A member of the FBI’s elite Hostage Rescue Team has been indicted in Oregon on five federal counts of making a false statement and obstruction of justice.
The five-count indictment relates to the January 2016 police chase and fatal shooting of Robert Lavoy Finicum, the spokesman for a standoff with federal authorities at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita, 40, received three counts of making a false statement and two counts of obstruction of justice. Appearing yesterday in federal court in Portland, he pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Astarita will remain out of custody pending trial.
Find out the alleged deception that led to the charges against him, which law enforcement agency produced the evidence, and the dismay of law enforcement officials over the indictment.
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I agree! The ENTIRE agency needs to be CLEANED up!!!
Julie Lomeli Poole what really bothers me is that quite a few liberals call for assassinations.
This isn’t the first time members of the HRT unit have lied about an incident they shot someone in. A number of agents took the Fifth during congressional hearings about the Ruby Ridge killings. These agents think they are above the law.
OSP actually shot him,but the FBI instigated the ambush,and he never went for a gun,It was murder
Doesn’t matter who did it. Murder seems to be on the Lefts agenda.
Only one arrest… This man was murdered by the FBI and about a dozen of them and some local Law enforcement need to be arrested and charged with Murder in the first degree…. And who was the Muslim President at the time???? yeah… he needs to face Justice too….
Look at the history of FBI vigilantes. Ruby Ridge, Waco, and now Malheur… I’m sure there’s more. Sad. And scary. Bad guys with guns and badges. 🙁
Please let this be true !
Will be interesting following this one
Don’t forget about Waco TX. When the GOV decided to take a tank to a crazy Christian compound and ended up burning more than 80 people. Women and children didn’t matter. They were going to kill those people from the start or why bring in a tank?