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by Conrad Wilson and Kimberley Freda OPB
March 18, 2016 10:19 a.m. | Portland
... Bundy signed away his right to counsel at a hearing Friday in U.S. District Court in Portland.
He will be aided by standby counsel. Bundy has been jailed in Portland for his role in a 41-day occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
U.S. District Court Judge Anna Brown repeatedly told Bundy that the risks were high and that he didnt have the legal knowledge to fully defend himself.
I need to be heard; my voice needs to be heard, Ryan Bundy responded when asked why he wanted to represent himself ...
http://www.opb.org/news/series/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates/ryan-bundy-lawyer-represent-himself-court-trial/
Gothmog
(145,086 posts)CanonRay
(14,097 posts)has a fool for a lawyer. Not sure who said that first, but it's certainly true.
meow2u3
(24,761 posts)Only in Ryan Bundy's case, he's a fool, period.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)dembotoz
(16,799 posts)probably bad form when a juror laughs
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)The judge might get mad at the third or fourth "Oh fer fucks sake" too.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)PLEASE!
I will GLADLY pay $25 to watch this live!
although I'd prefer live coverage with Nancy Grace
Javaman
(62,510 posts)Archae
(46,314 posts)I keep getting reminded of the Law And Order episode where a group of far-right "patriots" who robbed an armored truck and killed a guard kept interrupting the court by yelling the Declaration Of Independence and Constitution.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)If Ryan Bundy hasn't figured that out by now, he's even stupider than I think he is, and I haven't even thought about how stupid I think he is. I don't think she'd resort to binding and gagging him (a la Judge Hoffman in the Chicago 8 case before it became the Chicago 7 case), but Ryan won't get too many opportunities to misbehave in open court.
leftyladyfrommo
(18,868 posts)This is going to get good.
tencats
(567 posts)He won! Good enough for me.
https://twitter.com/Oregonian/status/710911221726375936
oneshooter
(8,614 posts)Has a fool for a lawyer and an idiot as a client"
Don't remember who wrote that, but it is true.