Prosecution Details Evidence FBI Found At Refuge - #BundyTeaParty

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Originally published on September 26, 2016 8:15 pm

... The prosecution introduced a bag containing more than 1,000 spent ammunition casings into evidence during testimony Monday morning. They also showed the jury video footage taken from occupier Jason Blomgren’s Facebook page that showed several of the occupiers firing weapons near the boat ramp at the refuge. FBI agents testified that the casings were recovered from that area ...

FBI agent David Fallon testified for the prosecution that he found five gun cases when he searched an office building at the refuge. One of those gun cases, a black cloth case, had the name “Ammon” printed on it in block letters. But none of the gun cases recovered by the FBI had any guns inside. Although, investigators recovered numerous weapons in other locations around the refuge, which the prosecution is expected to show Tuesday ...

Finally, defendant Shawna Cox announced in court that she has filed a civil suit in Harney County. Brown told her that will likely be irrelevant in the present criminal case. Cox also asked Brown to strike certain court filings from the record. Brown refused to do so.

The prosecution plans to wrap its case .. Tuesday ...

http://ijpr.org/post/prosecution-details-evidence-fbi-found-malheur-refuge#stream/0

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1. Standoff case jurors see video of occupiers firing rifles

Posted September 26, 2016 - 4:11pm
Updated September 26, 2016 - 5:09pm
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PORTLAND, Ore. — ... Assistant U.S Attorney Ethan Knight said the video — pulled from the Facebook account of a Bundy co-defendant who pleaded guilty — rebuts defense claims that the armed occupation was a peaceful protest ...

Bundy attorney Marcus Mumford argued the mere firing of weapons was not an act of force ...

... Sixty-three people searched 23 buildings, 14 privately owned vehicles and nine outdoor areas on the federal property ...

Mumford asked whether any people got shot at the refuge. No, Chew said ...

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/bundy-blm/oregon-standoff-case-jurors-see-video-occupiers-wildlife-refuge-firing-rifles

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2. Standoff trial: Monday's highlights

By The Oregonian/OregonLive
on September 27, 2016 at 5:00 AM
updated September 27, 2016 at 7:26 AM

... Prosecutors told the court Monday that authorities discovered more than 20,000 unfired rounds of ammunition in boxes, bags, trucks and bunks at the Malheur National Refuge when the takeover ended.

They revealed handwritten notes investigators seized from the bunkhouse and elsewhere that described tactical training, formations and drills, guard duty schedules and individual assignments such as "rifleman'' or "medic'' ...

Jurors watched a video of seven or eight men rapidly firing assault rifles from the refuge's boat launch ...

U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown said a rational juror could conclude the video provides evidence of the defendants' intent in the alleged conspiracy ...

http://www.oregonlive.com/today/index.ssf/2016/09/oregon_standoff_trial_mondays.html