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Bryan Kohberger, Sandra Birchmore and Anna Kepner: Who Traded Testimony for a Deal Oct 29, 2026

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Matthew Farwell's twin traded his testimony for immunity at the Sandra Birchmore trial. William Farwell admitted being intimate with Sandra while serving as a Stoughton officer on duty, and those words can't be used to prosecute him.

Her medical examiner testified the police paperwork already called Sandra's death a suicide before the autopsy.

Anna Kepner's stepbrother Timothy Hudson must plead by January 15, 2027, or stand trial January 25.

Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty in July 2025 to four University of Idaho murders and told the judge he was satisfied with his attorneys. His petition claims those attorneys coerced him. Judge Steven Hippler vacated every date on the calendar the night before a hearing on Kohberger's motion to remove him, which argues the judge's sentencing comments show bias. Prosecutors want the petition dismissed without a hearing as bare and unsupported.

Criminal defense trial attorney Bob Motta and Robin Dreeke, retired from the FBI, join me on whether Kohberger's fight goes anywhere.

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Bryan Kohberger's Plea Transcript Has Him Saying This Oct 28, 2026

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Prosecutors have requested the transcripts of Bryan Kohberger's July 2025 plea hearing, where he pleaded guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students.

That record has Kohberger saying yes, he's pleading guilty because he is guilty. His July 2026 petition says his attorneys coerced him, but at the plea he said he was satisfied with them.

Kohberger's team wants a new judge, arguing that what Judge Steven Hippler said at sentencing shows bias. Prosecutors' answer, citing State v. Beam, is that a judge can't sentence anyone without forming strong opinions.

The hearing on that request was scheduled for October 15, 2026. Hippler vacated it the day before, along with everything else on the calendar. Under the amended scheduling order, any new hearing dates have to be set by August 2027.

My guests, former FBI agent Robin Dreeke and Bob Motta of Defense Diaries, take on what that transcript does to his coercion claim.

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Kohberger Could Face His Former Lawyer Over WHAT?! Oct 18, 2026

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Bryan Kohberger named his former lawyers in his attempt to undo the guilty plea that spared him the death penalty. He claims Anne Taylor’s team misled him about prison conditions and withheld evidence he believes would have changed his decision. If a hearing eventually happens, those claims could be tested against records of the plea discussions.

Kohberger alleges ineffective assistance from Taylor, Elisa Massoth and Bicka Barlow. Lawyers are generally required to protect private client communications. A claim that hinges on what counsel did or said can create a limited exception, but the court would decide what information is relevant and what can be disclosed. It is not a blanket release of years of conversations.

At his July 2, 2025 plea hearing, Kohberger told Judge Steven Hippler he was guilty. Prosecutor Bill Thompson summarized DNA evidence involving a knife sheath, records of a Ka-Bar knife purchase, cell-phone connections and a white Hyundai Elantra shown on surveillance. Kohberger’s attorneys would have been able to contest the state’s interpretation at trial. Instead, the plea ended that trial and removed the death penalty under the agreement.

Former prosecutor and defense attorney Eric Faddis joins Tony Brueski to explore whether a former attorney might have to explain what happened behind closed doors, what a sworn plea admission proves and what Kohberger risks by challenging the bargain he accepted.

The October 14 court order canceled future hearings while the petition and prosecution’s effort to dismiss it remain unresolved. For Kohberger, reopening the case would require more than a new argument about the evidence.

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Bryan Kohberger’s Judge Erased WHICH Court Dates?! Oct 18, 2026

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Bryan Kohberger wants another chance to challenge the guilty plea that sent him to prison for life. His new lawyer also wants the judge who took that plea off the case. On October 14, 2026, Judge Steven Hippler removed the October 15 recusal hearing from the schedule, along with the June 2027 dates set aside for a status conference and possible hearing on Kohberger's claims.

Kohberger pleaded guilty in July 2025 to killing Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. He told Hippler he was guilty and later received four consecutive life sentences. The post-conviction petition he filed in 2026 alleges his former attorneys provided ineffective assistance and that the plea was not freely made. Prosecutors dispute his claims and seek dismissal without a hearing.

Greg Rauch, the attorney representing him in the challenge, argues Hippler's own words are a problem. At sentencing, the judge sharply condemned Kohberger, and Rauch says those remarks could impair an objective assessment of Kohberger's credibility. He also points to a refused request for more time shortly before the plea. His motion seeks disqualification and a transfer of the proceedings back to Latah County.

Hippler's new calendar does not decide the request to remove him. It gives Kohberger until January 13, 2027, to file an amended petition and sets a July 7 deadline for evidence gathering. Further hearing dates are dependent on what happens with the unresolved motions.

Tony Brueski and attorney Eric Faddis examine what the cancellation actually changes. If prosecutors succeed in having the petition dismissed, the fight could end without an evidence hearing. If it proceeds, the questions surrounding Kohberger's sworn admission and the judge's impartiality may return to the courtroom, with the victims' families drawn through another round.

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Bryan Kohberger and Sandra Birchmore: What the Evidence Actually Shows Oct 17, 2026

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Kohberger said he was guilty. His DNA was on the knife sheath. His phone pinged the house over twenty times. His alibi has no witness. Now he wants his plea back, his judge wiped the calendar, and the attorney he accused has his sworn answers on tape. Meanwhile, Sandra Birchmore sent six hundred texts the day she died. Farwell's DNA is on the weapon. He walked in wearing a mask and left twenty-nine minutes later. She told eighty people about her baby and the defense says she ended her own life. Eric Faddis covers all of it with Tony across four segments — the vanished hearings, the evidence wall, the Anne Taylor backfire, and whether the Farwell case is open and shut. DNA, surveillance, and forty thousand recovered texts are in front of a jury.

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Anne Taylor Has the Plea Transcript and Kohberger Opened the Door Oct 16, 2026

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Kohberger's post-conviction petition accuses Anne Taylor of hiding exculpatory evidence, lying about what death row looks like, and telling him the plea didn't need to be truthful. He named Taylor, Elisa Massoth, and Bicka Barlow. Filing an ineffective assistance claim waived attorney-client privilege — every protected conversation from three years of defense work is now exposed. Taylor's team wrote a sealed memo before the plea warning the judge that Kohberger had difficulty comprehending adverse rulings. Hippler denied the continuance. Kohberger pleaded guilty weeks later. If Taylor testifies at an evidentiary hearing, she walks in with the transcript where Kohberger told the judge he understood the agreement, was satisfied with his attorneys, and was pleading guilty because he is guilty. Eric Faddis, defense attorney and former prosecutor, joins Tony to break down how this accusation could expose Kohberger's defense strategy and whether the families could see something worse than a new trial.

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What Bryan Kohberger Would Actually Argue If He Gets a Trial Oct 16, 2026

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Kohberger's alibi was that he was out driving alone that night, looking at the moon and the stars. No corroborating witness. His phone was off during the killing window. Against him: DNA on the knife sheath, over twenty phone pings near the house, surveillance footage, and the Ka-Bar knife bought with a gift card. His car was meticulously cleaned. A roommate saw him inside the home. He took the plea to avoid the death penalty. Vacating it puts death back on the table — prosecutors already filed intent to seek it. Eric Faddis joins Tony to break down what defense Kohberger could actually mount and what a jury does with an alibi contradicted by cell data. Has the fight itself become the point for a man filing handwritten petitions from a maximum-security cell?

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The Judge Bryan Kohberger Wants Fired Wiped Every Court Date Oct 16, 2026

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Kohberger's team was set to argue that Judge Hippler should be removed from the post-conviction case. Hippler vacated the hearing the night before — and took every other date with it. The June status conference and June evidentiary hearing on the plea withdrawal are gone. The prosecution has asked Hippler to throw out the petition without any hearing, calling Kohberger's claims bare and conclusory. The defense cites Hippler's sentencing comments — that Kohberger was the worst of the worst and that nothing about him was redeeming — and wants the case moved back to Latah County. Family attorney Jason Goldman says this is the beginning of a longer fight. Eric Faddis, defense attorney and former prosecutor, joins Tony to break down what the judge's move means, what the prosecution is trying to kill, and whether the families of Kaylee, Maddie, Xana, and Ethan will ever see a final resolution.

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Bryan Kohberger, Gypsy Rose and Sandra Birchmore: Who Judged Their Own Case Oct 15, 2026

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Bryan Kohberger's motion to remove Judge Steven Hippler for bias gets argued before Judge Steven Hippler on October 15, 2026. Kohberger pleaded guilty under oath on July 2, 2025; his handwritten petition now says Anne Taylor's team coerced him, and his appointed lawyer Greg Rauch quotes Hippler's "faceless coward" sentencing speech as the proof of bias. This combined episode sets that fight beside two others where someone decided early. Gypsy Rose Blanchard called Ken Urker's death an overdose the day after he was found on October 1, 2026, with toxicology still pending; a 2025 prison call has her describing a knife and his headboard. Massachusetts ruled Sandra Birchmore a suicide in 2021 and withdrew it in April 2026 while Matthew Farwell stands trial in Boston. Four listener Q&A segments. Your questions on who had the authority, and who used it.

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What Judge Hippler Called Bryan Kohberger Is Now Kohberger's Argument Oct 15, 2026

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Judge Steven Hippler called Bryan Kohberger a "faceless coward" at sentencing, and Kohberger's new lawyer is using the sentence to argue Hippler can't judge him again. Greg Rauch's motion to disqualify gets argued October 15, 2026, in Hippler's courtroom. It says those remarks, plus Hippler's denial of a continuance six days before the July 2, 2025, guilty plea, show bias, and that a bench proceeding with no jury leaves no check on it. Rauch wants the case sent back to Latah County too. Kohberger told Hippler under oath he was guilty of killing Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. His handwritten petition says he was coerced and that Anne Taylor's team failed him. Prosecutors want it dismissed. An amended petition is due in November; the evidentiary hearing is reserved for June 17, 2027. Your questions on the standard Rauch has to meet, what Taylor can say now, and the families back in the gallery.

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