense.
U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown asked the government to provide her with unredacted reports from the 15 informants. Each is formally described by the FBI as a "CHS'' or confidential human source.
Defense lawyers had received heavily redacted reports on the sources, and their identities were unknown.
Brown later Friday learned that there are 129 reports stemming from the sources that she plans to review over the weekend before ruling whether to grant Mumford's motion to compel release of the sources' names or other information.
In other action Friday, the defense called Crane rancher Duane Schrock, who testified that FBI agent Ben Jones visited his ranch.
Schrock, who had been subpoenaed to appear as a defense witness, testified that he felt intimidated by Jones.
"He was asking if there was something that I saw and wanted me to say that I saw it,'' Schrock said.
Schrock said he had visited the refuge at least three times a week and brought other ranchers to attend presentations on "the Constitution and their rights.''
Until occupation leader Ammon Bundy came to Harney County, Schrock said, "I stuck my head in the sand,'' and was living a quiet life.
Schrock, selected to serve as a member of the Committee of Safety formed in Harney County, said he encouraged Bundy to stay in the county.
The defense also called Timothy Puckett Jr. to testify. Puckett works on his father's ranch about a quarter-mile east of the refuge. It was a fence bordering the Puckett ranch that Bundy and others cut down during the occupation.
Puckett, testifying via a video feed from a friend's home in Burns, said Ammon Bundy and older brother Ryan Bundy had visited him and he considered them friends. He said the Bundys had permission to be on their property and that a farm hand gave them permission to cut a couple of T-posts from the fence. He said the fence was in poor shape from an earlier flood.
During cross-examination, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan Knight quickly pointed out that the fence was the property of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
"So you couldn't have given authority to cut that fence'' even if you did?
"No,'' Puckett acknowledged.
The jury was sent home about 2:30 p.m. Friday. Testimony is expected to resume Monday morning. The case likely will be sent to the jury sometime late next week.
A motion to quash a subpoena from defendant Ryan Bundy seeking documents and donation information from the nonprofit the Friends of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is pending before the court.
-- Maxine Bernstein
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Shari Dovale Redoubt News Oct. 13 Malheur Protest trial "The Corruption Continues!
http://redoubtnews.com/2016/10/13/ma...ion-continues/
Malheur 7 – The Corruption Continues!
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Malheur 7 – The Corruption Continues!
By Shari Dovale
After 2 days off this week for holidays, Judge Brown resumed the case of the Malheur Protest Trial and made every effort to speed up the defense case to conclusion.
Firearms expert, Charles Stephenson, took the witness stand early to explain to the court the proper way to hold and secure weapons. Marcus Mumford, Ammon Bundy’s attorney, showed him a series of photos and videos entered into evidence by the prosecution. Stephenson explained through each item that the people depicted in them were using proper firearms training techniques and weapons handling. There should be nothing threatening by any of them.
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Sheriff Mack in Burns, OR
Aheriff Richard Mack, President of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) took the stand next. He testified that he knew Cliven Bundy from his days fighting the Brady Bill, and meeting Ammon in April 2014, when a standoff took place between citizens and the BLM in Bunkerville, NV. Calling Deputy Tom Roberts a hero for being instrumental in a peaceful resolution to that event was enough to get the prosecutors scrambling in objections, which of course Judge Brown sustained.
Mack also discussed how he made several attempts to talk to Sheriff David Ward about protecting Dwight and Steven Hammond from going back to prison. Though Ward admitted that he did not think the Hammonds should go back to prison, he was not interested in standing up for these citizens and chose instead to quit accepting Mack’s phone calls.
Sheriff Mack got emotional when he talked about the occupation of the Refuge. Mack told Ammon to get out of the Refuge, as he believed it to be a misguided protest where someone was sure to get hurt. Ammon responded to him saying that he had “never felt so strongly about something in my life.” Ammon felt that he had been inspired by God.
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Malheur Protest Trial defendant, Shawna Cox. Photo: Redoubt News
Shawna Cox took the stand and was one of the few witnesses to swear “So Help Me God.” She and her side counsel, Tiffany Harris, presented the video that Shawna took on January 26, 2016. From inside LaVoy Finicum’s truck, the jurors saw the tense final moments of LaVoy’s life and the fear that the rest of the passengers felt that day.
Shawna took several moments after the video played to collect herself, as many of us did in the audience. The prosecution made every attempt to twist the facts, implying that Shawna knew that Ryan Bundy had a small handgun. Judge Brown allowed the prosecution multiple attempts to trick Shawna into changing her testimony that she didn’t know the gun was there.
Even after the defense objected to the same question being asked over and over again, all Judge Brown would do was say, “He is entitled on cross to test the witnesses response.” However, when Ryan Bundy asked, “The right to self defense can be considered the first law of nature, right?” Judge Brown admonished him for being argumentative.
It did not end there. Ryan asked, “Do you have the right to keep and bear arms?” Judge Brown, again, got upset and said the statement called for a legal opinion. “You know better than to keep asking these questions!” she reminded him.
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Kenneth Medenbach
Judge Brown was obviously shaken up when Kenneth Medenbach questioned Shawna. “Mrs. Cox, are you aware that the jury has the inherent power to judge both the law and the facts in this case?” Medenbach asked her before the judge shut him down. Judge Brown actually used the phrase “jury nullification” in front of the jury and said “You MUST accept the ruling of the court!”
Judge Brown thought she was having a good day chopping the defense case to sheds until these questions got passed her. However, she is still on the warpath for the defense. She has cut their witness list from about 24 people to just a handful, claiming that they don’t need the repetitive witnesses.
Brown has been micro-managing the defense case, by telling them who they can call and who they cannot call as witnesses. Additionally, she tells them what questions they can ask each witness. They have a potentially explosive witness coming up tomorrow, however, Judge Brown has already started shutting down that testimony. She does not want anything to interfere with the conviction she is working for.
As Kenneth Medenbach stated loudly in court today, “The Corruption Continues!”
Re: 150 Militia Take Over Makhuer National Wildlife Preserve Headquarters
Video of Ryan Payne shot with less than lethal round.
http://youtu.be/AJFE18K84Vw
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