After nearly two years of sitting in jail, Cliven Bundy will be free
to go home and his sons and Ryan Payne will no longer be under the thumb
of federal tyranny in Nevada. These men will not face another retrial as Judge Gloria Navarro dismissed the case against them with "prejudice" on Monday.
A federal judge on Monday said the
federal prosecutors' conduct was "outrageous" and "violated due process
rights" of the defendants.
U.S. District Court Judge Gloria Navarro dismissed the
charges against the four men "with prejudice," meaning they cannot face
trial again. She said a new trial would not be sufficient to address
the problems in the case and would provide the prosecution with an
unfair advantage going forward.
As the courtroom doors opened after Navarro's ruling, a huge cheer went up from the crowd of spectators gathered outside.
Navarro's decision comes less than a month after she
declared a mistrial in case and found federal prosecutors willfully
withheld critical and "potentially exculpatory" evidence from the
defense.
"Failure to turn over such evidence violates due
process," Navarro said. "A fair trial at this point is impossible."The
evidence included:
Records about surveillance at the Bundy ranch;
Maps about government surveillance;
Records about the presence of government snipers;
FBI logs about activity at the ranch in the days leading up to standoff;
Law-enforcement assessments dating to 2012 that found the Bundys posed no threat;
Internal affairs reports about misconduct by Bureau of Land Management agents.
Prosecutor Steven Myhre was then demoted after the Justice Department looked into the matter,
but they have failed to bring criminal charges against Myhre, something
that should be done considering the irreparable harm he has done to the
Bundys and their supporters, including those who took plea deals and
those convicted who Myhre and the court refused to allow that
exculpatory evidence in their cases.
More is sure to come out of this case in the coming days, and
hopefully, we can begin demanding the DOJ prosecute Steven Myhre and his
criminal accomplices in this matter to the fullest extent of the law. He's still on the job, after all and able to continue to commit these types of crimes against other American citizens. Additionally, while I'm happy with the ruling from Judge Navarro, she
is by no means innocent in all of this as she went right along with the
prosecution until it became so clear that corruption was going on and
she shut it down. The people should seek for her to be impeached and removed from the bench, as well.
Jon Ritzheimer and Ryan Payne
are friends from way back. They recently met up after months of not
seeing each other, and had a great time. With their ladies along side,
they enjoyed everything from lunch to Go-Carts. Then they went to the Bundy Ranch. Now they are being punished by the Oregon Courts for not knowing they were not allowed to visit with this American family. Judge Anna Brown has decided, after the fact, that these men were not going to get away with supporting the Bundy family. Both Ritzheimer and Payne are considered co-defendants on the Malheur Protest Trial in Oregon. They each decided to accept plea agreements in that case and are scheduled to begin their sentences soon.
Jon Ritzheimer with Carol Bundy
Jon Ritzheimer
accepted a plea agreement in the Malheur Protest trial and was
scheduled to begin his incarceration in several weeks. Instead, he will
be headed to prison early, on January 12th. Ryan Payne is currently a defendant alongside Cliven Bundy and his two sons, Ammon and Ryan, in the Bunkerville Standoff trial in Las Vegas. Judge Gloria Navarro recently declared a mistrial in that case and further rulings are expected in the coming days. Meanwhile, due to the gross misconduct of the prosecutors office,
the defendants in Las Vegas have been released under pretrial
conditions, with the exception of Cliven Bundy. Payne received
additional conditions from Judge Anna Brown in Oregon due to his status
in her court. Brown has now ordered him to be placed under house arrest.
Photos from
their outing were published on Facebook. This was all it took for Judge
Anna Brown to get worked up and call in her proverbial marker.
It was first said that they were not supposed to see each other, as co defendants. However, that was proven to be untrue by the document shown here. The ban for defendants to speak to each other was LIFTED! It was
actually all about them going to the Bundy Ranch. The government does
not want anyone supporting Cliven Bundy, or anyone that takes a stand
for citizens rights. These are
not the first stories being told about retaliation for supporting
citizen rights. The Federal government has cracked down on
Liberty-loving patriots around the country just because they can!
If you are
an active militia member, if you are vocal about states rights, if you
profess your support of the Constitution or call yourselves Patriots,
then you are probably being looked at and may be targeted.
Greg Whalen is a disabled combat veteran who spends his days helping other vets and advocating for the US Constitution. Whalen attended the Million Vet March
on Washington DC during the 2013 government shutdown and was
photographed removing barricades. Additionally, he went to Bunkerville
when he heard about the standoff and removed the “First Amendment Area”
sign.
In front of the Las Vegas Federal Courthouse. (Facebook)Both of
these events were listed on paperwork he saw when he was stopped from
entering Nellis AFB last spring. He was roughed up, stripped searched,
called a domestic terrorist and told not to come back to the base. He
has yet to regain his base privileges. Another vet
named John was stripped of his VA benefits after being in Bunkerville,
with the VA claiming he refused a mental health evaluation. With these
documents in hand, he could not find anyone at the Veterans
Administration who knew anything about it, yet he still does not have
his disability benefits.
There are
numerous stories of patriots being placed on the “No Fly” list, or at
least held for several hours before being allowed to travel. This is
government terrorism against it’s citizens! They are punishing people
for supporting anyone that stands up for their God-given,
Constitutionally-protected rights. If you don’t fall in line with the
mandated rhetoric, then the NDAA will become your worst enemy. Dear Americans: This Law Makes It Possible To Arrest And Jail You Indefinitely Anytime
Under
Section 1021, however, anyone who has committed a “belligerent act,”
can be detained indefinitely, without charges or trial, as a “suspected
terrorist.” This is a direct violation of the U.S. Constitution and our
Bill or Rights. In The FederalistNo. 84,
Alexander Hamilton stressed the importance of the writ of habeas corpus
to protect against “the favorite and most formidable instruments of
tyranny.”
What can we do to stop the NDAA? We fight back. We the People push back against the Federal government’s encroachment on our rights and liberties.ContactPeople Against the NDAA (PANDA)who have already begun the fight and have resources to share with you. We must stand strong and fight for our basic liberties! If we don’t do it, then who will?
by:Tim Pearce
Unsealed court documents detail how the team of prosecutors tasked
with convicting Cliven Bundy and his sons of crimes relating to a 2014
armed standoff failed to turn over potential exculpatory evidence to the
court, The Oregonian reports.
The Bundys’ case ended in a mistrial Dec. 20 after Judge Gloria Navarro ruled that prosecutors violated the civil rights of the defendants by withholding evidence supporting the Bundys’ case.
Navarro is considering dismissing the case “with prejudice” and blocking prosecutors from retrying the case.
Her decision will come Jan. 8, according to The New York Times.
“There were approximately 3,000 pages that were provided to us only
after we started trial,” Bundy lawyer Bret D. Whipple told TheNYT.
“I personally have never seen anything like this, especially in a case of such importance.”
Judge Gloria Navarro called a mistrial today in the #bundytrial — "the only suitable option" because of several Brady violations in government's handling of discovery. "A fair trial at this point is impossible."
9:39 AM - 20 Dec 2017
Those 3,000 pages include the Bundys’ requests for multiple federal
assessments that showed the Bundy family was likely not dangerous.
Prosecutors called
the requests part of a “long list of frivolous and vexatious
pleadings,” until a government witness, under cross examination,
revealed knowledge of the assessments in court, The Oregonian reports.
Defense attorney’s asked federal prosecutors to hand over Inspector
General reports on Bureau of Land Management agent Dan Love, who
directed the BLM raid on the Bundy ranch to seize the family’s cattle
over decades of unpaid grazing fees.
Love was fired from the agency in September for corruption and unethical behavior.
“I personally have never seen anything like this, especially in a case of such importance.”
Those 3,000 pages include the Bundys’ requests for multiple federal
assessments that showed the Bundy family was likely not dangerous.
Prosecutors called
the requests part of a “long list of frivolous and vexatious
pleadings,” until a government witness, under cross examination,
revealed knowledge of the assessments in court, The Oregonian reports.
Defense attorney’s asked federal prosecutors to hand over Inspector
General reports on Bureau of Land Management agent Dan Love, who
directed the BLM raid on the Bundy ranch to seize the family’s cattle
over decades of unpaid grazing fees.
Love was fired from the agency in September for corruption and unethical behavior.
Prosecutors had dismissed the allegations and investigations of Love
as an “urban legend,” but ended up handing over 500 pages worth of
reports on Love in December, according to The Oregonian.
The Bundys’ lawyers made two requests to Navarro for a special
“discovery monitor” to ensure that all relevant documents were being
turned over by the prosecution.
Both requests were denied. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, however, launched an investigation into prosecutorial misconduct after the mistrial.
However, it's now coming to light that this is no the first time the
Myhre has been breaking the law and seemingly getting away with it.
Shari Dovale at Redoubt News has uncovered some of Mhyre's history of this lawless behavior and yet, he is still on the job in Nevada!
Dovale reports:
In the case of US v. Chapman, Steven Myhre was,
again, the Acting US Attorney for the District of Nevada. He was in
charge of the case and controlled all aspects of the case.
The case centered around securities fraud. On August 8, 2003, a grand
jury in the District of Nevada returned a sixty-four-count indictment
charging that Defendants allegedly created multiple shell corporations,
back-dated corporate records to make their activities appear lawful, and
named dummy directors and officers who had no actual control over the
corporations and in some cases did not even know of their existence.
But, as in the Bunkerville Standoff trial, this case lead to a
mistrial due to the prosecution ~ headed by Steven Myhre ~ not
disclosing vital exculpatory evidence.
-dated corporate records to make their activities appear lawful, and
named dummy directors and officers who had no actual control over the
corporations and in some cases did not even know of their existence.
But, as in the Bunkerville Standoff trial, this case lead to a
mistrial due to the prosecution ~ headed by Steven Myhre ~ not
disclosing vital exculpatory evidence.
During the mistrial hearing,
Chapman’s attorney alerted the court to hundreds of pages of documents
that the government had delivered that morning and the previous evening.
They totaled some 650 pages and consisted of rap sheets, plea
agreements, cooperation agreements, and other information related to
numerous government witnesses, including at least three important
witnesses whose testimony was already complete.
This case resulted in a dismissal with prejudice. The government
prosecutors ~ headed by Steven Myhre ~ attempted to appeal this
decision. The appellate court upheld the ruling and stated clearly:
This is prosecutorial misconduct in its highest
form; conduct in flagrant disregard of the United States Constitution;
and conduct which should be deterred by the strongest sanction
available.
This is just one instance of Myhre's crimes for which he was never prosecuted. The Bundy Ranch trials have totaled three thus far, and in each of those trials he broke the law, which demonstrates a pattern of lawlessness.
But it isn't just Mr. Mhyre. No, he had help in orchestrating his
crimes and among that help were his teammates, Dan Schiess and Nadia
Ahmed.
Still, there were others involved, some in the Bureau of Land Management, as whistleblower and former lead investigator Larry Wooten wrote about after he was removed from the investigation at the request of Steven Myhre.
Myhre should have been disbarred at the first instance of his
criminal actions, but he wasn't. There is no telling how many times he
has engaged in this behavior and how many innocent people have lost
property or been imprisoned due to his crimes.
It's high time the people see Steven Mhyre and all those involved in
this criminal action against the Bundys and their supporters dealt the
very justice they sought to impose unjustly upon them.
In Wooten's letter, he wrote, "…the investigation revealed a
widespread pattern of bad judgment, lack of discipline, incredible bias,
unprofessionalism and misconduct, as well as likely policy, ethical,
and legal violations among senior and supervisory staff at the BLM’s
Office of Law Enforcement and Security."
"The issues I uncovered in my opinion, also likely put our agency and
specific law enforcement supervisors in potential legal, civil, and
administrative jeopardy," wrote Wooten.
Among those things were clear bias towards the Bundys and their
supporters. The video below recounts many of those comments as well as a
kill list, of which the producer of the video claims to have been on
for over two years.
Yep, Dan Love became a "whistleblower" to cover his own butt, and so
did another federal agent, but they should not be protected because they
were the ones engaging in the illegal activity. Whistleblower
protections should not be given to those who willfully and knowingly
engage in misconduct and criminal activity and then seek to skirt
prosecution by claiming they are now a whistleblower. You can't have it
both ways.
Additionally, Wooten's letter would go on to state the behavior among
the BLM leadership was more than disgusting and that former BLM Special
Agent-in-Charge Dan Love had a kill list.
Wooten wrote, "Prior to taking the assignment as Bundy/Gold Butte
investigation Case Agent/Lead Investigator for the FLM/DOI, I didn't
know and had never spoken to former BLM SAC Dan Love. I was new to the
agency and I was also specifically directed to lead an unbiased,
professional, and independent investigation, which I tried to do,
despite supervisory misconduct."
"I was told by BLM law Enforcement Supervisors that he has a 'Kill Book'
as a trophy and in essence bragged about getting three individuals in
Utah to commit suicide (see Operation Cerberus Action out of Blanding,
Utah and the death of Dr. Redd), the "Failure Rock," Directing
Subordinates to Erase Official Government Files in order to impede the
efforts of rival civilian BLM employees in preparation for the "Burning
Man" Special Event, unlawfully removing evidence, bragging about the
number of OIG and internal investigations on him and indicating that he
is untouchable, encouraging subordinates not to cooperate with internal
and OIG investigations, his harassment of a femal Native American
subordinate employee where Mr. Love allegedly had a doll that he
referred to by the employee's name and called her his drunk little
Indian, etc., etc., etc."
There were other indications of bias and possible kill list targets.
Wooten wrote, "My supervisor even took photographs in the secure
command post area of the Las Vegas FBI Headquarters and even after he
was told that no photographs were allowed, he recklessly emailed out
photographs of the "Arrest Tracking Wall" in which Eric Parker and
Cliven Bundy has "X's" through their face and body."
According to Wooten, that made that electronic transmission subject
to Federal Records Protections, the Litigation Hold, and the FOIA.
This behavior apparently set a tone among those under Love's authority as well.
For instance, Wooten mentions that fact that among those who were
"law enforcement officers," who were also potential witnesses and
investigative team supervisors, they would refer to the Bundys and their
supporters as "rednecks, retards, overweight woman with big jowls,
douche bags, tractor-face, idiots, inbred, etc."
The specifically targeted Cliven Bundy in their cold-hearted references.
"Cliven Bundy felony... just kind of rolls off the tongue, doesn't
it?" wrote Wooten. "Dildos, western themed gay bars, odors of sweat,
playing chess with menstruating women, Cliven Bundy shitting on cold
stainless steel, personal lubricant and Ryan Bundy holding a giant
penis."
Still, the disgusting acts of Dan Love and others at the BLM, according
to Wooten, are reprehensible and not a one of them in the lot should be
employed by the government of the people.
Mr. Wooten also pointed out that "more and more it was becoming
apparent that the numerous statements made by potential trial witnesses
and victims (even by good officers under duress) [one has to ask if they
are really "good officers"], could potentially cast an unfavorable
light on the BLM."
I'd say, "Too late, that light was cast a long time ago."
Wooten then referred to "The Bundy Trial 2017 Leaked Fed Body Cam Evidence," which included the following:
"Jack-up Hage" (Wayne Hage Jr.)
"Are you fucxxxx people stupid or what"
"Fat dude, right behind the tree has a long gun"
"Mother fuxxxx, you come and find me and you're gonna have hell to pay"
"Fat Asx slid down"
"Pretty much a shoot first, ask question later"
"No gun there. He's just holding his back standing like a sissy"
"She must not be married"
"Shoot his fucxxxx dog first"
During all of this, Wooten says that there was a serious professional
problem and that a key witness deactivated his body camera.
Now, why would he do that? Was he just short of pulling the trigger
because he was angry and wanted to scratch that itch to murder?
It's not that farfetched considering that the sniper at Ruby Ridge
who murdered an unarmed mother with a baby in her arms was promoted.
There was no threat at Waco. There was no threat at Ruby Ridge, and there was no threat at Bundy Ranch.
There were law-abiding citizens wanting to protect each other against a tyrannical government and out of control BLM agents.
To top it off, prosecutor Steven Myhre knew all this and sought as
much as possible to hide evidence demonstrating the reckless and
sadistic manner of Dan Love and the other agents in Bunkerville in 2014.
If you still want to side with the government on this one, then you have
chosen your side. I've posted all this so everyone will know whose
side you are on.
by: Tim Brown
On Monday, reports of prosecutor misconduct emerged in the Bundy Ranch trials, but you probably didn't hear that in the mainstream media nor much of the alternative media.
I had been on vacation and was very limited in what I was able to
write on during that time, but having come back, I've seen some of the
reports, mainly from Shari Dovale at Redoubt News,
who has been keeping the public informed, along with a few others of
what is taking place in Nevada at what has been deemed "The Trial of the
Century.
First, let me allow Terry Noonkester
to update you on the misconduct aspect in the case by the prosecution
and we'll move on to whether this may result in the end of the trial.
Prosecutorial misconduct has affected the USA v Cliven Bundy trials in
Las Vegas in regards to pretrial detention, convictions, plea
agreements, and sentencing. Just within the first few weeks of the Tier I
group trial, there is evidence that the prosecution has used false
information to keep the defendants incarcerated. Other evidence proves
the Bundy’s and militia leaders did not make false statements to incite
the protest, possibly eliminating at least one of the criminal charges.
Due to the serious affect of the mishandling of evidence by the prosecution, the defense attorney’s continued to make motions for a mistrial and dismissal of the case.
The prosecutions misrepresentation’s and
withholding of evidence may have started by influencing the grand jury
to indict on a total of sixteen charges. Misrepresentation at the grand
jury level could possibly void the basis of even plea agreements
accepted by some Bundy Ranch Protest defendants. If a criminal charge
is proven to be based on false government claims, can the government
continue to enforce that charge in a plea agreement? According to
contract law, an agreement based on false information is not binding nor
enforceable.
There has also been extreme pressure applied to the defendants to
accept plea agreements. Historically, prosecutors across the country
gained leverage when bargaining with defendants after the passage of the
Bail Reform Acts of 1964 and 1984. These acts allowed federal judges
to deny bail to defendants when they were indicted for noncapital cases.
The USA v Bundy case was defined by the court as a ‘complex case’
giving the prosecution up to five years to complete the trials and still
conform with the speedy trial requirements. Pre-trial detention of
such great duration fosters desperation in the defendants, causing many
to buckle under the pressure when a plea bargain is offered.
Noonkester then listed those in the Bundy shakedown who have accepted
plea bargains, many of which have families and believed they were
facing such a corrupt system that their chances of having a fair trial
in light of facing most, if not all, of their life in prison seemed
reasonable. Others were convicted, but their convictions should be
called into question considering the obvious suppression of evidence by
the prosecution that came out in the latest trial.
Noonkester comments, "As the third trial proceeds, more is revealed
about government overreach and prosecutorial misconduct. Greg
Burleson’s and Todd Engel’s convictions must be questioned in light of
all the evidence withheld in their trial. Plea deals need to be
reevaluated to make sure that these men haven’t pled guilty to a
criminal charge that will later found to be fabricated by the
government."
So, is this impacting the trial? Has it merely brought it to a
standstill or are we about to see a mistrial declared or possibility a
dropping of the charges?
Shari Dovale reported on Monday that Judge Gloria Navarro said, "The jury won’t be called back before [December 20th], if they are needed.”
If needed? Aren't they a part of the very court that is weighing the
evidence here? Perhaps the government's leniency in the matter of
releasing the defendants in the case during trial is only a sign of
what's to come in hopes that they can make all this go away quietly
because they know they have wasted millions of dollars, violated the
rights of the people and lied to the American public about what was all
going on.
However, Dovale reported:
Judge Navarro discussed in open court the numerous violations made by the prosecution and the agents of the BLM and FBI in relation to this case.
Multiple Brady violations topped the list, with many exculpatory
items not being turned over to the defense teams. Items such as the
Threat Assessment reports, names of potential witnesses, reports from
the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) reprimanding the BLM for not
enforcing the court orders for years, and many more.
There are at least seven Brady violations the
judge referred to in court today. Additionally, there were violations
of evidence not being turned over in a timely manner, which are referred
to as ‘Giglio’ violations, pointing to the court decisions of Giglio v. United States .
After the jury was sent home, the courtroom was cleared of spectators
so the principle players could immediately go into another of the now
infamous super-secret sealed hearings.
This court trial has become known for their overuse of the sealed
hearing rules. A majority of the evidence has been sealed from the
public view, bringing questions as to why the government is hiding so
much information from the citizens. Our Constitution guarantees public
trials, yet the government does not hold themselves accountable to the
US Constitution, as their representative so testified.
So, as it stands now, it would appear the government is in the hot
seat, but keep in mind that the government is acting as both plaintiff
and prosecutor with a judge rooster guarding the hen house, but how long
will they be able to maintain the charade here, or are they actually
waking up to the fact that there was no crime actually committed here
except on the government's behalf?
Time will tell. Until December 20...
by:Tim Brown
In another stunning turn of events, All of the tier three defendants
in the Bundy Ranch trials, including Cliven and Ammon Bundy and Ryan
Payne have all been given pre-trial release!
So much for a "threat to society"!
In a few video reports on the court's ruling on Tuesday, Brad Thornton issued the news and answered questions. https://youtu.be/0etz3ZVy-dI
May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be praised!
UPDATE: KSNV is now reporting Cliven will remain in jail as a matter of principle.
Cliven Bundy was granted release to the home of Jim
Abbott in a supervised release with conditions similar to Ammon's,
including 24/7 house arrest and permission to see his wife and family,
but cannot speak to anyone testifying in the trial.
However, in a move that shocked many in the courtroom, he said no and wants to stay in prison.
His attorney stated that Cliven is a "man of principle" and doesn't want to be released unless everyone else is released.
While the decision shocked many in the courtroom, it didn't shock family members or Bundy supporters.
"The standard of liberty is innocent until proven guilty," Ryan Bundy told News 3 outside of the courtroom.
They also stated that Cliven believes he is innocent so there should be no conditions to his release.
By Tim Brown
Once again, we see the hypocrisy and corruption coming out of the office
of prosecutor Steven Myhre as he has sought to not only try and keep
the defense from appealing to actual evidence, testimony and the law,
but is seeking to use cherry-picked statements from things he does not
want to allow the defense to use. Now, at least one of the defendants
is calling him out on it and requesting the judge in the case to enforce
the order the court gave concerning the matter.
In a motion that was filed on Thursday by
Chris T. Rasmussen, attorney for reporter Pete Santilli, there was an
appeal to Judge Gloria Navarro to enforce the court’s order not to use
anything from the Oregon case involving Santilli, in which all the
charges against him were dropped.
“Fourteen days before trial, the Government has decided to ignore this Court’s Order (Dk: 1613),” wrote Rasmussen.
“Santilli filed a motion to compel disclosure of discovery from the
case in Oregon,” Rasmussen continued. “The government arrogantly
announced in their response, ‘The Oregon case is not this case.'”
Rasmussen pointed to the court’s order which states, “Judge Navarro
found that “the Oregon case is not relevant… especially given that the
activity related to the Malheur occupation began well after the events at issue in this case.'”
He then called out the fact that Myhre and company are attempting to ignore the order and “bring in Oregon activity.”
“Although the statements they seek to introduce are not of
Santilli’s, their goal is to poison the entire room with unflattering
statement from co-defendants,” wrote Rasmussen.
On behalf of Santilli, Rasmussen asks the court to enforce its ruling
concerning bringing in information from the Oregon case “or in the
alternative allow Santilli to present to the court the fact that the
Department of Justice reviewed Santilli’s speech and declared it constitutional resulting in a dismissal of all charges.”
addressing in voir dire, opening statement, or closing argument and/or
adducing or eliciting during direct or cross-examination, an
information or argument that: portrays or implies that the law
enforcement officers acted unlawfully or unethically during impoundment
operations; or that the actions of the defendants were justified by the
US Constitution or other law.
Mr. Myhre and company sought to “preclude evidence, information,
commentary, beliefs, explanations, or opinions about the following:”
Self-Defense, defense of others, or defense of property, justification, necessity arguments which have no foundation in the law;
Third-party/ lay person testimony or opinion about the level of
force displayed or used by law enforcement officers during impoundment
operations, including operations on April 6, 9 and 12, 2014;
Opinions/public statements of Governor Brian Sandoval of April 8,
2014, and/or opinions registered by other political office holders or
opinion leaders about BLM impoundment operations.
Allegations of workplace misconduct by the SAC of the impoundment, or regarding those who worked for, or with, him.
Allegations that officers connected with the impoundment acted
unethically or improperly by the way they were dressed or equipped
during the impoundment, or that they improperly shredded documents
during or after impoundment operations.
References to supposed mistreatment of cattle during the impoundment operations;
Legal arguments, beliefs, explanations, or opinions that the
federal government does not own the land or have legal authority or
jurisdiction over public lands where impoundment operations were
conducted, or that the land was or is otherwise owned by the State of
Nevada;
Legal arguments, beliefs, explanations, or opinions regarding
infringement on First and Second Amendment rights, including any effort
to confuse the jury that there is some form of “journalist” or “protest”
immunity for the crimes charged;
References to punishment the defendants may face if convicted of the offenses;
References to the Oregon trial of United States v. Ammon Bundy, Ryan Payne, and Ryan Bundy, or the results in that trial;
References to the outcomes in the previous two trials in this case; and
Legal arguments, explanations, or opinions advancing defendants’
views of the US Constitution, including claims that law enforcement
officers within the Department of Interior have no constitutional
authority, that “natural law” or other authority permits the use of
force against law enforcement officers in defense of property or
individual rights, or that the US District Court for the District of
Nevada has no jurisdiction or authority under the Constitution to order
the removal of cattle from public lands.
Yet, they want to talk about social media posts that took place more
than two years after Bundy Ranch. They want to talk about actions of
the defendants that occurred months after Bundy Ranch, as though they
are relevant.
However, when it comes to the Oregon case, the reason the prosecution
doesn’t want that coming up except for its own selected portions is
exactly what Rasmussen sees as “poisoning the room.”
If they were to allow all the evidence of Oregon into this case, it
would be an absolute slam dunk for the defendants because many of the same charges leveled at them were either dismissed or they were acquitted of them all.
We’ll see how things turn out very soon.
***
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by: Tim Brown
Last Friday, following a meeting of Tier 1 and Tier 3 Bundy Ranch defendants in court with Judge Gloria Navarro, a trial date was set for October 10.
That trial will include Eric Parker and Stephen Drexler, who have
already been tried twice with hung juries and non-guilty verdicts. Now,
at least a third of Idaho representatives are calling on Attorney
General Jeff Sessions to put an end to the badgering of these men with
trial after trial, a clear violation of the Fifth Amendment's
protections against Double Jeopardy (and yes, I know the "legaleze"
about mistrials, but the fact of the matter is that under that thinking,
one could try someone indefinitely).
Deb Jordan, co-host of the Pete Santilli Show,
shared the story of what the outcome of the meeting was with me on
Friday's Sons of Liberty Radio Show. Eric and his wife Andrea also
joined us for the show. You can download that episode by clicking here.
Since then, one-third of the representatives of Idaho, the state in
which Parker and Drexler live, penned a letter to Attorney General Jeff
Sessions asking for him relax the pursuit by Nevada prosecutors against
four Idahoans who are charged or have been convicted in the 2014 Bundy
Ranch standoff in Nevada.
The letter was authored by State Rep. Dorothy Moon (R-Stanley) and
signed by 24 Idaho representatives from the House and Senate last
Tuesday stating, "We believe that the decision by the current U.S.
attorney to Nevada to prosecute these men a third time represents
disrespect for the rule of law and the jury system."
The four men these representatives are standing up for are Ammon
Bundy, of Emmett; Eric Parker, of Hailey; Scott Drexler, of Challis; and
Todd Engel, of Boundary County.
"We are tasked with the responsibility to protect our citizens'
constitutional rights," the letter stated, noting the Idaho Legislatures
has a "high respect for the rule of law."
"We believe that the right to a speedy trial and the presumption of
innocence are essential pillars to law, order, and a Republican form of
government," the letter continues. "We also believe that a trial by a
jury of one's peers is the highest form of justice as set forth by our
founders. Ensuring government stays within the bounds of its proper
constitutional role empowers the people through a jury's verdict to give
clear guidance as to their will."
They then spoke out about the innocence of the defendants who have already been tried and found not guilty.
"We the undersigned believe that in the case of 'The Bunkerville
Stand Off' trials in the State of Nevada in which Eric Parker and O.
Scott Drexler of the State of Idaho were charged with 40 criminal counts
in connection with the above case having been found not guilty
speaks volumes to the public of their innocence," the letter states.
"U. S. Attorneys have been unsuccessful obtaining guilty verdicts not
once, but twice, establishing criteria for dismissal of charges against
them according to our standards of justice. Further expolitation of
these citizens would be an affront to justice and notice to the public
of prosecutorial harassment."
Well, if you ask me, that began when they sought to try the men a second
time after failing to prove their case. After all, the burden of proof
is on the prosecution to prove guilt, not on those charged to prove
their innocence.
"We believe that the decision by the current U. S. Attorney of Nevada
to prosecute these men a third time represents disrespect for the rule
of law and the Jury system," the representatives wrote. "A third trial
would show blatant disregard for tax funds collected from hard working
law abiding citizens who are represented by these juries who have found
them innocent of 34 of the 40 charges and hung by the very slimmest
margins in those where the jury stood deadlocked. The decisions of 10-2
to acquit in the first trial and 11-1 to acquit in the second trial
highlights the narrow margin by which the prosecution hopes to continue
their attack."
They then called on Sessions, the court and the prosecutor to
consider Todd Engel's time served as punishment for the minor charges
for which he was found guilty. He is scheduled to be sentenced on
September 28.
"Ammon Bundy, an Idaho resident, remains in custody awaiting trial
directly after the final outcome of the pending prosecution's decision
with Parker and Drexler," the letter adds. "Ammon has been in custody
since January of 2016 without benefit of bail or the comfort of home and
familiy in spite of being found not guilty of all counts in the Oregon
trial. Ammon has been stripped of normal due process for a prosecution
that now seems flimsy as we discover evidence exposed during these
previous hung trials of others for similar offenses."
The representatives then added, "This prosecution sends a chilling
message to the public who are concerned about federal overreach in their
daily lives that is inharmonious to well-established constitutional
guarantees. The percentages of jurors causing the hung verdicts in
these trials should send a clear signal to the government prosecutors of
the jury's reticence to further prosecute these defendants as has
clearly been received by the public."
The representatives then call on Sessions to "have those in charge of
this case end this long enduring action and set Eric Parker and Scott
Drexler free, set reasonable bail for Ammon Bundy and allow Todd Engel
to use his time served as total sentencing.
Among signing the letter include House Majority Leader Mike Moyle;
Assistant Majority Leader Brent Crane; Treasure Valley Sens. Clifford
Bayer and Lori Den Hartog; and Treasure Valley Reps. Judy Boyle, Christy
Perry, Brandon Hixon, Greg Chaney, Joe Palmer, James Holtzclaw, Steve
Harris and Jason Monks.
“I think it is a complete injustice and a waste of taxpayer money and
time to continue to go after these guys after two mistrials,” said Rep.
Boyle, from Midvale.
“Let it go. We are not talking about murders, robberies, druggies,
rapists. It is continuing to waste the court’s time and federal
taxpayers’ money. I know the federal government wants to make a point,
but get over it.”
Things do not have to go to a third trial in order for this to be
considered exploitation and prosecutorial harassment. That has and is
currently taking place by the prosecution and by Judge Gloria Navarro.
I have said since the end of the first trial, if the prosecution had
any sense about them, they would drop the charges against the remaining
defendants and spare them and taxpayers any further grief and burden by
simply admitting the central government was wrong.
I'm hoping once things settle that we will see each one of these men
come together to sue the pants off the prosecution and the judge in the
case, as well as Bureau of Land Management goon Daniel P. Love for their
reckless and lawless behavior in this entire process.
Seeing that a new trial date has been set, it appears AG Sessions
doesn't care that the Fifth and Sixth Amendments are being violated
concerning Drexler and Parker and that other rights are being violated
concerning the remaining defendants in the case. I'm not surprised.
After all, Sessions has demonstrated he doesn't care about the Fifth Amendments protections of life, liberty and property when it comes to asset forfeiture.
A
federal jury in Las Vegas refused Tuesday to convict four defendants
who were retried on accusations that they threatened and assaulted
federal agents by wielding assault weapons in a 2014 confrontation to
stop a cattle roundup near the Nevada ranch of states' rights figure
Cliven Bundy.
In
a stunning setback to federal prosecutors planning to try the Bundy
family patriarch and two adult sons later this year, the jury acquitted
Ricky Lovelien and Steven Stewart of all 10 charges, and delivered
not-guilty findings on most charges against Scott Drexler and Eric
Parker.
More than 30 defendants' supporters in the courtroom broke into
applause after Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro ordered Lovelien
and Stewart freed immediately and set Wednesday morning hearings to
decide if Parker and Drexler should remain jailed pending a government
decision whether to seek a third trial.
"Random people off the
streets, these jurors, they told the government again that we're not
going to put up with tyranny," said a John Lamb, a Montana resident who
attended almost all the five weeks of trial, which began with jury
selection July 10.
"They've been tried twice and found not
guilty," Bundy family matriarch Carol Bundy said outside court. "We the
people are not guilty."
A first trial earlier this year lasted two months and ended in April
with a different jury finding two defendants — Gregory Burleson of
Phoenix and Todd Engel of Idaho — guilty of some charges but failing to
reach verdicts against Drexler, Parker, Lovelien and Stewart.
Prosecutors
characterized the six as the least culpable of 19 co-defendants
arrested in early 2016 and charged in the case, including Bundy family
members. With the release of Lovelien and Stewart, 17 are still in
federal custody.
The current jury deliberated four full days after more than 20 days
of testimony. The six men and six women returned no verdicts on four
charges against Parker — assault on a federal officer, threatening a
federal officer and two related counts of use of a firearm — and also
hung on charges of assault on a federal officer and brandishing a
firearm against Drexler. Navarro declared a mistrial on those counts.
None
of the defendants was found guilty of a key conspiracy charge alleging
that they plotted with Bundy family members to form a self-styled
militia and prevent the lawful enforcement of multiple court orders to
remove Bundy cattle from arid desert rangeland in what is now the Gold
Butte National Monument.
Bundy stopped paying grazing fees
decades ago, saying he refused to recognize federal authority over
public land where he said his family grazed cattle since the early
1900s. The dispute has roots a nearly half-century fight over public
lands in Nevada and the West, where the federal government controls vast
expanses of land.
Acting U.S. Attorney Steven Myhre declined immediate comment on the
verdicts. He said he'd make a determination later whether to seek a
third trial for Parker and Drexler.
Stewart became emotional and
reached for tissues as the jury findings were read. He and Lovelien were
later taken with their lawyers, Richard Tanasi and Shawn Perez, to be
processed by U.S. marshals for release.
Stewart, 38, lives in
Hailey, Idaho. Lovelien, 54, is from Westville, Oklahoma, but he led a
militia group called Montana State Defense Force.
All four men
were photographed carrying assault-style weapons during the standoff
near the Nevada town of Bunkerville, about 80 miles northeast of Las
Vegas. Each had faced the possibility of decades in federal prison if
they were convicted.
Jurors saw images of Parker and Drexler in
prone shooting positions looking down their rifles through slots in the
concrete barrier of an Interstate 15 freeway overpass toward heavily
armed federal agents guarding a corral of cows below.
Defense attorneys noted that no shots were fired and no one was
injured. They cast the tense standoff with more than 100 men, women and
children in the potential crossfire as an ultimately peaceful protest
involving people upset about aggressive tactics used by federal land
managers against Bundy family members.
Drexler, 46, is from Challis, Idaho, and Parker, 34, is from Hailey, Idaho.
Parker's attorney, Jess Marchese, said he hoped Myhre will dismiss the two charges remaining against his client.
Drexler's
attorney, Todd Leventhal, referred to defense teams' complaints that
Navarro set such strict rules of evidence that defendants weren't able
to tell why they traveled to the Bundy ranch.
The judge rejected
testimony from five prospective defense witnesses, and Drexler and
Parker were the only defendants to testify in their defense. However,
the judge struck Parker's testimony for what she said was a deliberate
failure to keep his testimony within her rules.
All four defense
attorneys declined Aug. 15 to make closing arguments, a gesture of
standing mute that Leventhal said may have had an effect on the jury.
"As much as we were shut down from bringing anything up, the jury saw through it," he said.
Pete Santilli is a reporter and American political prisoner who has
been in jail for more than a year on charges related to the 2014 Bundy
Ranch standoff in Cliven County, Nevada. Recently, Santilli spoke out
about what’s happening behind the scenes of the Bundy Ranch trials —
and he claims that Americans would be “outraged” to learn the truth:
“If
Americans knew what was happening here in Nevada, they would be
outraged!” said Santilli via a phone call from the Souther Nevada
Detention Center in Pahrump, Nevada.
Santilli
thanked his supporters and urged unity among them. He then encouraged
them to share with their friends in America what is going on.
“What
this story is about, if you were to come to somebody that has no idea
what’s happening here in Nevada with the American patriots, with people
like myself, a journalist who has been incarcerated for the words that
he used on his radio show here in the united States,” he said. “This
story is about the Obama administration, the Clintons, Loretta Lynch,
James Comey, the FBI director, and Harry Reid rounding up a bunch of
American patriots who, since dating back to 2014, wanted to free western
lands from government control.”
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The utter hypocrisy that is being demonstrated in the Bundy Ranch
trial by those who swore an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution
from both foreign and domestic enemies is quite telling as to the level
of corruption we are seeing in our land today. Furthermore, it is
demonstrating that many of those who have taken that oath not only don't
know what the Constitution says, but also have become the very domestic
enemies they proclaim to oppose because of their ignorance.
First, take this update from Guerilla Media Network's Deb Jordan.
However, that is not the whole of what is taking place in Nevada. The Nevada Independent reports:
Although no shots were fired that day, federal officers previously
testified that alarming investigative intelligence, combined with the
guns present in the agitated crowd and para-military dress of some of
the protesters, made them afraid for their safety. Six defendants the
government describes as Bundy’s gunmen are on trial accused of
threatening and intimidating BLM and U.S. Parks Service law enforcement
officers.
In recent weeks, on cross examination, the defense has managed to
portray the federal cops as inexperienced wannabes who lacked judgment
and overreacted under stress. After the decision was made to discontinue
the roundup, some of BLM rangers and Park police initially refused
orders to put away their weapons, stand down and pack up. Some of their
responses under oath made them appear more fearful than professional.
But the defense this past week had little success with Metro Sgt. Tom Jenkins and none at all with Sheriff Joseph Lombardo.
Additionally, there was testimony by Metro Sgt. Tom Jenkins, who
claimed that protesters were flashing handguns and rifles "from the time
we got there until the time we left." However, he remained steadfast
in his claims even though lengthy recorded exhibits didn't always agree
with his testimony. Someone is not being truthful or has a really bad
memory that cannot be trusted.
Jenkins claims his officers were "scared" and "crying." Really?
I wonder if Sgt. Jenkins thought there was fear in the hearts of the Bundys and their supporters over this?
https://youtu.be/9p0YemhFnw8
or this?
https://youtu.be/LhJ6H9vlEDA
Then there was testimony from Lombardo. Again, from The Nevada Independent:
When Lombardo’s took the stand Thursday, he reminded those who have
followed his career that the public needn’t worry about his leadership
skills. An assistant sheriff at the time of the standoff, Lombardo
accompanied Sheriff Doug Gillespie to Bundy’s makeshift stage outside
his ranch in an attempt to cool the heated rhetoric and avoid bloodshed.
He stood patiently during Bundy’s windy grandstanding and impossible
demands — disarm all federal law enforcement and bulldoze the entrance
booths at the region’s federal conservation and recreation areas — and
then returned to Las Vegas believing the botched cattle roundup was
reaching a peaceful resolution.
For the first time jurors saw video of the elder Bundy holding
forth with armed, uniformed members of the Arizona State Militia, who
call themselves the “Praetorian Guard,” standing guard. Dozens of his
hundreds of followers were armed with handguns and rifles.
When Bundy instructed his followers to go get his cattle,
Lombardo’s day grew complicated and dangerous. He attempted to negotiate
with one of Bundy’s sons, Dave Bundy, in a plea for patience and enough
time to allow the BLM to make a safe exit.
It was Lombardo, jurors learned, who essentially put his career on
the line to overrule BLM Supervisory Special Agent Dan Love and press
for the release of the impounded cattle during the height of the armed
standoff’s tensions.
“He advised me they were federal cattle and it was his decision,” Lombardo said.
Fortunately, Lombardo prevailed.
On what constitutional basis do Cliven Bundy's cattle become
"federal cattle"? There is no victim any what the government is
portraying here. Furthermore, just because a video shows armed citizens
protecting one another from a tyrannical BLM, something that even
Sheriff Lombardo was willing to stand up to, doesn't mean they were
breaking the law. Seriously, is no one reading the Second Amendment?
Do none of these people know
why we have it and what provoked the writing of the Second Amendment?
or the First? or the Third? or the Fourth, etc. etc.?
While the author of the Nevada Independent piece concluded, "Bring
guns to a peaceful protest, and you’re bound to get everyone’s
attention," what he failed to identify is who brought them first. The
response of protesters with guns was an equal and measured defensive
response to tyrants, period. Now, you can see the utter hypocrisy and
lack of moral compass that is on display in this case.
by:Tim Brown
The first week of the trials in the Bundy Ranch
case finished up last week, and Guerilla Media Network's Deb Jordan
joined Roger Roots to cover what transpired during that time. For those
wanting to stay up to speed, we are carrying their nearly hour-long
recalling of events. Among the revelations that came out, Bureau of Land Management Agent Daniel P. Love, the government's star witness in the trials, will not take the stand to testify.
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by:Anthony Dephue The first of three Bundy Ranch Trials is finally underway and
testimony from Government witnesses has begun but already a shocking
development has occurred.
A video surfaced online showing previously unseen footage from the Bundy
Ranch protest in 2014. Defendants have always insisted that the
Government escalated tension in the Tuquop Wash on Saturday, April 12th
2014. Leaked video shows federal agents being instructed to sling or put
their long guns out of view. Instead, Special Agent in Charge Daniel P.
Love deployed militarized BLM and US Park Police agents who
subsequently pointed their weapons at protesters. Body cam footage
records agents laughing about shooting animals and speaking as if they
wanted an armed confrontation.
The narrative and timeline of events has always been disputed.
Defendants insist that the Sheriff had announced that BLM’s roundup of
Bundy cattle would cease. Eager to watch the cattle return to Golden
Butte, protesters met horseback riders in the Tuquop Wash who would
guide the cattle under the highway and back to the range.
They arrived to find federal agents with weapons raised and repeated
attempts to tell them to disperse. People with binoculars could see
snipers positioned on elevated ground behind the wash. The aggressive
nature of federal agent’s action caused some citizens to take defensive
postures out of the reasonable concern for grave bodily injury or death.
The Government would have people believe that Bundy dispatched an armed
assault force to retrieve his cattle. Although it is well-documented
that the Sheriff had already announced a cease of roundup activity, this
video depicts a concise but accurate version of events in the wash and
includes video clips that incriminate BLM agents for the escalation of
tension.
The video also shows BLM agents asking people to relocate to a First
Amendment Area. It goes on to show the arrest of Dave Bundy for
photographing the militarization of agents in the area. Later it shows
body cam footage of agents talking casually about killing protesters in
the wash. Substantial portions of the video have never been seen
publicly. If the video is any indication of what lies in evidence under
protective order by the Court, the Government has a lot of questions to
answer; and the wrong 17 people are going to trial.
by:Tim Brown
I've been covering the Bundy Ranch
now going on three years. As trials of political prisoners on trumped
up charges by the central government loom, charges that have either been
dismissed or they have been acquitted of in Oregon, the Bureau of Land Management
agent in charge has now allegedly been found guilty of misconduct by
the Inspector General; and a Bundy case attorney is going after him.
Guerilla Media Network reports
On Wednesday Attorney Chris Rasmussen filed a Motion For Review of BLM Personnel Records after a scathing report released by the Office Of The Inspector General,
said a Special Agent In Charge of the BLM was found to have committed
Ethical Violations and Misconduct during an event in 2015 called
“Burning Man” held in Black Rock Desert, Nevada.
The report contained points of interest for attorneys fighting an
uphill battle in the Bundy Ranch case, especially the part about the
Special Agent trying to intimidate and influence witnesses in his ethics
investigation.
Daniel P. Love,
who is believed to be the Special Agent in Charge the report is
referring to, was also the Special Agent In Charge of the Bundy Ranch
Cattle Impoundment of 2014. Complaint after complaint was filed against
Dan Love before, during, and after the protest, but failed to catch the
eye of the Inspector Generals Office. This time the complaints came
from within the BLM staff itself and it looks as though the
“Super-Agent” will finally be held accountable.
This revelation came as no surprise to the people who live in States
in which the BLM has taken on the role of Law Enforcement under the
direction of Special Agent Daniel P. Love. Locals say they can attest
that misconduct is an almost daily routine for the agency.
Chris Rasmussen, the Attorney of record for Pete Santilli,
the journalist being held without bond after being swept up in a series
of arrest stemming from the 2014 protest, wasted no time in demanding
the court release the unredacted document filed by the Inspector
Generals Office on January 30th, because he believes Dan Love may be the
agent that was investigated and the Governments star witness in their
case against Cliven Bundy and co-defendants.
Mr. Rasmussen says that if Daniel P. Love is the agent being charged in
the Inspector General’s report, his client and other co-defendants
have a right to know and be allowed to impeach his testimony, if he
takes the stand.
Just two weeks ago, I met with Santilli at the Souther Nevada Detention Center
and we discussed some of Love's misconduct, as well as the evidence
that would exonerate every single person the central government is
holding without bail. Santilli called out the misconduct after prosecutors in the case filed a motion to protect the BLM from any scrutiny during the trial.
In essence, they were seeking to cover up the criminal actions and
lawless conduct of armed BLM agents that surrounded Bundy Ranch.
According to Santilli's co-host, Deb Jordan, though Love was
abandoned by the FBI, the Clarke County Sheriff's Department and the Las
Vegas Metro Police, Daniel P. Love threatened reporter Pete Santilli,
who sought to reason with Love, just as he did with the FBI in Oregon
for a peaceful resolution to the matter. His attempts were in vain.
One protester believed lives to be in danger and commented,
"There was never ever any talk of invading the 1 million dollar
compound Daniel P. Love erected on the Gold Butte or forcefully taking
back any cattle; it was always the plan to protest until the release
occurred naturally, said one witness who has asked to remain anonymous.
We went down into the wash under the assumption the BLM had left the
area and that is where we were met by 200 armed agents who said they
were ready to use lethal force. It was very frightening and confusing,
we said a prayer and moved forward to face a BLM, we thought had left
hours before. "
Former Nevada Assemblywoman Michele Fiore also stood at Bundy Ranch alongside fellow citizens of Nevada and Americans.
"You know what?" Fiore said. "I am just pissed off that this dirty SOB has
been protected from being prosecuted for his outrageous behavior at
Bundy Ranch – Scoring a few tickets and having sex with his girlfriend
in a BLM trailer at “Burning Man” is the least of his offensives."
"This man is the same guy who threatened to use lethal force against
American Citizens and Elected Officials – myself included – during the
protest at Bundy Ranch," she added. "How the hell did he ever get by
with that? And now it’s just disgusting that the Nevada BLM has the
audacity to speak poorly of our elected, President Donald Trump while
never saying one thing about this mad-man being permitted to threaten
protestors without any repercussion?" "This guy actually disobeyed the direct order of our State Attorney
General and beat people up and arrested them when he had no authority to
do so," she continued. "In the wash that day the BLM made fun of our
Metro Las Vegas Police and County Sheriff Tom Roberts instead of obeying
a direct order to put away their Long Guns. I’m telling you all right
now, Daniel P. Love disrespected the authority of our Nevada State
Attorney General and Local Law Enforcement, and almost caused a
terrible tragedy. There was no damn conspiracy – We all went down into
that wash to set cattle free because the Sheriff said the “operation”
had ceased and the BLM was leaving – We were almost killed by
that raging lunatic; It’s just that simple."
Fiore then offered a solution to the problem at hand. "At this point
I think the right thing to do in this situation is, to let our men who
have been wrongfully accused of threatening the BLM, out of jail and put
Daniel P. Love, the real criminal, in jail for a very, very long time."
She also mentioned the fact of Love's misconduct in another area.
"While they’re at it I think they should also look into the allegations
of misconduct during the 2012 Winter Olympics when an on duty Dan Love
was presumably observed by his men in a dark corner of a bar getting up
close and personal with a woman he had had drinks with instead of
providing security for the diplomats he was charged to protect."
And she threw in his previous involvement in a story that I reported on in 2016. "Maybe they should take another look at the operation Dan Love conducted in Utah that lead to the suicide of three people including Dr. James Redd in Blanding, Utah."
"I think it’s high-time somebody say enough is enough and tell us the truth; That Daniel P. Love was demoted – not promoted
this year – because he can’t handle the overwhelming responsibility of
picking up the trash on our Public Lands without threatening to kill
someone, and has finally been relegated to a desk job where he can’t
hurt people," Fiore said.
In 2012, Steve Martin sat in a briefing room at the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico,
listening to the details of a clandestine operation his agency was
planning in the Nevada desert. The goal seemed commendable — to round up
rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle, which had been grazing illegally on
public land for decades — but the means seemed off to the Arizona-based
special agent for the federal Bureau of Land Management. It was full of
optimistic bravado, he recalls, and it was missing a key ingredient:
cooperation with the county sheriff. Says Martin: “I remember thinking,
‘Is this still the BLM?’
GMN also added regarding the comments of Ryan Bundy at his pre-trial hearing this past Tuesday,
During his pre-trial release hearing on
Tuesday, Ryan Bundy revealed that at least 200 gunmen (BLM Agents and or
Parks and Services) were involved in the April 12th protest, and that
many of them could be heard laughing while choosing the protestors they
wanted to kill, including horses and dogs.
Ryan Bundy also stated for the record, an agreement had been made
between the Sheriff’s Department and the Bureau Of Land Management on
April 11th, 2014 – that said the impoundment operation would cease
immediately – a full day before the final protest on April 12th. Mr.
Bundy quickly pointed out the flaw in the indictment by asking the
question, “If there were no operation on the 12th, and if the cattle
were already being released — how is that impeding?”
The BLM is out of control. They believe their authority supercedes the Constitution.
However, they are an illegal agency, as the Constitution does not
provide for them to uphold the laws of the Constitution. Rather, it is the citizen militia that is to do so. I would encourage you to read what Lynette Warren says are the "OIG’s
worst findings" concerning Love on the last two pages of the 15-page report. You can read that report by clicking here.
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that were set up prior to the impoundment in 2014 in Bunkerville, 
,” Noonkester added. "Ammon Bundy’s attorney, Morgan Philpot, and his team are relying on donations at 
