Evidence In Oregon Refuge Trial Includes 13,000 Photos, 6,000 Hours Of Video

Authorities wait at the Narrows roadblock near the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, near Burns, Ore. The last four occupiers of a national wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon surrendered Thurs... Authorities wait at the Narrows roadblock near the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, near Burns, Ore. The last four occupiers of a national wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon surrendered Thursday. The holdouts were the last remnants of a larger group that seized the wildlife refuge nearly six weeks ago, demanding that the government turn over the land to locals and release two ranchers imprisoned for setting fires. (Thomas Boyd/The Oregonian via AP) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; NO LOCAL INTERNET; THE MERCURY OUT; WILLAMETTE WEEK OUT; PAMPLIN MEDIA GROUP OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT MORE LESS
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The federal government is preparing for a September trial against Ammon and Ryan Bundy as well as nearly two dozen others in the Malheur Refuge standoff case. Defense lawyers, however, claim they are feeling the pinch, with just a few months to wade through thousands of photographs and hours of video footage.

According to a report from the Oregonian, defense lawyers say they’ve received “6,000 hours of video, more than 13,000 photographs, up to 250,000 pages of Facebook account information and more than 40,000 pages of FBI reports.”

At a regular status hearing on the case, Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan Knight revealed it may take nearly a month for the federal government to present its case against the defendants, the Oregonian reported. The defense argued that it was overwhelmed by the volume of discovery material.

Ammon Bundy’s new lawyer, Marcus Mumford, said that he was still trying to “get up to speed.”

“I’m pushing us all hard because I respect the right asserted by the parties to a speedy trial and a fair trial,” U.S. District Judge Anna Brown said during a monthly status hearing according to the Oregonian. “Just because the record includes a lot of information, doesn’t mean it can’t be done.”

According to the Oregonian, the process to find and select a jury for the trial has already begun. Trial is set to begin in September.

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  1. The defense argued that it was overwhelmed by the volume of discovery material.

    That’s what happens when your clients spent every waking hour posting online. Guess the dipshits didn’t realize the downside to ammosexual twitter meltdowns.

  2. Avatar for sara sara says:

    I just completed jury duty on a case that took all of 6 partial days to present and 2 hours to decide - and that was for 4 serious crimes. I truly pity the jurors selected for this trial since it’s bound to be filled will hours of tedious testimony, delays, and political shenanigans by the defendants. The disruption to the lives of these people, who will be called upon, and agree to do, their civic duty, is one more reason to to loathe these flea bag “patriots”.

  3. The defense argued that it was overwhelmed by the volume of evidence of the defendants’ guilt.

    We all were.

  4. I can only hope that the damage done to Native American’s sacred land is the conviction that keeps them in prison till the end of their days.

  5. The defendants are building a solid case that they’re incapable of understanding the consequences of their own actions.

    Granted, it’s not much of a defense, but you go with what you’ve got.

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