This is the Hidden Killers podcast with Tony Brewski and continuing coverage of the case against Brian Koberger.

In the world of true crime trials, budgets usually don't make headlines, but in the case of Brian Koberger, they probably should.

We're looking at a publicly funded defense team operating with what feels like a blank check.

Like, better than he could get if he had the money to provide his own defense.

That's usually not how it works.

Usually your public defenders are not quite up to the level of, I have endless millions

of dollars to spend on a defense team.

But that's what's happening here.

Well, most defendants facing murder charges are lucky to get one overworked court-appointed attorney.

And a forensic expert who charges $50 an hour, Koeberger's team has assembled a full squad of lawyers, specialists, mitigation experts,

on the taxpayers' dime.

Why this case?

Why this level of investment?

Yeah, it's a death penalty case.

Yeah, it's a high-profile case.

But what exactly is driving the scale and scope of this defense?

More importantly, why and what are they doing with it?

One thing's for sure. They're using those resources to mount a full court press against the

prosecution's timeline, expert testimony, and witnesses where they can get them. With the third-party

suspect theory officially tossed by Judge Hippler and the trial clock ticking towards August,

the defense is now putting everything into discrediting the state's evidence. That means going hard after the cell data.

The car ID analysis, the surviving roommate, Dylan Mortensen, and even the DoorDash driver, everyone in their mind is fair game now.

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