Inviting wrath of judge may calculated approach by Bundy’s lawyer -#BundyTeaParty
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. (TNS)
Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016 | 2 a.m.
... Since the Bundy trial began two weeks ago, the judge has repeatedly told Mumford to follow her rulings, reword his questions to government witnesses and occasionally to either stand up when he addresses her or sit down and stop challenging her directives.
Despite her earlier orders that defense lawyers weren't to raise questions at trial about who owns the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Mumford tried to solicit responses from the Harney County sheriff and refuge employees on the subject.
Despite the judge's warnings that she didn't want any defendant or defense lawyer to ask witnesses about the circumstances surrounding the fatal police shooting of occupation spokesman Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, Mumford passed off as a question a stinging remark that Finicum was shot three times in the back, asked another witness how close police were to him when he was shot and why the FBI wasn't investigating the shooting.
Each time, prosecutors objected. Each time, the judge asked jurors to disregard Mumford's bids to get around her edicts ...
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/sep/24/inviting-wrath-of-judge-may-be-part-of-calculated/
