Posted on 07/23/2018 5:05:09 PM PDT by Nextrush
The first day of the trial for FBI Hostage Rescue Team agent W. Joseph Astarita is set for tomorrow (Tuesday July 24th) in Portland.
He is now charged with three counts related to lying about shots he fired at a roadblock as the truck driven by LaVoy Finicum, spokesman for the Oregon Standoff protest, swerved to avoid it.
Senior US District Judge Robert E. Jones threw out two of the five charges last week.
Astarita remains accused of one count of obstruction of justice and two of making a false statement (correction to previous post).
One last minute change in tomorrow's schedule. Jury selection originally set for 9am has been moved back to 1pm. Of 300 potential jurors summoned, 118 are expected in court tomorrow.
Part of the upcoming trial will be anonymous testimony by three Oregon State Police troopers including the killer-killers of LaVoy Finicum known as "Trooper 1", "Trooper 2" and "Trooper 3".
The other FBI agents who were with Astarita will also testify without their names being revealed.
The government claims its too dangerous to reveal their names.
There are countless police shooting incidents where the names are revealed. I can't think of any other shooting incidents involving law enforcement in this country where names are kept secret.
The FBI agent (W. Joseph Astarita) is only charged with lying, not with attempted murder as he was shooting at Finicum's truck containing four people. Its believed that Ryan Bundy, treated for a shrapnel wound revealed in an x-ray after the shooting, was injured by one of Astarita's bullets.
Federal prosecutors and Ryan Bundy could not agree on terms for surgery to remove his shrapnel for the investigation claiming Bundy made outrageous demands.
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Stay on this.
We aren’t seeing press conferences featuring Beauregard Sessions explaining what is going on.
I will be watching the trial online and offering links that might help to follow it.
It coincides with my vacation this year and I did consider showing up in Portland personally to witness a day or two but plans have changed for my vacation location.
I will post on the blog but any links to Free Republic like this one will come via Spiridon because I’m trying to take a vacation.
I expect to be home posting here on FR again before the trial ends.
The FBI goon needs to be nailed to the wall and sent to prison.
All those agents who ambushed innocent American citizens should be prosecuted!
Ruby Ridge....Waco
This isn’t the first time they have covered up a felony done by the Agency.
I still say that C-Span should be web-casting this trial.
Ammon Bundy believes that this FBI agent will not see one day in prison when its all said and done.
Felonious But Immune
These federal agencies sure broadcast the cops name who shot micheal brown in missouri. Everytime a black person is shot they announce the cops name.
The FIB HRT is not.
“The FBI goon needs to be nailed to the wall and sent to prison.”
One down (I hope) and a couple of thousand to go.
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