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Cliven Bundy

Criminal Government 

Fifth Time’s a Charm? Government Wants Another Bundy Trial

May 29, 2020June 1, 2020 KARINA BROWN
Alt-Right, Cliven Bundy, ranchers

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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Criminal Government Latest Headlines National Regional Trials 

Mistrial Declared in Rancher’s Armed Standoff With Feds

December 20, 2017December 21, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
BLM, Cliven Bundy, mistrial, Nevada

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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Criminal Government Trials 

Videos Lead Defense Opening in Bundy Standoff Trial in Vegas

November 17, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
BLM, Cliven Bundy

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.

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Criminal 

Guilty in Nevada

October 9, 2017June 28, 2018 ROBERT KAHN
Cliven Bundy, Nevada, plea deal, wildlife refuges

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.

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Courts Criminal 

Cliven Bundy Trial Moved Up to October

September 1, 2017September 5, 2017 MIKE HEUER
Ammon Bundy, BLM, Bundys, Cliven Bundy

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. 

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Criminal Trials 

None of Four Convicted in Retrial of Bundy Ranch Standoff

August 23, 2017August 23, 2017 MIKE HEUER
Cliven Bundy, Nevada, ranchers

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.

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Criminal Trials 

Jury Deliberates Fate of Four Cliven Bundy Cohorts

August 16, 2017August 16, 2017 MIKE HEUER
Cliven Bundy

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.

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Criminal 

Cliven Bundy Cohort Gets 68 Years for Role in BLM Standoff

July 26, 2017June 28, 2018 MIKE HEUER
BLM, Cliven Bundy, Law5, ranchers, sentencing

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. 

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Criminal 

Retrial Begins for Bundy Ranch Defendants

July 18, 2017July 18, 2017 MIKE HEUER
Cliven Bundy

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.

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Criminal Trials 

A Few Charges Dropped From Bundy Ranch Standoff Retrial

May 26, 2017May 26, 2017 MIKE HEUER
Cliven Bundy, 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.

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Criminal Trials 

Judge Refuses to Move Up Cliven Bundy’s Trial Date

May 19, 2017May 19, 2017 MIKE HEUER
Cliven Bundy, Nevada

Cliven Bundy and 10 codefendants will stay in jail awaiting trial for the 2014 armed standoff with federal authorities, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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Criminal 

Bundy Defendants Say Feds Were the Aggressors

April 13, 2017April 14, 2017 MIKE HEUER
BLM, Cliven Bundy, firearms, Free Speech

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.

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Criminal 

Government Rests in First Nevada Bundy Trial

April 3, 2017April 3, 2017 MIKE HEUER
BLM, Cliven Bundy, Nevada

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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Criminal 

Radio Host Can’t Duck Charges in Bundy Standoff

January 25, 2017 MIKE HEUER
BLM, Cliven Bundy, firearms, First Amendment

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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Criminal Trials 

Judge Won’t Dismiss Any Counts Against Bundy

January 23, 2017January 23, 2017 MIKE HEUER
Cliven 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.

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Government National Trials 

Publicity Doesn’t Warrant Bundy Trial Transfer

December 21, 2016 MIKE HEUER
Cliven Bundy

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.

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Criminal National 

Least Culpable to Be Tried First in Bundy Trials

December 14, 2016December 15, 2016 MIKE HEUER
Cliven Bundy

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.

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Criminal Regional 

Bundy Investigators Accused of Dirty Tricks

December 13, 2016September 26, 2017 MIKE HEUER
BLM, Cliven Bundy, Nevada

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.

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Criminal Government Trials 

Bundy Defendants Get More Discovery Time

November 29, 2016November 29, 2016 MIKE HEUER
Cliven Bundy, Secondary

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.

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Criminal Government 

Feds Push for Three Trials in Nevada Rancher Standoff

November 16, 2016November 17, 2016 MIKE HEUER
Ammon Bundy, BLM, Cliven Bundy, Guns, Secondary

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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