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🗓️ 4 June 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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0:00.0 | This is the Hidden Killers podcast with Tony Bruske and continuing coverage of the case against Brian Koberger. |
0:08.7 | You know that moment, that very specific moment when someone gets caught red-handed and suddenly develops an elaborate explanation for why everything is actually someone else's fault? |
0:24.9 | There's a lot of cases like that right now. |
0:28.0 | I can think of Karen Reid. |
0:29.4 | I can also think of Brian Coburger, where this case, you have a defense that has transformed a straightforward murder prosecution |
0:39.9 | into what they're dramatically calling a constitutional crisis. |
0:45.5 | But what looks more like standard defense attorney theatrics when your client's case |
0:50.6 | isn't looking particularly strong. |
0:53.8 | Over the past two weeks, we've watched Koberger's legal team demonstrate the time-honored tradition |
0:59.3 | of what's affectionately called, throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks, |
1:07.1 | turning an NBC Dateline episode into grounds for delaying justice and spinning routine |
1:16.6 | pre-trial publicity into claims of fundamental unfairness that would make seasoned prosecutors |
1:22.7 | roll their eyes. |
1:26.1 | Tony Brewski, welcome. |
1:32.3 | Please in the comment section, let me know what your thoughts are on where this case is going, |
1:37.9 | where this case is right now as we await that hearing here coming up in mid-June. |
1:42.6 | We're kind of at a standstill, kind of doing a little reflection here on everything that has been going down and what some of these motions mean that have |
1:45.7 | transpired over the last handful of weeks. The central drama revolves around Judge Stephen |
1:52.8 | Hippler dealing with an information leak to NBC's Dateline that aired on May 9th. The broadcast |
1:58.4 | featured records from Koeger's phone, including internet |
2:01.2 | searches, Amazon purchase histories, Instagram photos, and cell phone tower data. Now, was this |
2:08.4 | leak problematic? Yeah, absolutely. The judge doesn't like it. Does it constitute the defense apocalypse that they're claiming? |
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