Fifth Time’s a Charm? Government Wants Another Bundy Trial
After four defeats in cases in Nevada and Oregon, federal prosecutors want another try at prosecuting the ranching family at the core of two armed standoffs with the government.
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Mistrial Declared in Rancher’s Armed Standoff With Feds
A U.S. judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the Nevada case against a states’ rights figure, his two sons and another man accused of leading a 2014 armed standoff with federal agents during a cattle grazing dispute.
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Videos Lead Defense Opening in Bundy Standoff Trial in Vegas
A federal jury got a first look Tuesday at videos of confrontations involving armed federal agents and Bundy family members that rancher Cliven Bundy’s lawyer said provided a catalyst for an April 2014 gunpoint standoff and a trial now underway in Las Vegas.
Read moreGuilty in Nevada
A Cincinnati man faces up to six years in federal prison after pleading guilty Friday to conspiring to impede or injure a federal officer during the March 2014 armed standoff near Cliven Bundy’s ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada.
Read moreCliven Bundy Trial Moved Up to October
Rather than wait for a second retrial of two co-defendants to conclude, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy will have his day in court in early October.
Read moreNone of Four Convicted in Retrial of Bundy Ranch Standoff
Federal prosecutors didn’t make any of 40 charges stick against four defendants charged in the armed standoff with federal agents who tried to round up Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle in 2014.
Read moreJury Deliberates Fate of Four Cliven Bundy Cohorts
A federal jury Tuesday began deliberating the fate of four men who joined Cliven Bundy in an armed standoff with federal officers who tried, unsuccessfully, to round up cattle that Bundy had grazed for years on federal land.
Read moreCliven Bundy Cohort Gets 68 Years for Role in BLM Standoff
Even if his blindness should go away, Cliven Bundy supporter Gregory Burleson likely won’t see the light of day outside of a federal prison after being sentenced to more than 68 years Wednesday.
Read moreRetrial Begins for Bundy Ranch Defendants
Four defendants faced federal prosecutors’ opening arguments Monday in the government’s second attempt to convict them for the armed standoff with federal agents in 2012 near Cliven Bundy’s Nevada ranch.
Read moreA Few Charges Dropped From Bundy Ranch Standoff Retrial
Two men convicted of crimes in the trial of six of the 19 defendants in the armed standoff with federal agents near Cliven Bundy’s Nevada ranch will not be retried on the counts that hung their jury.
Read moreBundy Defendants Say Feds Were the Aggressors
Federal officers were fearless aggressors and the six men on trial for helping rancher Cliven Bundy did not conspire to “go to war,” defense attorneys told jurors during closing arguments Wednesday and Thursday.
Read moreGovernment Rests in First Nevada Bundy Trial
The federal government on Monday rested its case against six co-defendants accused of endangering and extorting Bureau of Land Management staff during an armed standoff at Cliven Bundy’s ranch in Nevada.
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Radio Host Can’t Duck Charges in Bundy Standoff
The First Amendment won’t save internet radio broadcaster Peter Santilli Jr. from federal prosecution for asking listeners to participate in an armed protest in Nevada.
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Judge Won’t Dismiss Any Counts Against Bundy
A federal judge refused to dismiss any of the 16 felony charges against Cliven Bundy for his armed standoff with federal officials who attempted to seize cattle he had been grazing illegally for years on federal land.
Read morePublicity Doesn’t Warrant Bundy Trial Transfer
Political ads and pretrial publicity don’t warrant a change of venue in the federal government’s case against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and 16 co-defendants, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
Read moreLeast Culpable to Be Tried First in Bundy Trials
Nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy and 16 co-defendants will be tried in three separate trials, with the least-culpable being tried first, U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen ordered Monday.
Read moreBundy Investigators Accused of Dirty Tricks
Investigators faked a documentary on the Bundy Ranch standoff and plied co-defendant Gregory Burleson with alcohol to get him to talk, his attorney told a federal judge Tuesday.
Read moreBundy Defendants Get More Discovery Time
Jailed Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and several co-defendants will get more time to examine discovery materials before their trial begins on Feb. 6, a federal judge ruled.
Read moreFeds Push for Three Trials in Nevada Rancher Standoff
Federal prosecutors want Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and 16 co-defendants to be tried in separate groups based upon their roles in an April 2014 armed standoff with federal authorities.
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