150 Militia Take Over Makhuer National Wildlife Preserve Headquarters

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Deborah Jordan posted on facebook re informant at the refuge

https://www.facebook.com/Debrjordan/...16505018475416

Deb Jordan

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Terri Linnell admits she was paid 3,000 in cash by FBI to inform during Malheur occupation and that she has now become a double agent in an attempt to cover her ass. According to activist attending Operation American Spring, Linnell was also responsible for a camp raid that resulted in one man jailed and other's being held at gun point for hours. Linnell was also present at Bundy Ranch. Reports are she is remorseful and "brokenhearted". Linnell attended LaVoy Finicums funeral where she gave an interview and said this:
Terri Linnell was among the protesters in Oregon and she also attended Friday’s services. She said she believes the authorities were not justified in their actions.

"What they did to him was a hit, there was no other way to put it,” she said. “What they did to him was wrong.”
I hope she never forgets her part in assisting in that hit ...
I know that there are going to be those who hate on this post but let me remind you that my best friend spent 8 months in jail because of information given to the FBI by this woman -- While she is set to testify for the defense NOTHING she says will cause me to forgiver her for that! These men and women have been accused and held unjustly because of false information she gave the FBI -- Think about that when you try to excuse her from the responsibility of that.

Double agent my ass - what a joke.

NOT THE FIRST TIME:
She also caused a raid outside of Washington DC when she falsely reported to authorities that Patriots planned to kill the President -- We will see what she had to say about Bundy Ranch --
Why do these people hang around after they do shit like this?

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Deborah Jordan says there were 5 informants at the refuge,

Deb Jordan

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UPDATE: TERRI LINNELL TOLD MY CONTACT -- There was at least 5 paid informants at Malheur -- 3 women and 2 men. 2 have been outed -- Linnell and McConnell. The FBI gave her none of the other informants names, she just knew they were there. She said that she has been informing for the FBI for years and that she was getting $100.00 a meeting to inform on Oathkeepers, and that she attended A LOT of meetings.

Linnnell now says she is testifying for the defense because the FBI broke their contract with her when they killed LaVoy Finicum. Linnell is looking for forgiveness. She spoke to the FBI by phone everyday from January 12th to right before the murder of Mr. Finicum. The FBI told her to leave. She said that the sign in book from the Refuge was given to the FBI on January 19th --

PERKS FOR INFORMING: Linnell says they pay in cash and change your name so it can't be traced --

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Another Twister Radio update, Oct. 5 Jim Lambley Free Speach Zone

http://ice9.securenetsystems.net/med...egon-Trial.m4a

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John Lamb with Oct. 5 afternoon update



https://youtu.be/jmhyH4zCzdo

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Todd Macfaralne's recap of Day 15 of the Malheur Protest trial

http://rangefire.us/2016/09/29/ongoi...-defense-case/


DAY 15 — Wednesday 5, 2016
Where to even begin with today’s recap. It was a pretty ugly day in the Oregon Standoff Trial — or great entertainment — depending on your perspective, with multiple yelling matches between Attorney Marcus

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Mumford and Judge Anna Brown. At one point Judge Brown actually stood up and roared at Mumford to sit down, shut up, and knock-off the “theatrics,” at which point they had an argument about whether or not it was theatrics. If it was theatrics, Mumford might not win any acting awards, but Judge Brown’s performance might not score well in the “judicial decorum” category either. For lighter, though obviously slanted “take” on the proceedings, we highly recommend Bundy Court Sketches on Facebook.

Once once again, with all this courtroom pageantry in mind, I’m going to make another pitch for greater judicial transparency, including live-streaming court proceedings. Everyone with any kind of interest in the Oregon Standoff Trial would benefit from being able to watch the proceedings today. We all deserve to know about about how the judicial system really “works.” It was true judicial theater.

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Mumford spent much of the day frustrated at Judge Brown’s inconsistent rulings on the evidence he wished to present. She had said that Ammon Bundy can testify about his intentions and state of mind in occupying MNWR, and the things that influenced his intentions and state of mind. But today when Ammon Bundy made references to scriptures, and attempted to read them so that the jurors would know exactly what had influenced his thinking, Judge Brown ruled that he was not allowed to read scripture in the court room. This was a very peculiar ruling, as if having a witness cite scripture was the functional equivalent of having the Ten Commandments on display at the courthouse.

She had allowed him to show videos and photographs depicting the events that influenced his thinking, and to testify about hearsay statements from others, including local ranchers, but for some reason scripture was out-of-bounds and off-limts. Later, she made similar rulings with respect to additional videos shot at the Refuge with Ammon talking to local ranchers about their concerns, and about conversations he had had with the Hammonds where they expressed concern to him about their own safety, as well as his, based purely on the fact that they were communicating with him. The court’s inconsistent evidentiary ruliings resulted in multiple heated exchanges with Attorney Mumford, and at one point he threatened to file another motion for mistrial, after which Judge Brown relented, reconsidering some of the evidence he had requested to present, and ultimately did allow part of it to come in. This would indicate that Judge Brown herself knows that she is on thin ice with some

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of her rulings. A majority of the most testy moments occurred outside the presence of the jury in evidentiary hearings about the admissibiliy of evidence, which consumed a fair amount of time, and Attorney Mumford stated that he and his team had been working around the clock to consolidate and pare down the evidence as much as possible.

When the jury was present and Ammon Bundy was on the stand, he testified that he felt directed by God to take possession of the Refuge, but one of his primary intentions was to stake a claim for adverse possession at the Refuge. He said that is why they took physical possession, and tried to meet the criteria of open, adverse, possession and use. That is why they had the signs changed, and sought to change the P.O. box and utlitity accounts. That’s why they sought to clean-up and fix-up the place. They had guns so that they would be taken seriously, and to defend their position and possession of the Refuge. He said at the time he believed what they were doing was legal, completely legal, and “I still believe today that what we did was the right thing,” at which point the prosecution objected, Judge Brown issued a revised instruction to the jury, and there was another argument about who was able to say what was legal and what wasn’t. Clearly, the prosecution only wants Judge Brown to be able to say what is lawful and what isn’t. On the other hand, Ammon Bundy is supposed to be able to testify as to his understanding and state of mind.

After the jury was excused for the court and attorneys to hash-out those issues outside their presence, Bundy resumed his testimony, and testified that during the occupation he was having discussions with Eastern Oregon Congressional Rep. Greg Waldon’s office, and those discussions were making a difference. He testified that because of the Refuge occupation, a lot of people were taking the Hammond situation a lot more seriously. He said he was trying to get local government officials, including Sheriff Ward, to assert their rights, and help restore their rights, as had happened to some extent with his family in Bunkerville, with the Clark County sheriff’s department intervened to help resolve the situation, and helped to secure release of Bundys’ impounded cattle.
Nevada State Assemblywoman, Michelle Fiore, who helped negotiate the final surrender at the Refuge, testified briefly, as did PPN (Pacific Patrior Network) leader Brandon Rapollo, who testified about his service

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in the Marine Corps, and what the PPN as doing at the Refugre on January 9th, when he and other PPN leaders delivered proposed Articles of Resolution to Ammond Bundy and his closest associates, and then they went to Burns to deliver the same proposed Articles of Resolution to the FBI. According to some media sources, the most notable thing about Fiore’s testimony was the fact that when she was leaving the stand, she waved to the jury, and lipped “thank you,” which was thoroughly mocked in many quarters.

(Macfarlane neglected to include that Michele Fiore also said "you mean when the murdered LaVaoy Finicum and was immediatly cut off by Judge Brown.)

It is anticipated that Ammon Bundy’s testimony will continue tomorrow (Thursday) for the third day, first on direct examination, and then on cross examination, which could, potentionally, take the entire day, and conclude the trial week.

For contrasting perspectives and reporting, you can also follow Maxine Bernstein for OregonLive, and Conrad Wilson for Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), or Gary Hunt at Outpost for Freedom and Redoubt News.

At RANGEFIRE! we believe there needs to be alternative voices to mainstream media commentary and coverage of these issues.

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Shari Dovale, Redoubt News, Michele Fiore's testimony in the Malheur Protest trial

http://oregon.redoubtnews.com/2016/1...cal-prisoners/

Michele Fiore Testifies for Political Prisoners

by Shari Dovale

Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore took the stand in the Malheur Protest Trial in Portland today.

As a member of the Coalition of Western States (C.O.W.S.) she explained that their organization has a couple of divisions. Part of the Legislative division, she said they “help promote liberties against a tyrannical government.” They also work on restoring property rights for individuals.

Fiore testified about going to Bunkerville in 2014. When many of her constituents called her complaining of the overreaching Bureau of Land Management, she said she did not believe them. She went there, she testified, “Like a Mom whose children were complaining of a monster under the bed.” When she got there, she realized there really was a Big monster!

Fiore also told of visiting the Malheur Refuge in January 2016. First, she verified through Oregon officials that no laws were broken. This prompted the prosecution and Judge Anna Brown to admonish this lawmaker to stop making statements interpreting the law. Judge Brown explained that only she, as the judge, can explain the law to the jurors. Fiore was told not to express her ‘opinion’ on whether laws were broken.

Fiore did make a powerful statement during one portion of her testimony when she stated that LaVoy Finicum was murdered. This threw the prosecutors and the judge into fits, where Fiore was, again, admonished by the judge and told not to characterize Finicum’s death in that manner.

Fiore, a popular legislator, became even more so as she waved to the jury while walked out of the courtroom.

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Next on the stand was Brandon Rapolla, one of the founders of the Pacific Patriots Network (PPN). Rapolla was called in to dispute the prosecutions claims of Ammon’s group being heavily armed and dangerous, based mostly on the photograph shown here.

Rapolla said that this was a photo of the PPN arriving to deliver “Articles of Resolution” to Ammon. Threats had been made against the founders of the PPN, so as the tactical officer, he made the decision to have an armed security detail available.
No member of the ‘Citizens For Constitutional Freedom’ were present, or a part of the group pictured. This photograph was entered into evidence by the prosecution in the Malheur Protest Trial.

Thursday should bring several more witnesses to the stand for the defense, as well as cross examination of Ammon Bundy by the prosecution.

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Ammon Bundy Testifies for Malheur Protest Trial

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Heated exchanges, with some lighter moments, during the federal conspiracy case Wednesday

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-sta..._some_lig.html

Ammon Bundy testified Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, inside the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse during the trial for defendants of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown presides. Sketch by Abigail Marble.
Mike Zacchino | The Oregonian/OregonLive


http://image.oregonlive.com/home/oli...atars/4406.pngBy Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
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on October 05, 2016 at 8:02 PM, updated October 05, 2016 at 8:47 PM

Here's a look at some of the heated exchanges between U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown and Ammon
lawyer Marcus Mumford, as well as some of the lighter moments during Wednesday's trial.
**
The judge ruled before trial resumed early Wednesday that Ammon Bundy's lawyer couldn't present to jurors a video taken of two Malheur County ranchers talking about how a proposed national monument in their county was going to destroy their livelihoods.

The ranchers were interviewed by Bundy in an office at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Mumford stood, silently shaking his hands in the air in frustration in front of the judge's bench.

"Stop with the theatrics,'' Brown told him.
"It's not theatrics,'' Mumford said.
"Yes it is,'' the judge held.

"Your honor let weeks of photos come in about this very office,'' argued Mumford, referring to the multiple photos that prosecutors had presented of fish biologist Linda Beck's office at the refuge during the occupation.

The judge ruled that the ranchers' story wasn't relevant to the federal conspiracy case.
Mumford acknowledged to the court that he was animated. He said it was because it had taken "significant effort'' to distill the hundreds of video clips to the proposed exhibits he wanted to offer at trial.
***
On Nov. 20, Ammon Bundy filmed a video, alerting his supporters of a conversation he had with Dwight Hammond Jr.

On the witness stand, Bundy was about to discuss that conversation when Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan Knight objected, citing hearsay.

The judge started to sustain the objection, when Mumford interjected.
"May I please just make a ruling before you interrupt me,'' Brown told Mumford.

Brown said Bundy couldn't share the specific information of what Hammond told him but could describe his own state of mind as a result of his conversation with Hammond.

Bundy turned to the judge, "I'd rather not say state of mind if I'm unable to explain why.''
"Mr. Bundy, be quiet please,'' Brown told him.

Mumford added that his client had a point.

"Mr. Mumford, proceed please,'' the judge continued. "I made a ruling. We'll take it up outside the jury's presence. Move on.''

During a later break in the trial outside of the jury's presence, Bundy's lawyer held a mini-tantrum, claiming grounds for a mistrial and accusing the judge of preventing him from offering key information. Fuming, he paced and pointed at the judge, his face reddening.

"Please don't shout at me,'' Brown told him. "Mr. Mumford calm down...I can't hear your legal argument if you keep threatening me.''

"Your honor has just said he can say state of mind but not give them the information they need to access that,'' Mumford told her. "This is mistrial....It does not good if I can't say where the threat came from.''
"Please let me finish a sentence before you jump down my throat,'' Brown said. "I need you to be calm.''
The judge said she would reconsider his argument. Brown ultimately allowed Bundy to say that Hammond had told him he felt threatened, and that Hammond expressed concern for Bundy's safety as well during the phone call.

Mumford had wanted to share their belief that it was Hammond's lawyer who warned Dwight Hammond that if he continued to communicate with Ammon Bundy, he'd be picked up earlier to complete his sentence and sent to a less desired prison location. That information never was presented to the jury.

"Stop with the theatrics,'' the judge told attorney Marcus Mumford.

When the trial resumed, Bundy testified that during a phone call with Dwight Hammond Jr. that Hammond had expressed concerns about his own safety as a result of the efforts Bundy had made on his behalf, and that he also expressed concerns for Bundy's safety.
**
As Bundy stepped down from the witness stand for the lunch break, co-defendant Neil Wampler rose at his defense table and started to applaud.

"We all love you Ammon,'' Wampler said out loud. "Thank you for everything you've done.''
Ammon Bundy's wife, Lisa Bundy, seated in the public gallery, and other supporters joined in the applause.
**
Before trial resumed after lunch, co-defendant Jason Patrick clarified for the judge his position if he's called to testify in this trial. Patrick is set for trial in February.

Standing beside his standby counsel Andrew Kohlmetz, Patrick told the court, "I don't plan to invoke my Fifth Amendment right, if called.''

He said Kohlmetz, who told the court a day earlier that he would advise Patrick not to speak on the stand, "does not speak for me.''
**
In the afternoon Wednesday, Bundy was asked by his lawyer to identify who was at the Jan. 2 meeting at Ye Old Castle restaurant in Burns, where Bundy proposed his plan to occupy the refuge.

As Bundy listed his brother Ryan Bundy, Brian Cavalier, Jason Patrick, Jon Ritzheimer, Ryan Payne and others, he added "I hope I'm not making a list for the government's next indictment.''

His remark drew laughter in the courtroom.

"This is serious,'' Judge Brown told Bundy.
"I know it's serious,'' Bundy replied. "I do apologize, your honor.''
The judge told jurors to disregard their exchange.
**
Nevada lawmaker Michele Fiore testified briefly for the defense Wednesday afternoon.
She started, as all witnesses are asked to do, by spelling out her full name. When she got to her last name, she said, "F as in flower,'' before continuing on with each letter.

She repeatedly attempted to offer testimony that during a meeting that members of the Coalition of Western States, or COWS, had in Oregon with Harney County, state and FBI representatives on Jan. 9, that it was verified that the refuge occupiers hadn't broken any Oregon state laws.

Prosecutor Knight objected multiple times to Fiore's characterization.

The judge turned to the witness. "Excuse me, Ms. Fiore,'' the judge said. "Stop making statements about the law.''

If anyone questioned where Fiore stood in this case, she made it clear when she answered Mumford's question about how long she intended to be at the refuge on Feb. 11, the day the last four holdouts surrendered, ending the 41-day occupation.

"As long as it took the Bearcat to get our fabulous four out,'' she said.

As Fiore left the witness stand, she waved to jurors and mouthed, "Thank you.''
**
-- Maxine Bernstein
mbernstein@oregonian.com
503-221-8212
@maxoregonian

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Another Twister Radio update, Oct. 5 Jim Lambley Free Speach Zone

http://ice9.securenetsystems.net/med...egon-Trial.m4a

At one point of their conversation Briana Bundy tells Jim Lambley Nevada is not a full state, but still a territory. I believe she is confused. Nevada's enabling legislation forever gave up the rights to all public land within the borders of the state. Both the Nevada Constitution and Nevada Revised Statutes have been amended to override the enabling act.

I believe what Brianna Bundy mistakenly believes about still being a territory is actually that Nevada was not admitted on an egual footing to the other states.

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"He may be soft-spoken, but the words of Ammon Bundy cut like a double edged sword"




https://youtu.be/RRyVnybXYxc

Teresa Brookshire

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Rock on Ammon!

https://fbexternal-a.akamaihd.net/sa...&sw=360&sh=360 Ammon Bundy Hammers Feds in Oregon Standoff Trial
He may be soft-spoken, but the words of Ammon Bundy cut like a two edged sword

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Ammon Bundy describes his arrest, There were men in the trees and everywhere else

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-sta..._arrest_m.html

http://image.oregonlive.com/home/oli...atars/4406.pngBy Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
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on October 06, 2016 at 12:43 PM, updated October 06, 2016 at 1:10 PM


Ammon Bundy describes arrest: 'Men in the trees and everywhere else'

Ammon Bundy testified that there were "men in the trees and everywhere else'' when multiple law enforcement vehicles surrounded the Jeep he was riding in to a community meeting in John Day on Jan. 26.
"I believed my life was in extreme danger if I moved in any way,'' Bundy said on his third day on the witness stand in his federal conspiracy trial. "I didn't even reach to pick up my hat in the seat next to me because I was afraid I'd get shot.''

Bundy described his arrest, moments after calling the refuge occupation a "win, win, win'' situation on the stand during another three hours of wide-ranging testimony. His attorney, Marcus Mumford, completed his direct examination. Another defense lawyer, Matt Schindler, began questioning Bundy before the lunch break.

Bundy is one of six defendants charged with conspiring to impede federal employees from working at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in January through intimidation, threats or force. Prosecutors say he led an armed takeover of the refuge, damaging the property and preventing U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Bureau of Land Management officers from doing their jobs during the 41-day occupation.

Upon arrest, Bundy described how he was ordered to have his hands up, get on his knees then crawl back toward the officers. They had him lying handcuffed on his back on the ground before he was taken about nightfall into a van, where he first saw two people who had been riding in occupation spokesman Robert "LaVoy'' Finicum's truck ahead of them.

"Victoria Sharp and Shawna Cox were in the van. Ryan and LaVoy were not,'' he said. "They very emotionally told me LaVoy had been shot.''

Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan Knight objected, and U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown sustained it. It was the first of many similar objections that followed Thursday.

The judge instructed Bundy's lawyer not to ask questions about Finicum's shooting.

Finicum's widow, Jeanette Finicum, is expected to be called as a witness Thursday afternoon. The judge made it clear to all lawyers and defendants that no one is to ask her about her husband's shooting or a wrongful death lawsuit she said she intends to bring against the government.

Bundy sought to paint a significantly different portrait of the occupation. He described his training sessions on land rights, and he showed jurors videos of their prayer sessions and videos and photos of his visits with ranchers from the community. He described how he and others freely traveled to and from the refuge during the stay there, grabbing a haircut and Chinese food in Burns on some visits and traveling to and from his home in Emmett, Idaho, three times.

He said he didn't expect anyone to be at the refuge when they arrived Jan. 2, a Saturday.
"It was the day after New Year's. We anticipated that no one would be there,'' he testified.

He said he knew the occupation would bring "a lot of commotion" but knew it was 35 miles out of town. He said he used GPS to get to the ranch on that day because he hadn't been there previously.

"We felt it was a win, win, win situation going into the refuge,'' he testified.
They would attract widespread media attention. They would work to return the land to the people of Harney County. If anything, they expected they might face eviction and would end up in a federal civil court to challenge the federal government's control of the land.

"Of course, we know what they did,'' Bundy continued. "They used force on us again, and now we're here.''
Knight objected, and the judge instructed jurors to disregard Bundy's response.

"I knew there was a risk of course, but I felt the entire time it was worth it,'' Bundy testified.

Defense lawyer Matthew Schindler ask Bundy about a maroon refuge pouch that contained cash, gas cards and an employee's ID card that had been stored in a locked file cabinet and was found in defendant Kenneth Medenbach's vehicle, according to earlier testimony from FBI agents.

Bundy said someone had brought the pouch to him and he put it in the loft in the refuge office where he kept his personal belongings for safekeeping.

"It wasn't ours. We didn't have a right to use it,'' Bundy testified.

How could Bundy justify his use of a refuge desk and office, where he was doing his work during the occupation, Schindler asked.

Bundy said he was just using an outlet in the office to connect and charge his laptop. He said he didn't know who the desk or office belonged to.

"I didn't even really think about it,'' he said. "We didn't think about that. We were there for a different purpose.''

During a video shown to jurors of Bundy describing the principle of adverse possession, Bundy also demeaned the federal court process.

"The plaintiff is the federal government. The judge is the federal government,'' he said on the video. "The jury is not somebody of your peers. They choose whoever they want.''

Bundy also said a post found on his Facebook page with a man dressed in camouflage with an assault rifle that read, "Forgive Me Father For I Will Sin'' was put up by him. He said five others had access to his Facebook account.

While Bundy said he believes in the right of people to bear arms, he said he personally "never made it a practice'' to carry a gun. He said his father, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who is facing federal indictment in Nevada, never had pistols around growing up because he thought it would be easy for someone to shoot themselves.

"For some reason, I felt I never needed it,'' Bundy said.

Under questioning by Mumford, Bundy testified that he came to learn that the federal government had classified him as a terrorist. Since his involvement in the 2014 standoff with federal agents at his father's ranch near Bunkerville, Nevada, Bundy said he's flown about 40 times. Each time, he said, he was taken aside and strip searched.

"I understand I was characterized as something different,'' he said. "That frustrated me.''

-- Maxine Bernstein
mbernstein@oregonian.com
503-221-8212
@maxoregonian