Special Jail Privileges For Refuge Occupiers Remained Secret #BundyTeaParty
Ryan Haas OPB | Aug. 5, 2016 8:58 a.m.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2016 10:05 a.m.
U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Jones revealed Friday that Ammon Bundy and other former Malheur refuge occupiers received special accommodations after complaining about jail conditions.
In a letter filed with the court, Jones said he made arrangements for Bundy and all other defendants in the case to meet with their attorneys in a secure area of the courthouse ...
During such meetings defendants and their counsel and an investigator have internet and cell phone access and may review discovery electronically, Jones wrote in Fridays filing. These meetings may be observed on screen by (U.S. Marshal Service) personnel but the conversations cannot be heard or recorded and are, for all practical purposes, unmonitored ...
Jones said he kept the meeting off the record based on advice from the county and the U.S. Marshals Service ...
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