MALHUER CITY OREGON COURT RECORDS TRIAL
Astarita’s trial is set to begin in Portland July 24. Federal prosecutors contend the agent lied about the incident by saying he did not fire shots at Finicum, when in fact he did.
Astarita has pleaded not guilty to obstruction of justice and making a false statement. Meanwhile, FBI agent Joseph Astarita is being prosecuted in Oregon for lying about his involvement in the January 2016 roadside stop of several occupiers, which ended in the death of LaVoy Finicum of Arizona. One occupier, Pete Santilli, had charges dismissed in September 2016. Federal prosecutors honed their legal strategy and won convictions of four other occupiers in March 2017. Fourteen people have taken plea deals. Once the jurors acquitted the defendants on conspiracy, the court’s instructions required them to acquit on firearms charges. One juror told The Oregonian that the prosecutors failed to prove conspiracy, the charge on which the others hinged. In October 2016, jurors acquitted Ammon and Ryan Bundy, alongside five others, of charges ranging from conspiracy to possession of firearms in federal facilities and depredation of government property. 11, 2016, when FBI agents forced the final four protesters to surrender. Dozens of people from across the country joined the occupation, which lasted 41 days. The Bundys described the action as a stand against federal tyranny and government mismanagement of natural resources. Fish and Wildlife buildings at the refuge near Burns, Oregon, demanding the lands be handed over to local control. The 26-person indictment came after Ammon and Ryan Bundy, sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, led a group of people to take over U.S. Since then, 25 people have been acquitted, convicted or had their case dismissed for their parts in the refuge occupation. Blaine Cooper of Arizona, who recruited militia members to join the takeover, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to impede federal officers in July 2016. The final defendant in the court case stemming from the 2016 armed occupation of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is set to be sentenced this June in Portland. Like Tweet Email Print Subscribe Donate Now
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