Cliven Bundy to walk free as federal judge dismisses Bundy Ranch standoff case

[livingston]

Cliven Bundy to walk free as federal judge dismisses Bundy Ranch standoff case
LAS VEGAS — Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, his two sons and a militia member will not face a retrial on charges that they led an armed rebellion against federal agents in 2014.

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.

The judge criticized both the prosecution and the FBI for not providing evidence to the defense as required under court rules. "The court finds that the universal sense of justice has been violated," Navarro said.

Navarro said it was clear the FBI was involved in the prosecution of the case, and that it was not a coincidence that most of the withheld evidence came from the FBI.

She said the prosecution's reliance on the FBI and failure to look beyond the documents the FBI provided represented an "intentional abdication of its responsibility." Essentially, she said the prosecution decided not to follow up because the evidence would have worked in the Bundys' favor.

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.
More at ...

https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...case-retried-federal-court-ruling/1008051001/

 

[livingston]

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.

“Failure to turn over such evidence violates due process,” Navarro said last month. “A fair trial at this point is impossible
BREAKING – Federal Judge Throws Out Case Against Cliven Bundy – “With Prejudice”, “Gross Prosecutorial Misconduct”…

 

[SomeSoldier]

Lol, next comes a lawsuit.

 

[ProgSpear]

Cannot say it any better than this comment:

Bull Durham says:
January 8, 2018 at 1:53 pm

Rule of Law!!!!!

Due Process, the essence of the Bill of Rights.

The Constitution is enforced. Tyranny of government loses bigly.

The Forgotten Man Wins one today.

MAGA.

 

[livingston]

prosecutors derided defense requests for a BLM internal affairs report into misconduct as a "bright shiny object ... that did not exist."

But documents later showed an internal investigation had taken place, and had found misconduct.

Navarro pointed out that during two previous trials of militia members who supported Bundy, prosecutors insisted there was no evidence that video surveillance and sniper teams were in use around the Bundy Ranch prior to the the standoff.

Prosecutors charged defendants with making false claims about snipers and videos to incite their supporters in the runup to the standoff. But documents that surfaced after the start of trial last month showed there were tactical teams and multiple video cameras positioned around the ranch.

Navarro said assessments written by federal agents that dismissed the Bundys as a threat as early 2012 were not turned over to the defense. Navarro said these reports could have been used to challenge prosecution claims.

One undated BLM report described the Bundys as non-violent, Navarro said, quoting: "They might get into your face, but they won't get into a shootout."

Navarro said since the Oct. 1 discovery deadline, when prosecutors were required to turn over all material evidence to the defense, the prosecutors turned over 3,300 pages of additional documents. She said much of that has occurred since the start of trial

https://www.azcentral.com/story/new...case-retried-federal-court-ruling/1008051001/

 

[redtail]

My faith in the nation ticked up a notch.Bundy Ranch Standoff Case Dismissed - With Prejudice. NO New Trial! - Uncle Sam's Misguided Children

 

[Robin]

Wow!
Now, who on the prosecution team and who in the FBI has been indicted?
Robin

 

[eagleridge357]

Little people hiding behind badges and arrogance

 

[ProgSpear]

Little people hiding behind badges and arrogance

Apparently right to the very top.

 

[Cooolone]

A big win for them and righteous ruling by the judicial on the matter! Thank goodness the rule of law still exists, even if in small pockets of little unknown corners of the country!

Now FOIL those documents and release them to the public, bring to light the unconstitutional behavior of the Federal agencies under Barack Hussein Obama rule! What a constitutional Scholar and Harvard Law professor he was... Let's see, the FBI, IRS, BLM and more all involved in nefarious activities towards citizens, let alone those opposed to the heavy federal hand he instituted!

 

[livingston]

A big win for them and righteous ruling by the judicial on the matter! Thank goodness the rule of law still exists, even if in small pockets of little unknown corners of the country!

Now FOIL those documents and release them to the public, bring to light the unconstitutional behavior of the Federal agencies under Barack Hussein Obama rule! What a constitutional Scholar and Harvard Law professor he was... Let's see, the FBI, IRS, BLM and more all involved in nefarious activities towards citizens, let alone those opposed to the heavy federal hand he instituted!

Obit was never a law professor ...
Among the lies about himself Obama consistently repeats is that he was a constitutional law professor.

Lie one: Obama was never a professor; he was a lecturer. He did not have the qualifications to be a professor. Obama never published a single law paper. He was hired by the University of Chicago when they learned he had been given a book contract on race and law directly after graduating from Harvard. There was no book – just the contract, which he later reneged on. This is not the normal level of accomplishment for a University of Chicago professor or even lecturer.

Obama was not capable of writing, and eventually, after failing to deliver, he changed it to a memoir, which he also struggled with. Finally, he asked Bill Ayers to write his memoir for him, using tapes that Michelle dropped off at the Ayerses'.

Lie two: Obama did not specialize in the Constitution. Obama cared about and taught only one subject: race. One course was about race in the Constitution. It is on this flimsy basis that he attempts to pawn himself off as a constitutional scholar.

As the New York Times explains, Obama the lecturer taught three subjects only: "race, rights and gender."



Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/01/heres_what_constitutional_scholar_obama_really_taught_at_law_school.html#ixzz53eJp8x6T
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[livingston]

 

[Grimscale]

Didn't a family member or supporter get shot as part of this fiasco?

I'm waiting for the counter suit. This could get expensive for the .gov

 

[livingston]

Didn't a family member or supporter get shot as part of this fiasco?

I'm waiting for the counter suit. This could get expensive for the .gov

One standoff was in Nevada .. the other in Oregon

Jeanette Finicum to sue feds for killing of LaVoy one year ago
The suit will allege that the FBI fired at Finicum “when he’s getting out of his car to surrender,” Claypool said. “What’s critical is he’s not even out of his door and there are gunshots blowing through his windows. That’s excessive force 101.”

Maxine Bernstein

Oregon Live

A federal civil rights lawsuit in the death of Robert “LaVoy” Finicum will allege that Oregon State Police and the FBI used excessive force in a confrontation that could have ended peacefully, the Finicum family’s lawyer says.

The family also will contend that improper police procedures and lack of communication between state police and FBI agents at the scene contributed to Finicum’s shooting death, said attorney Brian Claypool.

The Jan. 26, 2016 police stop of Finicum, 54, a leader of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation, was an “unnecessary escalation,” Claypool said.

Finicum, a rancher from Canes Bed, Arizona, raced away from a police stop on U.S. 395 as he was on his way to a community meeting in John Day. He crashed into the side of a snowbank to avoid a police roadblock.

The suit will allege that the FBI fired at Finicum “when he’s getting out of his car to surrender,” Claypool said. “What’s critical is he’s not even out of his door and there are gunshots blowing through his windows. That’s excessive force 101.”

 

[livingston]