Oregon militia members plead ‘NOT GUILTY’!

 CBS/AP February 24, 2016, 4:25 PM

Bundy sat at the main defense table while most of his co-defendants sat in the jury box as they listened to a ‘government prosecutor’ read the indictment and ‘U.S. District Judge’ Anna Brown tell them ‘their rights’.

Brown reminded the defendants they are considered innocent until proven guilty. One by one, she asked them if they understood. Bundy simply said “yes,” but four co-defendants took the opportunity to express skepticism.

“It’s difficult to understand presumption of innocence when I’ve spent the last month in a jail cell and been led around in shackles and chains,” Ryan Payne said.

Another, Jason Patrick, told the ‘judge’: “You’re the ‘federal government’.  You’re going to do whatever you want.”

The judge tackled several procedural issues during the nearly two-hour hearing which started with Bundy, sporting a fresh haircut, blowing a kiss toward Odalis Sharp and her children. The family gospel band traveled from Kansas in January to sing at the ‘occupation’. One daughter, 18-year-old Victoria Sharp, was at the traffic stop in which authorities arrested Bundy and fatally shot Arizona rancher LaVoy Finicum.

The ‘judge’ said a trial date had been tentatively set for April 29, although court papers show an April 19 date.

‘Assistant U.S. Attorney’ Ethan Knight said he expects to file a superseding indictment with additional charges after investigators finish examining firearms, electronics, American Indian artifacts and other evidence.

Brown warned Knight to make it snappy, saying the accused deserve a right to a speedy trial — not one in 2017. She also pressed prosecutors to start turning over FBI reports and evidentiary material to defense attorneys and their clients.

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