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struggle4progress

(118,228 posts)
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 09:02 AM Jun 2016

Prosecutors object to providing Oregon defendants details on law enforcement response

By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on June 22, 2016 at 6:11 PM
updated June 22, 2016 at 11:05 PM

Details about the police response to the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge – from how many FBI agents were involved to the types of firearms they carried – aren't relevant to the conspiracy case against the refuge occupiers, federal prosecutors argued in court papers.

They also want to file a memo under seal and only with the judge about the U.S. Department of Justice's investigation into shots apparently fired by an FBI agent at Robert "LaVoy'' Finicum and alleged tampering with evidence afterward at the scene.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles F. Gorder Jr. described that investigation as "ongoing,'' in a legal brief filed in court Wednesday.

Defense lawyers in the Oregon standoff case oppose sealing the memo. They've asked the judge to compel the government to turn over the investigative records into the FBI's alleged misconduct ...


http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/06/federal_prosecutors_object_to.html

And next week! #BundyTeaParty wants President Ovama's college records!

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Prosecutors object to providing Oregon defendants details on law enforcement response (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 2016 OP
"Lavoy was shot with an incorrect caliber bullet." randome Jun 2016 #1
Desperate try to turn this trial into an investigation of the bad, bad FBI. DetlefK Jun 2016 #2
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
1. "Lavoy was shot with an incorrect caliber bullet."
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 09:16 AM
Jun 2016

"Therefore, his death must be annulled and he should be declared alive!"

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