150 Militia Take Over Makhuer National Wildlife Preserve Headquarters

RangeFire, One Juror Dismissed

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The rest of the story is that in addition to being a former BLM employee, Juror No. 11 is also a current law enforcement officer, with the department of corrections. How did he get past Voir Dire questioning? Obvious masking of his background, connections, and biases?

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Breaking Developments in the Oregon Standoff Trial

October 26, 2016 - Government/Politics, Land Use News - Tagged: Breaking News, Bundy, Malheur, Oregon, Range, RANGEfire, Standoff, trial - 1 comment

One juror dismissed. Alternate appointed, and deliberations set to start over from scratch — Wednesday, October 26, 2016.
The jury in the Oregon Standoff Trial began deliberations last Thursday (Oct. 20, 2016).

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Yesterday, separate jurors passed notes to Judge Brown expressing concerns and asking questions, indicating that the jury was in deadlock, and that one of the jurors, a former BLM employee, who had underreported his biases during voir dire examination, had expressed an admitted bias at the outset of deliberations, but nothing had been done about it.

According to OPB’s Conrad Wilson:

“The big takeaway from these jury questions: there’s some doubt about the government’s case.” — Conrad Wilson, Oregon Public Broadcasting

The defendants filed a motion to dismiss that juror — Juror No. 11 — or declare a mistrial in the case.

The rest of the story is that in addition to being a former BLM employee, Juror No. 11 is also a current law enforcement officer, with the department of corrections. How did he get past Voir Dire questioning? Obvious masking of his background, connections, and biases?

After much pushing with plenty of case law to support the motion, Judge Brown dismissed Juror No. 11, forcing her to randomly select an alternate juror. Alternate Juror #18 was selected. Judge Brown then dismissed the jury for the day. Jury deliberations will start over again FROM SCRATCH, beginning tomorrow.

Never a dull moment!

For Maxine Bernstein’s treatment of this issue, CLICK HERE.

For more RANGEFIRE! coverage of previous trial developments, CLICK HERE.

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FBI informant Terri "Momma Bear" Linnell tells why she became an informant, and what she told the FBI during the Bundy occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns Oregon earlier this year, in her first-ever interview. The occupation of the refuge ended with the death of rancher Robert "LaVoy" Finicum and the arrests of dozens of other protestors.

Only much of what she said was a lie and interviewer Bobby Powell, Publisher of The Truth Is Viral news program, knew it. Eye-witness testimony from three separate individuals dispute Linnell's account of events during the raid of a campground in Maryland during Operation American Spring by more than 40 agents from the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, Maryland State Police, and the Secret Service.

The witnesses all say Linnell was escorted away from the campground by the Secret Service while her friends and fellow campers were on their knees with automatic assault rifles pointed at their heads for hours.
There is also evidence to indicate, including a slip of Linnell's own tongue, that she has been an informant for the FBI, and possibly even a paid agent, since the Occupy Wall Street protests in 2010.

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Inside The Mind Of An FBI Informant; Terri Linnell Admits Role As Gov't Snitch

FBI informant Terri "Momma Bear" Linnell tells why she became an informant, and what she told the FBI…
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Bundy Acquitted!

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Bundy Acquitted!

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There is justice, rare but still exists, yea !

The trial in Portland had a chaotic, dramatic end as Ammon Bundy’s attorney Marcus Mumford argued his client should be released from confinement while U.S. District Court Judge Anna Brown said he must be returned to the custody of federal marshals, since he still faced charges in Nevada.

Mumford’s protests grew louder and louder until he was finally tackled and tased by marshals, according to Cox and another member of the defense’s legal team. The judge ordered the courtroom cleared.

Morgan Philpot, co-counsel for Ammon Bundy, said he was five feet away from Mumford when he was taken down by U.S. Marshals. He said Mumford screamed as he was tased in the back.

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Unfortunately, one man did not get justice, but a casket instead.

Unfortunately agreed.

Echos of waco and ruby ridge..

And now as then the killers will get off scott free..

The marshalls best David Fry

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Vanja Jasmine Berg-Welo They beat David fry up per Ammon just now!! Share everywhere!! They threw him to the ground and forced him into chains and handcuffs and took him out of the courthouse. US Marshals from Homeland security beat David Fry up. He is a free man found NOT GUILTY and they still want to have control over him. One last beating I guess while they still can!
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Thursday, October 27, 2016:
BREAKING NEWS: 4:15 p.m. PDT — ALL DEFENDANTS ACQUITTED — FOUND NOT GUILTY — of ALL Criminal Conspiracy & Gun Charges. More details later.

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It’s worth watching John Lamb’s reaction on Facebook.

IN FURTHER BREAKING NEWS, it has been reported now by multiple sources that in the chaos in the courtroom following reading of the verdict, Attorney Marcus Mumford was attacked, tackled and tased by U.S. Marshalls. More details on that later too.

According to multiple sources, when Attorney Marcus Mumford attempted to argue that his client, Ammon Bundy, was acquitted and should be released as Defendant David Fry will be, multiple U.S. Marshalls took Mumford to the ground and tased him in the courtroom.

“It just blows my mind,’ that a lawyer would be taken to the ground and Tased in a courtroom.” — Margie Paris, UofO law professor

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As the Oregon Standoff Trial jury is starting deliberations from scratch, the Defendants have filed a request to have an additional jury instruction given regarding Second Amendment Rights, that they had

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the language of the motion, this new request was filed based on the defendants’ assertion that the Government breached the assurances it had given both to the court and to the Defendants prior to its rebuttal case and closing arguments that it would not mention “Militia” or make any attempt to tie the so-called “Militia” and their guns and actions to the defendants.

To review Defendants’ Second Amendment Jury Instruction Request, CLICK HERE.

When Judge Brown instructed the newly-configured jury to begin deliberations from scratch, including selection of a new foreperson, she told them to completely disregard any previous deliberations as if they had never happened. She declined, however, to however, to give the jury Defendants’ newly re-requested Second Amendment Instruction.

Otherwise, while waiting for further developments, let’s explore some of the comments that have puportedly been popping up on MSM comment boards, including in response to Maxine Bernstein’s articles on The Oregonian/OregonLive. Someone passed along a comment with notes about these purported comments, which raise all sorts of questions:

“Comments [on OregonLive comment boards about] max bernstien’s article 10/25/16 9:34 pm by @I AmBaady & @hampton “….that wasn’t our job or the judges…lt was the attorney’s job” 5:21 am 10/26/16 & at 4:19am “we have a college student (juror)….this kid probably overreacted” & at 4:16am “sure wish the jury had not sprung a leak”

“Wasn’t our job”? “We have a college student (juror)”? — Who’s posting this stuff? Members of the jury? Court staff? Prosecution? “Sure wish the jury had not sprung a leak“? Is there more to that story?

Is there much more to the whole equation than meets the eye.

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Outstanding, glad to see that they were acquitted and the Jury told the feds to literally go fuck themselves.

Now off to Nevada to do it all over again apparently...

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Outstanding, glad to see that they were acquitted and the Jury told the feds to literally go fuck themselves.

Now off to Nevada to do it all over again apparently...

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Wash and repeat!

Etc etc !

Sorta like the feds saying Pi is round and not squared !

Despite all evidence to them Pi is round !

Agenda's are what agenda's do !

Shit in a hand basket explanation !

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If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

You can bet "they" will do much better at rigging the jury the second time.

I'm really just dumbfounded by this acquittal. I'd love to have seen the faces of the black-robed whore and the persecutors when the foreman read the verdict.

You simply do not "win" in Federal "court." All the rules are stacked against you; a real defense is not allowed per "rules of evidence." This is the biggest acquittal since Ft. Smith. Some heads will surely roll for this, in the US Attorney's office.

This was literally a miracle.

“This is off-the-charts unbelievable,” said Matthew Schindler, an attorney for defendant Kenneth Medenbach. “I had been telling my client you can count on being convicted. You don’t walk into a federal court and win a case like this. It just doesn’t happen.”

Occupier David Fry released from jail: ‘I’m really free’

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I'm really just dumbfounded by this acquittal. I'd love to have seen the faces of the black-robed whore and the persecutors when the foreman read the verdict.

You simply do not "win" in Federal "court." All the rules are stacked against you; a real defense is not allowed per "rules of evidence." This is the biggest acquittal since Ft. Smith. Some heads will surely roll for this, in the US Attorney's office.

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U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown told him that there was a U.S. Marshal's hold on him from a pending federal indictment in Nevada.

"No, he's released on these charges. He's acquitted. Nevada doesn't have jurisdiction,'' Mumford yelled, standing before the judge. "If there's a detainer, show me.''

"Mr. Mumford, you really need to never yell at me now or never again,'' the judge responded.

Brown told Mumford that she's releasing Bundy on all federal holds in the Oregon case, but he'll have to take up any questions about the federal holds from the Nevada case with the U.S. Marshals Service.

"If they want him, they know where to find him,'' Mumford told the judge. "I don't see any paper proving their authority to hold him.''

Suddenly, a group of about six to seven U.S. Marshals, who had been either standing or seated around the perimeter of the courtroom, slowly moved in and surrounded Mumford at his defense table. The judge directed them to move back but moments later, the marshals grabbed onto him.

"What are you doing?'' Mumford yelled, as he struggled and was taken down to the floor.

As deputy marshals yelled, "Stop resisting,'' the judge demanded, "Everybody out of the courtroom now!''

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Defense lawyer Per C. Olson, who represented co-defendant David Fry, called the physical confrontation "a complete overreaction. Utterly disgusting.''

Olson said Mumford was getting animated, but he did nothing physical. He didn't charge the bench, or block marshals from his client. "He raised his arm as if to say, what the hell...And they grabbed him, Tased him and took him down. It was just shocking. It was completely inappropriate,'' Olson said.

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Margaret "Margie" Paris, a University of Oregon law professor and former dean, said she couldn't believe what occurred when she learned of the confrontation.

"It just blows my mind,'' Paris said. "To have a lawyer who's making an argument in court physically restrained and taken down is extraordinary. He's entitled to make these arguments. If he was repeating himself over and over, the more typical response is to hold him in contempt. But to physically accost him is just shocking.''


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Fuck the leftists. Jewess (((Sally Kohn))) obviously doesn't believe in the jury system.

The Bundys and allies occupied public property, in defense of justice.

The leftists are attempting to occupy private property, being used for a good purpose.

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Fuck the leftists. Jewess (((Sally Kohn))) obviously doesn't believe in the jury system.

The Bundys and allies occupied public property, in defense of justice.

The leftists are attempting to occupy private property, being used for a good purpose.

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To them it's basically:

FeatherNigger = Good
Cowboy = Bad

Marcus Mumford tells what happened in court.

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Unfortunately agreed.

Echos of waco and ruby ridge..

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So true. Even in the unlikely event that the killers are charged in an Oregon court they will have the case removed to their good old boy club court system. Getting a guilty verdict will be next to impossible.

While I have been following this case I have pieced together, what I think are some of the major things the federal government and Congress have done to blatantly sidestep the limits placed on them by the constitution.

(1) The civil war, passage of the 14th amendment and creation of a new class of United States Citizen.

(2) Passage of the unconstitutional Federal Reserve Act

(3) Passage of the Social Security Act and deceiving the population into believing they must join to be able to work, and declaring themselves to be United States Citizens (federal).

(4) 1946 passage of the Administrative Procedures Act which effectively turned Congress' lawmaking power over to the federal agencies and bureacracies by giving them power to write thier own rules and regulations.

(5) 1948 Congress created the current class of administrative US District Courts. It is my belief they are the administrative courts for the US Dept. of Justice of the executive branch of the federal government. Now we have administrative bureaus and agencies under control of the president, Attorney General and US attorneys under the control of the president, administrative courts filled with administrative law judges under the control of the president.

(6) Coercing the fifty states into adopting the Uniform Commercial Code , then dangling the federal grant money in their faces. This is how they control local politicians and public servants like David Ward, Governor Brown and Steve Grasty. Comply with the stipulations or lose your grant money.

(7) Dumbing down the population in the government schools and driving the people into poverty. Poor, uneducated people are easier to control.

Now we have a population believing they are US Citzens, state and county officials, puppets, dancing to the federal tune for their grant dollars, militarized police funded and equiped by federal grants and a pliable populace who can neither read, write or think.

Look out the window and see the end result. An oversize collection of federal bureaucracies and agencies controlling the USA.

You can replace the president, and of the congress but nothing will change without removing all these administrative bureacrats and taking away thier power. These are the people who govern the country.

Donald Trump can't fix any of these problems.

Vicky Davis, TVOI NEWS

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Federal Outlaws Brutally Attack Bundy Defense Attorney Marcus Mumford

Posted By: adminon: October 28, 2016In: F-National, Featured, MalheurTags: Ammon Bundy, Jeff Banta, Judge Anna Brown, Malheur, Marcus Mumford, Ryan Bundy, Shawna CoxNo CommentsPrintEmail



In Oregon District court, it truly was a moment of the thrill of victory followed by the agony of a demonstration of federal brutality and lawlessness. Last night in the highly emotionally charged court room of Federal Judge Anna Brown following a NOT GUILTY verdict for all seven of the Malheur Occupiers, the full measure of the police brutality was on display.



All seven defendants should have walked out of the court room as free men and women. Instead, four men and one woman were freed by the verdict, but when U.S. Marshal’s moved to take custody of Ammon and Ryan Bundy, Ammon’s attorney, Marcus Mumford objected making an argument to the Judge that his client had been acquitted and they should be free to walk out of the court room.
According to the eyewitness account of Shawna Cox, one of the acquitted defendants, Judge Anna Brown said there was some kind of paperwork – presumably, extradition papers. Mumford argued, “I asked for the paperwork, I didn’t get any paperwork, you don’t have any paperwork from Nevada and you can’t take these men. You don’t have jurisdiction” to which Anna Brown said, you’re right, I don’t have any jurisdiction but the Marshals are going to take these men into custody. Judge Anna Brown allowed it to happen in her court but not before Defense Attorney Marcus Mumford was viciously attacked by federal marshals as he attempted to make his arguments to the Court.


According to eyewitness, Jeff Banta, another of the acquitted defendants, Mumford put his arms out to block federal marshals from taking Ammon while saying, “What are you doing…what are you doing? At which point a mob of federal marshals – six men and 3 women attacked Defense Attorney Marcus Mumford wrestling him to the ground. Banta said he didn’t see the Marshals tase Mumford but Shawna Cox was adamant “they fought him to the ground, twisted him up and they tased him”.


Defense Attorney Marcus Mumford is a relatively small man and being in a federal court building was obviously unarmed and a threat to nobody. Regardless of how anyone feels about what happened at Malheur, everyone should be concerned when a gang of federal agents viciously attack an unarmed man in a court room when he is making an argument to the court. Mumford was doing his job by demanding to see the authority that federal marshals were claiming that allowed them to take Ammon and Ryan Bundy into custody following their acquittal. They couldn’t – or didn’t feel like they had to produce the legal authority to take the Bundys.

When federal agents become federal goons who think they are above the law and can act on their own authority outside of the law, we should all be afraid because nobody is safe. Outlaws are people who act outside the law. When federal officers who have badges and guns become outlaws, everyone is in danger and something needs to be done about it posthaste.

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Moments after the Oregon standoff defendants' acquittals were announced in court Thursday, Ammon Bundy's lawyer Marcus Mumford stood before the judge, and argued that his client should be released from custody immediately and allowed to walk out of the courtroom a free man.

Ammon Bundy, who chose to wear blue jails scrubs throughout the trial, was dressed in a gray suit Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown told him that there was a U.S. Marshal's hold on him from a pending federal indictment in Nevada.

"No, he's released on these charges. He's acquitted. Nevada doesn't have jurisdiction,'' Mumford yelled, standing before the judge. "If there's a detainer, show me.''

"Mr. Mumford, you really need to never yell at me now or never again,'' the judge responded.

Brown told Mumford that she's releasing Bundy on all federal holds in the Oregon case, but he'll have to take up any questions about the federal holds from the Nevada case with the U.S. Marshals Service.

"If they want him, they know where to find him,'' Mumford told the judge. "I don't see any paper proving their authority to hold him.''

Suddenly, a group of about six to seven U.S. Marshals, who had been either standing or seated around the perimeter of the courtroom, slowly moved in and surrounded Mumford at his defense table. The judge directed them to move back but moments later, the marshals grabbed onto him.

"What are you doing?'' Mumford yelled, as he struggled and was taken down to the floor.

As deputy marshals yelled, "Stop resisting,'' the judge demanded, "Everybody out of the courtroom now!''

Mumford was taken into custody by the Federal Protective Services.

He was cited for failure to comply with a federal lawful order and disturbance and released with a Jan. 6 date to return to federal court, said Eric Wahlstrom, supervising deputy of the U.S. Marshals Service.

According to Wahlstrom, Mumford was shocked with a stun gun in what's called a dry-stun mode, meaning no probes were fired into his body but a Taser was placed up against his body.

Wahlstrom, who was not in the courtroom, said the actions were taken because Mumford was resisting and preventing marshals from taking Ammon Bundy out of the courtroom and back into custody.

Wahlstrom said the stun gun was used because deputy U.S. marshals "attempted to handcuff him and he continued to resist.''

But observers who were close to the arrest decried the use of force against a lawyer in court.

"What happened at the end is symbolic of the improper use of force by the federal government,'' Mumford's co-counsel J. Morgan Philpot said. Philpot explained that Mumford was attempting to point out that since the judge previously had said in court that she had no authority over detention orders made by the court in Nevada, she couldn't now maintain the right to order his client held.

"I grew up on a dairy farm, so am I used to some rough treatment, sure?'' Mumford told reporters, after his release. But he said the actions of the U.S. marshals were uncalled for.

"All I was asking for was papers. Just show me you have the authority to take Mr. Bundy into custody,'' Mumford said.

Defense lawyer Per C. Olson, who represented co-defendant David Fry, called the physical confrontation "a complete overreaction. Utterly disgusting.''

Olson said Mumford was getting animated, but he did nothing physical. He didn't charge the bench, or block marshals from his client. "He raised his arm as if to say, what the hell...And they grabbed him, Tased him and took him down. It was just shocking. It was completely inappropriate,''Olson said.

Defense lawyer Matthew Schindler, standby counsel for defendant Kenneth Medenbach, said he was disappointed by Mumford's challenge to his client's return to custody, considering he faces more serious federal charges in Nevada.

Schindler said Mumford was exhausted, having "put out everything he had,'' during the past six weeks of the case.

"Unfortunately he let his passion and desire and belief in his client overcome his good judgement,'' Schindler said.

Margaret "Margie" Paris, a University of Oregon law professor and former dean, said she couldn't believe what occurred when she learned of the confrontation.

"It just blows my mind,'' Paris said. "To have a lawyer who's making an argument in court physically restrained and taken down is extraordinary. He's entitled to make these arguments. If he was repeating himself over and over, the more typical response is to hold him in contempt. But to physically accost him is just shocking.''

An anonymous for Governor Kate Brown in response to her public statement

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Regarding the word "fucking" in the above, it could had much more value with those words omitted.

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Just professionalism. Looks like a kid with his mothers panties got all bunched up his ass. I personally would disregard like a grain of salt. It adds nothing to the ongoing fight.

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These dirty fuckers fear passion. They need to see the passion. Passionate words are good.

I'd much rather hear what a sniper has to say, though.

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I Thom Davis, being a resident of Harney County Oregon, demand the arrest of Dave Ward and Steve Grasty for failure to do their duty to protect the people of Harney County from the federal Government assualt on the people of Harney County. Also for the dereliction of their duty to respond to 911 calls. (Dave you can't pick which 911 calls to answer.)

We demand the arrest of all that were involved in the unlawful murder of an innocent man, Lavoy Finicum, and the unlawful arrest of Ammon and Ryan Bundy et al.

We call for the arrest of all that participated in the murder of Lavoy from Dave Ward, Steve Grasty, Kate Brown, Bretzing and Jones of the FBI, Lorreta Lynch and Valarie Jarred also the 8 Oregon State Police involved in the murder and also the 3 OSP that fired the killing shots that caused the murder of Lavoy.

We demand accountability for the intimation by all OSP and Sheriff Officers from all over Oregon and the wasted tax payers money as they played army here in Harney County. The removal of all Politicians from public seats who supported the government over reach in Harney County.

We call for the release of our friends and neighbors Dwight and Steven Hammond from prison and that they are compensated for the hardships, financial and emotional, that is put upon them.

We call for the arrest of the public servants who inflicted hardships upon the Hammond's by their lies and corruption. This we demand from all involved in the nightmare created in Harney County by the government representatives.
#Trthecowboyand1

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Biggest Initial Takeaways from the Oregon Standoff Trial

October 28, 2016 - Government/Politics, Oregon Standoff - Tagged: FBI, Harney County, LaVoy Finicum, Malheur, Oregon, Oregon Standoff, Range, RANGEfire, sheriff - 7 comments


#1 – LaVOY FINICUM’S DEATH WAS COMPLETELY UNJUSTIFIED. May he rest in peace.
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Compelling new forensic evidence shows what really happened. WATCH THE VIDEOS.

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Based on the Constitutional presumption of innocence until proven guilty, the outcome of the Oregon Standoff Trial, in which the Defendants were unanimously found Not-Guilty, clearly demonstrates that LaVoy Finicum’s involvement in the Refuge Occupation was not unlawful. While the federal government continues to exercise and apply excessive force to people involved at every opportunity (witness the treatment of Attorney Marcus Mumford), the FBI is still distorting and trying to dodge the truth about what really happened to LaVoy. There were no arrest warrants, and at this point, based on the outcome of the trial, obviously there was no legitimate probable cause or any legally justifiable basis for the stop. The entire operation was a Fourth Amendment violation. And the intentional escalation and excessive force used to kill LaVoy were much worse.

What a bittersweet result the trial verdict must be for the Finicum Family.

Now, the Federal Government, Governor Kate Brown, and the Oregon State Police need to be tried and held accountable not only for LaVoy’s death, but for the Elaborate Cover-up they have engaged in regarding the real facts regarding his shooting.

#2 – AMMON BUNDY, RYAN BUNDY, DAVID FRY & OTHER INCARCERATED DEFENDANTS ARE/WERE INDEED POLITICAL PRISONERS.

#3 – FEDERAL OVERREACH (and ARROGANCE) IS REAL — AND GETTING WORSE.

AND #4 – HARNEY COUNTY NEEDS A NEW SHERIFF – Harney County Seriously Needs a New Sheriff!

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The Real Conspirators ^^^^^^

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Bill Goode shared Wayne Sasser's post.

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LaVoy was assassinated for the same actions of which 7 others were acquitted yesterday. This makes those who conspired to kill LaVoy, as well as those who actually pulled the trigger, absolutely guilty of murder.


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Wayne Sasser22 hrs · Long Beach, CA
Just who is going to answer for this???
And When???
I have more than a few names, but those that pulled the trigger to murder LaVoy is still being withheld from us.
WHY???
Just following orders ain't gonna do it.....................

Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore on the Not Guilty verdict

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The government is nervous, they know they have been exposed. Harry Reid needs to call off his attack dogs and appologize to the nation for calling the Bundy's domestic terrorists. Thom Davis called for the arrest of all involved in LaVoy's execution. I am 100% in support. I sent the FBI JERK in Oregon who made the announcement that the FBI was disappointed in the verdict a copy of the law showing his jurisdiction suggestion he familiarize himself wth it, and the jury's decision followed the constitution 100%.

Now Dept. of Interior Secretary Sally Jewel is whining. Iwill send her a copy of the law and suggest she abide by it also.

She must disarm her goon squad.
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Interior secretary warns employees to be 'vigilant' after Bundy decision

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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell told department employees she is concerned that a jury’s decision to acquit six men and a woman in connection with their occupation of a remote Oregon wildlife refuge could endanger federal employees.


In a letter sent Friday to Interior Department staff, Jewell said she respected the jury’s verdict but that staffers should be vigilant — and careful — going forward.


“I am profoundly disappointed in this outcome and am concerned about its potential implications for our employees and for the effective management of public lands,” Jewell wrote.


The Portland jury on Thursday found brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy and five of their allies not guilty of federal conspiracy charges, handed down in the wake of their six-week occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge earlier this year.


The occupiers arrived to protest the incarceration of two ranchers, Dwight and Steven Hammond, on arson charges. Defense attorneys spent the five-week trial arguing that the occupiers were exercising their First Amendment right to protest.


Jurors told news outlets that prosecutors had failed to convince them that the occupiers had conspired to keep federal agents from doing their jobs.


Eleven others have already pleaded guilty to other charges relating to the takeover. Another occupier was shot by federal agents during a traffic stop near the wildlife refuge.


In her letter to department staff, Jewell said she and Deputy Interior Secretary Mike Connor had visited the refuge in March, shortly after the occupation ended. The employees she met there, she wrote, had been worried about their own safety.


“The armed occupation in Oregon was and continues to be a reminder that employees in all offices should remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity to your supervisor and, where appropriate, law enforcement officials,” Jewell wrote.


The Bundy brothers face charges in another case stemming from a 2014 standoff between their father, Cliven Bundy, and federal agents over grazing fees on Bureau of Land Management land outside of Las Vegas. Ammon and Ryan Bundy were kept in federal custody in advance of that trial.

Dual Citizen.

SALLY JEWELL

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Occupation:
Secretary of the Interior, Former President and CEO of REI


Political Affiliation:
Democratic


Residence:
Seattle, Washington


Country of Citizenship:
United States, London, United Kingdom


Education:
University of Washington, Seattle (B.S.)


Marital Status:
Married


Children:
2


Age:
60

Edit: A climate change freak and a banker,

From the Dept. of Interior Website:
Sally Jewell


Sally Jewell was sworn in as the 51st Secretary of the Interior on April 12, 2013.
In nominating Jewell, President Obama said, “She is an expert on the energy and climate issues that are going to shape our future. She is committed to building our nation-to-nation relationship with Indian Country. She knows the link between conservation and good jobs. She knows that there’s no contradiction between being good stewards of the land and our economic progress; that in fact, those two things need to go hand in hand.”


As Secretary of the Interior, Jewell leads an agency with more than 70,000 employees. Interior serves as steward for approximately 20 percent of the nation’s lands, including national parks, national wildlife refuges, and other public lands; oversees the responsible development of conventional and renewable energy supplies on public lands and waters; is the largest supplier and manager of water in the 17 Western states; and upholds trust responsibilities to the 567 federally recognized American Indian tribes and Alaska Natives.


Prior to her confirmation, Jewell served in the private sector, most recently as President and Chief Executive Officer of Recreation Equipment, Inc. (REI). Jewell joined REI as Chief Operating Officer in 2000 and was named CEO in 2005. During her tenure, REI nearly tripled in business to $2 billion and was consistently ranked one of the 100 best companies to work for by Fortune Magazine.


Before joining to REI, Jewell spent 19 years as a commercial banker, first as an energy and natural resources expert and later working with a diverse array of businesses that drive our nation’s economy. Trained as a petroleum engineer, Jewell started her career with Mobil Oil Corp. in the oil and gas fields of Oklahoma and the exploration and production office in Denver, Colo. where she was exposed to the remarkable diversity of our nation’s oil and gas resources.


An avid outdoorswoman, Jewell finds time to explore her backyard in the Pacific Northwest where she enjoys skiing, kayaking, hiking and other activities. She has scaled Mount Rainier on seven occasions, and recently climbed Vinson Massif, the highest mountain in Antarctica.


Jewell has worked to ensure that public lands are accessible and relevant to all people from all backgrounds, and to build a connection between the great outdoors and a new generation of Americans.


Jewell is a graduate of the University of Washington. She and her husband, Warren, have two adult children, Peter and Anne.






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Thx monty for keeping this thread alive during the past ~9 months that this story went dormant. :)

Rense last night; lady is partner of the dubious pete shamshilly. Says twas jury nullification --H H--

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Thx monty for keeping this thread alive during the past ~9 months that this story went dormant. :)

Rense last night; lady is partner of the dubious pete shamshilly. Says twas jury nullification --H H--

Jeff Rense Radio Show - 2016.10.28


Listen Download Hour 1 - Dean Henderson - (Left Hook)

Listen Download Hour 2 - Deb Jordan - Wildlife Preserve Protesters Acquitted In Oregon

Listen Download Hour 3 - John Barbour - Never A Dull Moment

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Whether it was jury nullification or just an honest "not guilty" verdict it was correct.

I hope and think this will blow a huge hole in the Nevada prosecutions case.

Dear Sally Jewell . . .

Subject: Overreach of federal bureaucracies on public lands

Feedback:
Dear Secretary Jewell:

The news media is filled with statements from various public servants, agency and department heads about the disappointment in the verdict over the Malheur Protest.

A most decent and honest man was murdered/executed by Oregon State Police/FBI agents because he was spreading the truth.

The Bureau of Land Management posseses no constitutional authority for law enforcement on public land. Congress in an enactment has defined the jurisdiction of the United States that exactly parallels the restrctions placed on it by our founding fathers when they wrote our constitution. http://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.h...me=62&page=683, an act to revise, codify and enact into positive law, Title 18 of the United States Code, entitled "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"

http://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.h...me=62&page=685
Section 5 defines "United States" for this title in a territorial sense (Title18)

Section 7 defines the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States (Crimes and Criminal Procedure)

Section 7(3) "Any lands acquired or reserved for the USE OF THE UNITED STATES . . . . . . . ."
Public land is not included in hte above category. The Bureau of Land Managment "police", I prefer the term "goon squad" have no jusrisdiction over Americans on public land.

Senator Harry Reid's appointment of Niel Kornze is a huge conflict conflict of interest.

The jury followed our constitution and our federal laws 100%. There can be no disappointment.

Althought this does not a DOI issue, directly, this same statute dictates the jurisdiction of the US District Courts, attorneys, and FBI personnel. Each and everyone who has exceeded their jurisdiction have abandoned the protection of their office and are proceeding as private citzens committing treason against the constitution.

As much as the federal government doesn't like it the constitution is still law.

The arrest and conviction of the Hammond ranchers that triggered this protest was also completely illegal.

Sincerely,

James L. Jensen

Gary Hunt with "Words from the Poor Losers"

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October 29, 2016, 5:46 am
Burns Chronicles N^o 36
Words from the Poor Losers

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Gary Hunt
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October 29, 2016

Quite often, while writing an article, my heart is heavy over the actions of government that is suppressing the rights that are our birthright, as posterity of the Founding Fathers. However, as I sit at my keyboard, today, it is with a sense of pleasant surprise and extreme joy that so many felt, yesterday, when the verdict was announced in the Ammon Bundy, et al, trial.

The pleasant surprise comes because for the first time in over twenty years of watching Patriots stand trial for pretend crimes, the jury came back with a verdict that was not what the government wanted.

In a recent article, “The Bundy Affair – #16 – The Legal Shotgun“, I explained how there is a tendency for juries to find defendants guilty of something, especially when many charges, or counts, are a part of the prosecution. This seems to be based upon the infallibility of government. If they say that someone did something wrong, then we, the jury, must find them guilty of doing something wrong.

The jury found that though the government tried, desperately, to prove “intent”, they saw an “effect” in the matter of government employees failing to go to work during the occupation. Interestingly, as explained in another article, “Burns Chronicles N^o 30 – Officer? What Officer?“, the law that was cited in the Indictment applied only to “officers”, not “employees”. So, the jury being denied that information, what the law really is, still found no cause of intent, on the part of the defendants, to have kept any employee from doing their duty.

Before we move on to extreme joy, we will lay a foundation for a better understanding of what led to the exultation. And, it is mostly predicated upon the various government bureaucrats’ reaction to the verdict.

We will start with News Release from the FBI, the investigators and shooters in the events of this past January, with a statement by United States Attorney Billy J. Williams, in charge of the prosecution for the government (emphasis mine):JURY DELIVERS VERDICTS IN OREGON STANDOFF TRIALNews Release from FBI – Oregon
Posted on FlashAlert: October 27th, 2016 5:24 PMUnited States Attorney’s Office Press Release
USAO Contact: Kevin Sonoff
(503) 727-1185
kevin.sonoff@usdoj.govPORTLAND, Ore. — A federal jury today delivered its verdicts against seven defendants charged with conspiracy, possession of firearms on federal property, and theft during the 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Jurors found Ammon Bundy, Shawna Cox, David Lee Fry, Jeff Wayne Banta, Kenneth Medenbach, and Neil Wampler not guilty on all counts. Jurors found Ryan Bundy not guilty on charges of conspiracy and possession of firearms, but were unable to reach a verdict on the charge of theft.

Co-defendants Jason Blomgren, Brian Cavalier, Blaine Cooper, Eric Flores, Wesley Kjar, Corey Lequieu, Joseph O’Shaughnessy, Ryan Payne, Jon Ritzheimer, Geoffrey Stanek, and Travis Cox previously pled guilty. Co-defendants Dylan Anderson, Sandra Anderson, Sean Anderson, Duane Ehmer, Jason Patrick, Darryl Thorn, and Jake Ryan will stand trial beginning February 14, 2017. Charges against co-defendant Peter Santilli were previously dismissed.

“While we had hoped for a different outcome, we respect the verdict of the jury and thank them for their dedicated service during this long and difficult trial,” said Billy J. Williams, United States Attorney for the District of Oregon. “We strongly believe that this case needed to be brought before a Court, publicly tried, and decided by a jury. Despite the verdict reached, I want to personally thank all of the law enforcement personnel who worked tirelessly to bring about a peaceful resolution to the Malheur occupation. I also want to thank the residents of Burns, Hines, and Harney County and members of the Burns Paiute Tribe for their patience and resolve throughout this process.”

“For many weeks, hundreds of law enforcement officers — federal, state, and local — worked around-the-clock to resolve the armed occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge peacefully. We believe now — as we did then — that protecting and defending this nation through rigorous obedience to the U.S. Constitution is our most important responsibility,” said Greg Bretzing, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Oregon. “Although we are extremely disappointed in the verdict, we respect the court and the role of the jury in the American judicial system.”

The case was investigated by the FBI and prosecuted by Geoffrey Barrow, Ethan Knight, and Craig Gabriel, Assistant United States Attorneys for the District of Oregon.

Note that the government still calls it an “armed occupation”, though later they also say that they “respect the court and the role of the jury”. They suggest that they will still hold the remaining defendants who “will stand trial beginning February 14, 2017”. I guess they haven’t yet realized that if the ringleaders are not guilty, then it is simply a waste of time and taxpayer money (so far over $100,000,000 has been spent in this persecution) to do so. But, maybe they are trying to pull a victory out of defeat.

They talk about the “law enforcement personnel who worked tirelessly to bring about a peaceful resolution to the Malheur occupation“. Do they not realize that this whole thing really began with the Murder of LaVoy Finicum, definitely not a peaceful event. And then after the verdict, Marcus Mumford was thrown to the floor by five US Marshal goons, then tazed, right there in the “halls of justice”, while the judge was only concerned with appearances when she ordered the courtroom cleared. (Here is a short, 2’40” video of Mumford explaining what happened). Then, David Fry, who was found not guilty by the jury, was handcuffed and put in a solitary holding cell, where he sat for hours before he was “processed out” as a free man, effectively saying that the government still retained him incarcerated.

So, we have an event that occurred over an extended period of time. The sides began to clash over a shooting that was not peaceful, and the final act in the first trial ended in an act that was not peaceful. The Defendants perpetrated neither of these acts — the government perpetrated both. Boy, the spin never stops.

Now, the real kicker in this press release is a statement by Greg Bretzing, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Oregon, when he says, “that protecting and defending this nation through rigorous obedience to the U.S. Constitution is our most important responsibility.” Especially when that Constitution that he was “protecting and defending… through rigorous obedience to the U.S. Constitution“, and the Court absolutely refused to let the word “Constitution” be spoken during the trial.

Next, we can look at the press release of Harney County Sheriff David Ward, a key player, and supposed lawful authority in Harney County. His statement is quite brief:PRESS RELEASEOctober 27, 2016I have been notified of the not guilty verdict in the United States Federal trial of Ammon Bundy and other individuals involved in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge takeover.

While I am disappointed in the outcome, I believe our form of government and justice system to be the best in the world. These folks were tried in a court of law and found not guilty by a jury of their peers.This is our system and I stand by it.

David M. Ward
Barney County Sheriff

However, Sheriff Ward assumed guilt by his participation, and submission, to federal overreach. The fact that he was “disappointed” is indicative of his belief that he was right and the jury was wrong. Then, considering how weak he has been through the entire ordeal that comes as no surprise.

Next, we hear from, well:Governor Kate Brown
@OregonGovBrownStatement regarding the Malheur Refuge Occupation trial:“While I respect the jury’s decision, I am disappointed. The occupation of the Malheur Refuge by outsiders did not reflect the Oregon way of respectfully working together to resolve differences. I appreciate the due diligence of our federal partners and stand with the communities of Harney County and residents of Burns.Governor Kate Brown”

She begins by “respect[ing] the jury’s decision“, but in the same breath, says that she is “disappointed“. How utterly condescending can one be, especially with that being her opening statement? She then refers to those in the Refuge as “outsiders“, but rather than dealing with those “outsiders” as the Governor of Oregon, she calls in some other outsiders, the federal goons, to deal with what is, and as determined by the jury, not a federal problem. Civil eviction, under state law, would be the proper remedy. But, well, what kind of governor is she? Now, she can refer to the other outsiders as “federal partners“, but those many supporters in Harney County, and from other parts of Oregon, are not allowed to have the support of their partners, the Defendants. Finally, we can look at her reference to “resolv[ing] differences“, and wonder why nobody was willing to address the “Redress of Grievances” that included her as one of the addressees of that obvious “difference”. She simply ignored the “differences” that she suggests are “the Oregon way“. Finally, let’s look at what the operators of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge have to say:While we are profoundly disappointed in the outcome of the trial, we are eager to move forward. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is committed to the security, healing and comfort of our Malheur National Wildlife Refuge employees and the Harney County communities they serve, and to continue strengthening the collaborations and positive relationships cited throughout this trial.Dan Ashe
Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Jason Holm
Assistant Regional Director–External Affairs
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Region

Again, we find that they “are profoundly disappointed” in the verdict. However, they are “committed to the security, healing and comfort of our Malheur National Wildlife Refuge employees“. Dan Ashe, also tells us, in a February Oregon Live video (3’15” @ 2’06”), the direct cost of the occupation was $2,000,000. Then, he tells us that the direct cost includes the “relocation of 17 employees who received threats, along with their families and expenses, to Portland, Bend, or Seattle, for their safety, to live in hotels.”

There is no indication that any of those “employees” suffered (though they may feel “offended” and need a safe space) and need any “healing”. After all, they did not lose a day’s pay, during the entire event. And, at least one of those employees visited that Refuge during the occupation, though that testimony was never presented to the jury.

What stands out is that they who have taken an oath to the Constitution, and are paid by the government the Constitution created, are so “disappointed” when the Constitution is adhered to. They attempt to transfer the responsibility back on the defendants.However, they do want to transfer any sympathy from those who spent 9 months in jail, paid thousands of dollars for their defense, and suffered undue hardship at the hands of local, state, and the federal government. They don’t address the “security” of the Defendants and their families — especially financial security — as they lost their jobs and source of their sustenance. They offer nothing with regard to the “healing” that the Defendants and their families will have to achieve only among themselves, their friends, and supporters. They have offered nothing in the way of “comfort“, especially Jeanette Finicum, who lost her husband, at the hands of those seeking “to resolve the armed occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge peacefully” or “respectfully working together to resolve differences“.

None of them has extended a hand of care, or an APOLOGY, for the hardships that they have imposed on others, as is truly warranted based upon the verdict of the jury — that process that they claim to revere as our constitutional form of government. They are nothing more than hypocritical leeches, sucking at the government teat.

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I was really pleased to see this outcome during the week. I did some punching the air, I can tell you.

The first part of the fight is done but as others have said it won't be the last these people hear from the Government trying to take their land. They need to turn the tide and go on the offensive. Heads need to roll and the agencies like the FBI and BLM need to be put back in their boxes and restrained to doing only what their charter allows for.... if in fact their existence is legitimate in the first place.

Then there is the situation with Lavoy and what justice there can be had for him and what justice can be had for the people who murdered him. Not just the people who pulled the trigger but all those that conspired to make it happen.

I've said it before but Thanks Monty for single handedly keeping this thread current every day of this shameful situation.

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Government’s Plan to Railroad Bundy Family Hits a Major Roadblock in Oregon

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Government Vendetta against Cliven Bundy Stopped by Oregon Jury.

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Dwight Hammond

An ongoing government vendetta against the family of Nevada rancher, Cliven Bundy ran into a major roadblock in Oregon on Thursday when a jury unanimously found two of his children; Ammon and Ryan Bundy not guilty of conspiracy and Federal firearms charges on all thirteen counts. It’s not quite, “Free at last. Free at last. Thank God Almighty I am free at last”, like Ammon had hoped, but at least the government’s plan to keep the two Bundys and five other defendants in jail for up to six more years received a major setback as a Portland, Oregon jury saw through the government’s overreaching indictment and right into the real heart of the matter.


There was no conspiracy. The jury also concluded that there was no proof that the occupiers ever intended to threaten any government employees who worked at the Refuge. There was just no evidence of that as no government employees were ever at the Refuge during the entire time the defendants were there.. The jury had to distinguish between the defendant’s actual intentions and the unintended consequence of their actions which was not in their control. The occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge began as a sincere and spontaneous response to the government’s own unlawful actions taken against two Oregon ranchers, Dwight and Stephen Hammond of Burns, Oregon.


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Ammon and Ryan Bundy

Ammon and Ryan Bundy along with David Fry have already spent nine months of their lives behind bars all in an effort to punish those that dared to tell the Federal government they were wrong. However the government will continue to keep Ammon and Ryan Bundy in Federal custody until their next trial in Nevada which stems from an earlier confrontation they had with the BLM at their Father’s ranch in Bunkerville in 2014.


After the verdicts were read, Marcus Mumford, attorney for Ammon Bundy asked Judge Anna Brown to release the two remaining defendants. He said they would promise to report for trial in Nevada as scheduled. Judge Brown said, “No. The Bundy brothers were to remain in the custody of the Federal Marshals.” Mr. Mumford requested to see the paperwork that required his client to remain in custody. Voices were raised. The Judge told Mr. Mumford not to yell at her. About that time several Federal Marshals moved in to arrest Mr. Mumford. There was a scuffle. Mr. Mumford went down on the]http://lessgovisthebestgov.com/blog/...us-Mumford.png
Marcus Mumford

ground.. A table was flipped over and in the process computers and papers went flying. The judge ordered everyone out of the courtroom while Mr. Mumford was being tazed, handcuffed, arrested, and thrown in jail.


It is just another embarrassment for the government which doesn’t respect its own laws or limitations… a government that doesn’t follow the Constitution… a government that picks and chooses which laws it will obey and which laws it won’t obey..


I don’t think such a thing has ever happened before in Federal Court where the Marshals attacked a defense attorney then tazed and arrested him. It shows just how bitter this hard fought legal battle has been and just how angry the government really is at losing. They certainly didn’t lose gracefully. The Department of Un-Justice is literally furious. It is like a wounded animal , even more dangerous than it was before they lost the case..


After being booked in the county jail Mr. Mumford was released on his own recognizance and given a trial date for some time in January.


Meanwhile what is going to happen with the next group of defendants who occupied the Refuge who are scheduled to go on trial sometime in February? Will the charges against them be dropped now that the leaders of the so called “conspiracy” have all been found not guilty, or will the government file new and different charges?


What about those who pled guilty before trial in order to avoid the possibility of long jail sentences? Will they still be required to serve jail time? That seems rather unfair as their guilty pleas were obtained under duress. One of the defendants who pled guilty, Ryan Payne said he felt that he had been misled by Federal prosecutors and he tried to withdraw his guilty plea shortly after he made it.
There are still a lot of questions that remain to be answered, not only why Ammon and Ryan Bundy still have to remain in Federal custody. The truth is that this really is a government vendetta against the family of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy.

The not guilty verdicts in Oregon are not just a win for the defendants. They are a flat out, total rebuke of the government’s actions and tactics which they used against the occupiers of the Refuge and against the Hammond family. It is a rebuke of the FBI, the Oregon State Police, the DOJ, the courts, and it is a rebuke of the federal prosecutors. The entire government has been roundly rebuffed.


Federal prosecutors thought they had a slam dunk case, but even with the court and the deck heavily stacked in their favor… still the government could not prevail inside of the courtroom. Every day at the end of the proceedings three federal prosecutors pushed a large, rolling file cabinet containing three shelves filled with notebooks full of evidence out of the courtroom and into the elevator down to the fourth floor where there offices are. Using all of their enormous resources… tremendous financial, technical, and legal resources which the largest and most powerful government on the face of the earth can bring to bear they still could not win their case against the plain and simple… honest truth that was inherent in the testimony of Ammon Bundy and in the riveting closing argument of his brother Ryan. All seven defendants were fully exonerated on all thirteen charges and on the Federal firearms charges as well.


The government assigned three Federal prosecutors to this case. They were twelve paid government informants who had infiltrated the Refuge and were spying on the defendants throughout the whole time that they were there. The prosecutors raised thousands of courtroom objections during the month plus long trial nearly all of which were sustained by the judge. Much of the evidence that defense attorneys wanted to present to the jury was never even allowed to be seen. Numerous defense witnesses were not permitted to testify.

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Judge Anna Brown

The judge called all of this evidence and the testimony which she banned from the courtroom cumulative in nature. She claimed that she didn’t want to waste the jury’s time with it..

One person’s cumulative is another person’s corroborative and in my opinion all of this evidence was corroborative in nature. The Video evidence that somehow managed to escape her scrutiny and passed her desk into trial was strictly edited right down to the very last nano-second in order to prevent the jurors from ever seeing or hearing too much from the remarkable young man who is at the center of this trial… Ammon Bundy.

At this point I would like to mention the names of the other five defendants that were also found not guilty of conspiracy and federal firearms charges… They are Shawna Cox, Ken Medenbach, David Fry, Jaff Banta, and Neil Wampler.

So even with everything in their favor the government still lost… and they didn’t just lose. They suffered a major setback. They were severely rebuked by the good people of this country whom they chose to act as impartial judges in this case.. So Chalk one up for justice… John Qunicy Adams, America’s Sixth President who was also an attorney said , “The law is an artificial human construct. It is good for nothing outside of a court of law.” I’m glad to see at least that it can still work inside of a court of law. I had my doubts.


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Burns Chronicles No 37 – Intent v. Effect

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Gary Hunt
Outpost of Freedom
October 30, 2016

There has been no substantial interview regarding the deliberations that resulted in 12 Not Guilty Verdicts, and One Verdict where the jury could not get consensus. However, we do have a bit of information that is probably the most critical single piece with regard to understanding just what happened that led to those verdicts.


Juror #4, the juror that brought Judge Brown the indication of bias by Juror #11, has stated that the government failed to show that the occupiers had the intention to impede the government employees. That the failure of the employees to report to the Refuge may have been an effect of the occupation. Since the Jury Instructions required the government to prove “intent”, the jury had to find them Not Guilty, at least with regard to Counts One and Two. In a written statement, Juror #4 said, “All 12 agreed that impeding existed, even if as an effect of the occupation.” The difference between “effect” and “intent”, then, becomes the foundation for this article.


However, first, a bit of an explanation. I seldom bring politics into any of my articles, however, to put this situation in a proper context, I think it is necessary to do so, now. Whether what I am going to bring to your attention had anything to do with their verdict, or not, is yet to be known. If it was not considered, then the irony of the comparison still should be of interest to all.


Addressing those matters that were brought to our attention, this past Friday, regarding Hillary Clinton’s email server and the possibility that criminal pedophiliac material may have gone through that server. That material could possibly be emails from former Representative Anthony Weiner (New York (D)), through his wife, Muslimah Huma Abedin*, through Hillary’s rather suspicious email server, to an underage girl.


* Huma Abedin – Former deputy chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and still a prominent figure in Hillary’s campaign for President.


If that were the case, then suspicion of such activity would warrant, as in all pedophile investigations, the seizure of phones, computers, photographs, records, and almost anything that might prove to be evidence of criminal activity.


At present, there is no public knowledge of the suggested connection, FBI Director James Brien “Jim” Comey, Jr., has advised Congress that the Clinton email scandal investigation has been reopened. Rather ironically, this information comes out the day after the Verdict of Not Guilty in the Ammon Bundy trial.


However, this email scandal had its roots back on July 5, 2016, when Comey stated that, “[W]e did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton, or her colleagues, intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information…” (video). In his almost unprecedented statement, he recommended that the Justice Department not prosecute, because of the absence of intent.
However, it appears that the Jury in the Bundy trial had more sense than either Comey or Billy J. Williams, United States Attorney for the Oregon District. Comey chose not to prosecute and Williams, probably based on the recommendation of Greg Bretzing, FBI SAIC, chose to prosecute. All three ignored what even a blind man could see.
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Criminal activity should be judged on intent. If an act is done inadvertently, with no intention of the act being criminal, then it should not be criminal. However, the government has not been known to play that way. Especially with patriots. But, that is exactly what Clinton did. She set up her private server, she conducted communication with her staff, and others, she allowed others who also worked for the government, to access her computer, and she let those with no ties to the government not only have access, but to maintain, the server.


That’s almost like saying, I jammed the door to the bank so that they couldn’t lock it, but I had no intention of robbing the bank. When the means to create criminal activity are conducted, they become the intent. Neither the jammed door nor the private server were accidental.


On the other hand, those who occupied Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) conducted their activities in the open. Anybody that wanted to visit was allowed to visit. Anybody who wanted to eat was allowed to eat. Anybody who wanted to spend the night was allowed to spend the night. Only those whose behavior might be of concern for the safety of others were asked to leave.
The government enlisted 15 people to inform on those who occupied the MNWR. At least nine of them actually visited the Refuge and were treated equally with everyone else. They were supposed to “get dirt” on the principals. However, they could get no “dirt”, so the government never called them to testify. The Defendants, however, saw a benefit to having two of the informants testify on their behalf.


On the other side of Burns, at the Airport, the FBI set up their “headquarters”. There were numerous battle dressed guards on duty at the gates and questioned anyone that approached them. Their operation was about as secretive as you could get, and access was denied to all but those chosen soldiers of the government.


When the activity of those at MNWR and those at the airport are compared, which of the two groups reeks of intent? Which one reeks of armed force? Which one reeks of conspiracy?


However, at the other location, the jury clearly understood that there was no intent of conspiracy, and that the government employees would be as welcome as anybody else would, though they stayed away as an effect of the occupation, not as a result of it.


When that government, established to serve the people, determines to serve itself, it has failed its purpose. When that government turns its forces to persecute those who challenge its abuse, intending to make political prisoners of them, it has failed in its purpose. When that government, created by the Constitution, refuses to abide by that Constitution, it has failed in its purpose and has become despotic.
“But when long trains of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide for new guards for their future security.”

Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776