From the investigator:
Later in the letter, Merkley detailed his experience working with Stone-Manning during the investigation, calling her the "nastiest of the suspects."
"She was vulgar, antagonistic and extremely anti-government. She was very uncooperative and refused to provide the hair, hand writing exemplars, and fingerprints as ordered by the federal grand jury," Merkley said. "It was not until after we informed her that she would be arrested if she did not comply with the subpoena that she reluctantly provided those samples to me. However, she refused to answer any of my other questions.
Merkley said he eventually learned later in the investigation that Stone-Manning knew all along "who had perpetrated the crimes in the Clearwater National Forest" and said she only came forward in 1993 to give up her co-conspirators in the tree-spiking case "after her attorney struck the immunity deal, and not before she was caught." He continued, "At no time did she come forward of her own volition, and she was never entirely forthcoming."
Merkley concluded the letter by talking about his experience investigating Earth First! and said it led him to retire early in 1997 because he started receiving death threats from the ecoterrorist organization and he was "made aware that they had solicited a contract to kill me and harm my family." He said he is still "concerned" what the group could do to him and his family.
Despite the letter from Merkley revealing Stone-Manning lied to the Senate committee, the White House is still supporting her nomination.
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(and so is Backcountry anglers)
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