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| Rancher Cliven Bundy Refuses to Leave Jail Despite Judges Offer |
| 2017-11-30 |
| [FoxNews] Cliven Bundy, the 71-year-old rancher who sparked a national debate over states’ rights, refused a federal judge’s offer to be released from jail during his ongoing trial on Wednesday. Bundy, who engaged in an armed standoff with government agents over a cattle round-up in 2014, turned down the judge’s option of house arrest while others involved in the standoff are still jailed awaiting trial. A federal grand jury in Nevada indicted Cliven and four others on 16 charges related to the armed standoff near his ranch over unpaid grazing fees last year. U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro, meantime, said Ammon Bundy and co-defendant Ryan Payne can be freed Thursday to home detention. The judge also said another Bundy son, Ryan, can now split time between home and a halfway house while serving as his own attorney in the case. The decision involving the four defendants came amid questions about whether federal prosecutors in Las Vegas have turned over complete evidence records to defense teams. Bret Whipple, Cliven Bundy's attorney, told Fox News that a motion to dismiss the case entirely on Wednesday morning was denied. The court then unilaterally had a detention hearing regarding custody of the defendants. It was subsequently granted that Cliven Bundy, Ammon Bundy and Ryan Payne be released from detention for the duration of the trial. |
| Posted by:Hupeting Sforza8196 |
| #5 I Am not pleading for him but rather against the Government in this case. Maybe a nut job but squeaky wheels you know. Nothing was done right here I suspect. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-11-30 14:45 |
| #4 Another DoJ 'oh shit' moment? They just want to release these guys and make the case go away. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-11-30 12:16 |
| #3 Should add: And private property is not really private? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-11-30 10:19 |
| #2 Bundy would appear to be a believer in the Sovereign Citizens movement. I have read about them having run-ins in Tennessee. Seems like they make a target of themselves and choose some hard battles. Public lands are not really public? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-11-30 10:19 |
| #1 What are they going to do to him next? Be careful if you have land with Uranium on it. The idiot government (The Law is an ass) may want to sell it to russia for democrats sakes. You better gimme or have your lives destroyed. |
| Posted by: newc 2017-11-30 00:54 |