Hutaree Trial opens today. Quick update for anyone who paid attention 2 years ago.

is there anything to report?

going to be a long trial.

First:
Defense lawyers in the Hutaree militia trial are attacking the credibility of the government's star witness: a confidential informant accused of shooting at his wife while undercover for the FBI.

And he still got paid, despite being criminally charged.

On Tuesday, the second day of the Hutaree trial, defense lawyers lambasted the informant, telling jurors he has "glaring credibility" issues and was "spiraling out of control" while undercover.

Specifically, defense lawyers told jurors that the informant, Dan Murray, was charged in 2010 with shooting at his wife.

[link to www.freep.com]

Second:
"You will have to decide whether this is a real conspiracy or David Stone exercising his God-given right to blow off steam and open his mouth," David Stone's lawyer, William Swor, told jurors. "These are ordinary people living ordinary lives. Doing this stuff was merely their form of recreation."

Swor went on to say that many of the weapons seized were over 20 years old, therefore proving that this group was not destined for extreme revolt but rather saw their "militia" as a recreational hobby.

According to the Detroit Free Press, Swor also told the jury that Stone was raised by a preacher father who focused heavily on the Book of Revelation and the coming of the antichrist. According to his defense attorney, Stone was simply trying to protect his family from this potential antichrist threat, which he expected to come from overseas. Therefore, he had no reason to attack the federal government, Swor argued.

[link to global.christianpost.com]

Third:
Hutaree Defense: Just Another Social Club Arming Against the Antichrist
[link to www.theatlanticwire.com]