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More than a week into the Cobell v. Kempthorne evidentiary hearing over an accounting for the Individual Indian Money trust, both the account holding class of plaintiffs and the defendant Interior Department tried to bolster their known positions with a world of detail, much of it available through court transcripts at the (The DoJ is defending the governments delegate agency in the case, Interior.)

Broadly speaking, Interior hopes to prove that activities it calls a full historical accounting for the IIM trust are sufficient that the court should permit it to proceed without interruption. The plaintiffs hope to prove Interior simply isnt providing the court-ordered full historical accounting of IIM funds that have flowed into the accounts from the lease of assets on land held in trust for Indian individuals by the federal government.

Witnesses are presenting the governments case first. Robert E. Kirschman Jr., an attorney with the DoJ, opened the pleadings by assuring presiding U.S. District Judge James Robertson the evidence and testimony will demonstrate that Interior is performing a historical accounting of IIM accounts in a structured and orderly manner. There is no unreasonable delay going on, and theres no basis for such a finding, Kirschman said.

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