KVOA in Tucson, Ariz., reports today that defense attorneys representing two men facing trial for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in 2010 want it explained to the jury just where the guns used in the murder came from. Two AK-47 rifles were found at the scene.
Attorneys for men accused in murder of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry want to force govt to state how guns got therehttp://t.co/ES9MzIspYy
— Michel Marizco (@BorderReporter) September 8, 2015
“In a homicide prosecution the source of the weapon(s) used to perpetrate the alleged crime is and always should be relevant. In an assault prosecution the source of the weapon(s) is and always should be relevant,” lawyers for Ivan Soto Barraza and Jesus Leonel Sanchez wrote Monday.
The letter is a response to U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy, who recently argued to the judge that invoking the “Fast and Furious” investigation would “serve no legitimate purpose because that connection is irrelevant to the charges against the defendants.”
Investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson has been following the Terry murder since the beginning and tweeted last week that the federal prosecutor has filed a motion with the court that the defendants “should be precluded from mentioning Operation Fast and Furious.”
Govt wants to preclude mention of Fast & Furious gunwalking at trial of murdered Border Patrol Agent Terry http://t.co/QavXjN2Bxz
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) September 4, 2015
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@SharylAttkisson Utter disgrace.
— Terry O' (@IrishTea1) September 4, 2015
@SharylAttkisson I am no longer surprised by this crap. I just smh and think of my new home DEEP in the woods… it can't come soon enough
— Paul Dobbie (@pauldobbie2) September 4, 2015
@SharylAttkisson The Brian Terry who was killed w/a gun from Fast & Furious?Yeah why would Fast & Furious be relevant at all to that case?
— diogenes (@diogenes323bc) September 4, 2015
@SharylAttkisson @bloodless_coup pesky little detail
— Faria ?? ? (@Faria_Sheridan) September 4, 2015
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Included in a long, long list of missing or withheld government documents Attkisson recently compiled are emails between President Obama and former Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the Fast and Furious program.
Withheld: Obama Administration ‘Fast and Furious’ Documents. In 2012, Attorney General Eric Holder withheld emails regarding the “Fast and
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) September 4, 2015
Furious “scandal. President Obama invoked executive privilege to prevent some emails from being turned over to Congress under subpoena.
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) September 4, 2015
Seven men were charged with Terry’s murder; others have taken plea deals rather than go to trial.
The trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 22 in Tucson federal court, with the judge expected to rule then whether to allow mention of the Fast and Furious gunwalking operation.
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