Posted on 07/24/2018 5:28:32 PM PDT by Nextrush
A jury of 12 and two alternates, 10 men and 4 women, have been selected for the trial of FBI Agent W. Joseph Astarita. The trial will start tomorrow morning in Portland at 9am.
Astarita is charged with two counts of making a false statement when he lied to supervisors and one count of obstruction of justice in connection with his interview with Oregon police investigating the law enforcement killing of LaVoy Finicum on January 26, 2016 along Route 395 in Harney County, Oregon in what was called a "felony traffic stop".
91-year old Senior US District Judge Robert E. Jones is presiding at the trial.
Some 85 potential jurors were in the pool from which the final 14 were selected after two hours of questioning in the courtroom.
When one potential juror said she would not follow a judge's direction if told to disregard testimony under a defense lawyer's questioning Judge Jones said: "That's fine. You're excused. Goodbye".......
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Why is someone that old still making big decisions?
I can guess a few things:
His ancestors were pioneer stock, and they live long & are tough.
He is a long time resident of Oregon & knows how important ranching is to the state.
Is is too old to try & bribe-—he has been there, done that & they cannot touch him.
He has seen enough Federal over reach thru the years & knows how they can act.
This could be fun. Fed guy might go to prison.
Another FBI liar with his pants on fire.
I’m Praying that You are correctamundo on all of the Points You Posted.
And I will add that The Judge lives long enough for the whole Trial.
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