By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal prosecutors took a big hit on Friday in a Portland, Ore., courtroom. A federal jury found FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita not guilty after about six hours of deliberations over two days. He was accused of lying to conceal that he fired two shots at the truck of refuge occupation…
The fate of FBI Agent Joseph Astarita is now in the hands of a jury.
An FBI agent accused of obstruction and making false statements denied Wednesday that he shot at a militia leader involved in the armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge.
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Indicted FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita has exhausted his personal savings to pay for his own forensic experts and has sought some federal funds to cover additional expenses, his attorney said in court, The Oregonian newspaper reports. On Monday, Astarita sat in a U.S. District Court hearing in Portland listening to government…
