March 9, 2017 Feds try to crucify second round of Oregon Standoff defendants on minor charges Defense lawyer Jesse Merrithew, representing Ryan, said the general trespass provision in federal regulations governing national wildlife refuges is unclear. It states: “No person shall trespass,…
February 24, 2017 Malice at Malheur: FBI informants authorized to coax protesters, engage in criminal conduct While federal prosecutors made more deliberate attempts to draw connections for jurors between the evidence and the conspiracy charge, much of the day was…
February 16, 2017 When Marcus Mumford earned his ‘silver bracelets’ Was he confrontational? Did he attack someone in the courtroom? No, and no. Mumford’s ‘crime’ was to exercise his God-given right to speak in…
February 3, 2017 Citing bias, Oregon Standoff defendant seeks new judge for case In a trial last fall, jurors found standoff leader Ammon Bundy and six others not guilty of felony charges. Prosecutors decided despite losing to…
January 9, 2017 Feds try to silence blogger reporting about Oregon standoff informants Hunt said the agent asked where he got the documents, wanted him to remove his blog posts and hand over the reports he had….
November 19, 2016 Bundys acquitted in Oregon, face Nevada trial Defense attorney Jesse Merrithew told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Wednesday that the larger jury pool is needed because the acquittals of…
October 26, 2016 “Very biased” former BLM employee on Oregon standoff jury gets called out “CAN A JUROR, A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, WHO OPENS THEIR REMARKS IN DELIBERATIONS BY STATING,”I AM VERY BIASED…” BE…