Posted on 04/07/2017 4:00:55 AM PDT by Nextrush
California resident Gary Hunt, speaking by phone from jail Thursday, promised he would show up to court in Portland to defend his right to publish details about FBI informants......
"I give my word, my honor that I will appear at a time designated by the court," Hunt told U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown. "Believe it or not, I've been looking forward to discussing the issue in your presence."
The judge responded that she needed more than "his word"....
Hunt, 71, was arrested last Thursday on a warrant that Brown signed after he skipped a hearing to explain why he shouldn't be held in civil contempt of a court order that demanded he remove his online publications revealing confidential FBI informants who assisted in the investigation of the 41-day refuge occupation.
He spent the last week in the Sacramento County Jail.
Hunt has argued that he was never a defendant in the federal conspiracy case and that the federal judge in Oregon doesn't have any jurisdiction over him nor does her order demanding he remove his online posts.
Brown advised Hunt on Thursday that he can make what's called a "special appearance" in court and not waive his challenge to the court's jurisdiction.....
The judge directed the prosecutor and Portland attorney Michael Levin, assigned to represent Hunt, to craft some type of written agreement for Hunt to sign, with "an enforceable promise he'll appear" before her at 2 p.m. on May to argue if the court has authority over Hunt.
By 4:30 p.m. Hunt had signed a $10,000 "appearance bond" and the judge ordered his release. If Hunt doesn't show up in May, he'll forfeit that amount of money.
"I would like to sleep in my own bed for a change," Hunt told the judge. "This has been a hardship......"
(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...
She allowed him out on a 'bond' of 10-thousand dollars to appear in court for a more 'formal hearing' on May 9th.
Good that Gary Hunt is getting out of jail for now, at least.
Why haven't seen a back down from the federal government since there's supposed to be 'new management' in Washington?
The Acting US Attorney appointed by Loretta Lynch of the Obama Administration, Billy Williams, remains in place in Portland in spite of the new Trump AG Jeff Sessions.
LAVOY FINICUM? ?
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