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"....The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office, which led the shooting investigation, and state police have declined to identify the trooper who fatally shot Finicum. The agencies have turned down repeated public records requests seeking the names, citing threats against the troopers. Lawyers in the Astarita case have the troopers names but they're under a court protective order." Maxine Bernstein-"OregonLive" story 6/13/2018 Oregon authorities have been obsessed with protecting the identities of the two Oregon State Police troopers who fired the shots that killed LaVoy Finicum on January 26, 2016, citing threats against them. But the defense lawyers for FBI Agent W....

"Love Thy Neighbor" Oregon Standoff protest leader Ammon Bundy explains why he came unarmed to the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge to protest on behalf of Dwight and Steven Hammond, ranchers serving five year mandatory terrorism sentences to protect their land, in 2016. "Go ahead and hate your neighbor, Go ahead and cheat a friend, Do it in the name of heaven, You can justify it in the end.....Mount your horses, draw your sword, And they killed the mountain people, So they won their just reward. Now they stood beside the treasure, On the mountain dark and red, Turn the stone...

US District Judge Robert E. Jones threw out a 3-D animation that federal prosecutors wanted to use in the trial of W. Joseph Astarita, the FBI agent accused of lying about shots he fired towards LaVoy Finicum moments before Oregon State Police shot him dead. The judge's Monday ruling (June 11th) takes out a visual illustration prosecutors wanted to use to show a jury Astarita's location when the shots were fired. Judge Jones said the animation was based on a smudgy FBI drone video taken from high altitude. Its worth noting of course that the FBI asked Oregon State Police...

Behind the scenes politically connected forces have been working on the matter of a pardon for Oregon ranchers, Dwight and Steven Hammond, who were forced to return to federal prison in January 2016 to serve out five year mandatory sentences as terrorists for lighting a backfire to protect their land. Portland television station KATU has learned that a 'request for clemency has come under review in recent weeks by the office of White House Counsel Don McGahn'. They were told this by Dave Duquette of the group "Protect the Harvest". It was the plight of the Hammonds that brought Ammon...

"Ruling expected in 2 weeks on forensic experts in case of indicted FBI agent. "OregonLive" headline 5/25/2018 The arguments wound up Friday (May 25th) as the defense lawyers for FBI Agent W. Joseph Astarita, charged with lying five times about shooting twice at Oregon Standoff protester LaVoy Finicum, worked with their own experts and cross examination to discredit expert witnesses set to testify at trial. The objective of their exercise may have been to remove evidence against their client but it also may have been designed to give a public airing to the discrediting of evidence before the jury pool...

"He won't spend one night in jail" Ammon Bundy weighs in on "Facebook" about the case of FBI Agent W. Joseph Astarita 5/22/2018 Ammon Bundy started a conversation on Facebook Tuesday with his post about the hearings going on this week in Portland and replied that he doesn't expect W. Joseph Astarita to do any jail time. The FBI agent is accused of lying about his actions January 26, 2016, not of attempting to murder LaVoy Finicum or injuring Ryan Bundy who apparently has inside him shrapnel from one of Astarita's bullets. The killers of LaVoy were members of the...

Testimony from expert witnesses in the case of FBI Agent W. Joseph Astarita that his lawyers don't want on the stand at trial was reported to have concluded today. Astarita is charged with lying five times about firing two shots in the direction of LaVoy Finicum moments before Finicum was killed by Oregon State Police on January 26, 2016 in Harney County, Oregon during the Oregon Standoff protest. The two experts who are part of the prosecution's case were questioned about their methods by the defense. One of them worked for the Oregon State Police in the initial shooting investigation...

Indicted FBI Agent W. Joseph Astarita was in a Portland, Oregon courtroom Monday (May 21st) with his defense lawyers led by Washington DC lawyer Robert Cary. Cary once represented a US Senator accused of corruption (Ted Stevens) who was acquitted. Prosecution experts testified about how they identified Astarita as the shooter when two bullets were fired in the direction of LaVoy Finicum, moments before Oregon State Police fired the shots that killed Finicum. Mr. Cary said during the hearing that the aerial video from an FBI drone is fuzzy and proves nothing. Cary also publicly stated (for the benefit of...

The defense lawyers for FBI Agent W. Joseph Astarita will be using four days of hearings in the coming week to tear down the prosecution's case against him. Astarita is accused of lying about the shots he fired in the direction of LaVoy Finicum at a roadblock along Route 395 in Harney County, Oregon on January 26, 2016. The shots were fired moments before Oregon State Police fatally shot Finicum alongside his truck. Federal prosecutors are using the work of an Oregon shooting team investigation that includes both expert witnesses and a 3-D animation of the trajectory of a bullet...

The defense lawyers for FBI Agent W. Joseph Astarita, accused of lying about shooting at LaVoy Finicum at a roadblock on January 26, 2016, tried to get a federal judge to delay a series of hearings set to begin a week from Monday (May 21st). They said they needed time to get a statistician to detail out math errors in the prosecution's case regarding the trajectory of a bullet. But US District Judge Robert E. Jones said the hearing date of May 21st remains firm but that the defense can file additional reports on it contention. A federal prosecutor said...

Ryan Bundy was a passenger in the pickup truck driven by LaVoy Finicum and after Finicum was killed, Bundy was arrested and taken to a local hospital for an x-ray. The x-ray revealed shrapnel in his shoulder, shrapnel that Ryan Bundy decided to hold onto as evidence of what happened to him. It is strongly believed that his injury came at the hands of FBI Agent W. Joseph Astarita, set to go on trial for lying about shooting just before Oregon State Police gunned LaVoy Finicum down. Assistant US Attorney Paul Maloney says that the government is willing to pay...

"269. The FBI, OSP and other defendants have publicly defended the deliberate ambush and murder of LaVoy Finicum on January 26, 2016, by alleging that after he exited the vehicle, and after he had been shot with at least five lethal rounds (as well as unknown number of non-lethal rounds), and after he had repeatedly placed his hands on top of his head in a surrender position; that he appeared to be reaching into his jacket." Amended lawsuit of LaVoy Finicum's family 4/24/2018 The pretrial release of grand jury testimony in the case of FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita, charged...

Mainstream media organizations in Oregon have obtained transcripts of the grand jury testimony that led to charges against FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita for lying about shots he fired just before Oregon State Police troopers killed LaVoy Finicum on January 26, 2016. It turns out that the FBI sent out its own Shooting Incident Review Team in February 2016 that was unable to determine if Astarita or the other FBI agents at the scene fired any shots. But the Oregon shooting team led by the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office along with the Department of Justice's Office of Inspector General and...

"So the count for shell casings--I'll recap that Officer 1 the trooper shoots three times as the truck is approaching. Then there are two non trib shots as LaVoy Finicum gets out of his vehicle. One strikes the top of the truck--that's the bullet hole in the top of the truck--and then Officer 1 shoots LaVoy Finicum twice, and Officer 2 shoots him one for a total of eight rounds....." Grand Jury testimony from Special Agent Russ Cunningham-DOJ Office of Inspector General in FBI Agent Astarita case January 26, 2017 The defense in the case of FBI Hostage Rescue Team...

"'Shoot his f***ing dog first'" Bureau of Land Managment agent Larry Wooten's memo quoting leaked federal body cam footage from the 2014 Bunkerville Standoff near Bundy Ranch "Evil has no bounds. Deepest condolences to the Finicum family who has suffered greatly for the cause of Freedom. Now LaVoy's dog has been shot and killed. We love you Jeanette." Ammon Bundy's reaction on Facebook 3/8/2018 "We found Diamond out in the field. Shot dead. I feel like I've los another piece of LaVoy all over again." Jeanette Finicum's post on "Facebook" 3/7/2018 There was a Facebook post several days ago about...

"Gov't experts found that the 2nd shot-as LaVoy Finicum is stepping from his truck-'the defendant is the only person in the core of probability where that shot could have been taken'........." "Oregon Live" reporter Maxine Bernstein Tweet 3/6/2018 Federal prosecutors think that FBI Hostage Rescue Team agent W. Joseph Astarita fired his second shot as LaVoy Finicum was leaving his truck moments before being gunned down by Oregon State Police. Assistant US Attorney Paul Maloney said that government experts have determined Astarita was the only person in the "core of probability" where the shot could have been taken. Agent Astarita...

"'You don't got to ask me that bro' or 'You can't ask me that bro'.....'No bro, we're good'" Assistant US Attorney Gary Sussman quotes what FBI Agent W. Joseph Astarita saod at the scene of LaVoy Finicum's death to an FBI supervisor asking if he had fired any shots Lawyers for FBI Agent W. Joseph Astarita tried to convince a federal judge in Portland on Monday (February 26th) that the charges against him were repetitive. Astarita is charged with three counts of making a false statement (to FBI supervisors) and two counts of obstruction of justice (by lying to Oregon...

"we have withdrawn from the lawsuit placed in the federal court and are relying upon We the People of America to convene a 7th Amendment Grand Jury to examine the crimes and the criminals who have done us harm" Shawna Cox Statement February 8, 2018 There's word from Gary Hunt's "Outpost of Freedom" blog this week (February 21st) that Shawna Cox, who rode in the truck shot at by the FBI right before driver LaVoy Finicum's murder, is withdrawing the lawsuit filed in federal court in Portland last month. Cox said that she and Ryan Bundy have decided to withdraw...

"the 'Wooten Report', I think you should all print it off and read it because it goes in great detail about the violations that the BLM officers and the FBI agents were involved in.....and I want to thank all the BLM, the FBI officers, the police officers that are good, upstanding men and women who serve us day in and day out. I know you're there, but you too have a responsibility to hold these actors accountable....." LaVoy Finicum's widow Jeanette Finicum in video posted 2/16/2018 In the days leading up to the Oregon Standoff protest, authorities knew something was...

"I knew the Bundy's was right and the feds were wrong which is pretty easy cause most times they are....." Randy Weaver of "Ruby Ridge" speaks out about the Bundy's and their federal court ordeal First off in case you missed it, we had some link problems on an update posted Sunday regarding the lawsuit by members of LaVpy Finicum's family over his murder on January 26, 2016 and Jason Patrick's upcoming sentencing. In fact, the ability to link directly to the post was somehow disabled. Link........ Randy Weaver of the 1990's "Ruby Ridge" incident appeared in recent video with...