Burns Chronicles No 45 – Mark McConnell #2
Burns Chronicles No 45
Mark McConnell #2
Gary Hunt
Outpost of Freedom
November 30, 2016
I have obtained some additional information on Mark McConnell that will be of interest to all. After my last article, “Mark McConnell“, it seems that McConnell kept saying that the information was readily available. He never really addressed whether he was an informant, or not. He simply sidestepped the issue of the role he played.
So, let’s separate the issues between what he said and whether he was an informant. To do so, we simply look to the Court record and see what transpired, on two separate occasions, during the trial of the United States of America v. Ammon Bundy, et al. The verdict was not guilty on all but one count.
From the rough draft transcripts of the trial, September 21, 2016. Mr. Gabriel is one of the prosecuting attorneys. Beckert is an Oregon State Police officer. Mr. Mumford was Ammon Bundy’s attorney. Yu will not that the government prosecuting attorney intentionally outed McConnell as a government informant. I will leave the reader to speculate as to why they would do this.
GABRIEL: Your Honor, Jeremiah Beckert from the Oregon State Police. He will testify to the stop of the Jeep that Ammon Bundy and Mark McConnell and Brian Cavalier were traveling in.
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Mr. Gabriel: So I want to direct your attention to the evening of January 26th of this year, 2016.
A. Okay.
Q. Were you a part of a traffic stop on a brown Jeep?
A. Yes, I was.
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