randy weaver trial update day note these trial updates are summarized from reports in the idaho statesman and the local nbc affiliate television station ktvb channel randy weaver kevin harris trial update day monday april was the fifth day of the trial synopsis government informant kenneth fadeley testified that randy weaver sold him two shotguns in violation of the national firearms act of u s district court judge edward lodge asks jurors not to hear accounts of the waco fire because of possible influences on the weaver harris case the testimony of fbi special agent greg rampton apparently ended without further incident as it was mentioned neither by ktvb nor the idaho statesman the day was highlighted by the testimony of kenneth fadeley who had been posing as an outlaw biker and illegal guns person named gus magiosono fadeley testified that he was acting as an informant for the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms in his dealings with randy weaver fadeley began by stating that he had met weaver in at an aryan nations summer conference in hayden lake idaho the two then met again october note the huge separation in time at a restaurant in sandpoint idaho to begin a weapons transaction he stated that weaver had said he felt like he weaver was being prepared to do something dangerous for the white cause the two later met october behind the restaurant and later went to a city park to make the sale during this second meeting fadeley was wearing a small recording device to tape the conversation weaver allegedly showed him an h r gauge shotgun with a inch barrel and an overall length of inches he additionally showed a remington gauge shotgun with a inch barrel and an overall length of inches nfa requires minimums of inches for barrel length and an overall length of inches on tape weaver is reported to have said that he could perform better work once his machine shop is set up the two then discuss the possibility of future sales fadeley then counts out three hundred dollars for the two guns and promises the balance of one hundred fifty dollars when they next meet note that the atf could have simply arrested him here why did they wait until january over a year later to arrest him this is not explained the next meeting took place on nov fadeley stated that his source had only come up with one hundred dollars instead of the one hundred fifty he d promised at this point weaver suspected he was dealing with an informant i had a guy in spokane tell me you were bad fadeley managed to convince weaver otherwise the idaho statesman states explicitly that three tapes were made of conversations with randy weaver thus each of these meetings must have been recorded however the statesman also reported that a tape of a telephone conversation involving vicki weaver randy weaver s wife was played to the court there must have also been phone taps these tapes were played to the court via both headphones and loudspeakers under the objections of gerry spence weaver s attorney spence said to a ktvb reporter that he wanted to make sure that the government proved its case if it has a case at all according to the rules randy weaver tore off his headphones and wept when he heard his wife s voice on the tape u s district court judge edward lodge asked jurors not to hear accounts of the waco fire because of possible influences on the weaver harris case exactly how such information could affect this trial is not explained other notes sunday evening there was a report on ktvb concerning kevin harris unnamed agents within the fbi admit that they are surprised that kevin harris is still alive first they were surprised that he survived the initial gunshot wound s sustained in the initial firefight at the y junction later when randy weaver was struck by sniper fire the sniper had reported that harris had been struck not weaver finally there was a report that the fbi agent who killed vicki weaver believed he was aiming at kevin harris instead this is what was reported critics are charging that the fbi was blatantly trying to eliminate the only non government witness to the deaths of samuel weaver and deputy marshal william degan some local people believe that harris s survival is simply due to divine intervention tuesday april will be the sixth day of the trial kenneth fadeley s testimony is scheduled to continue
