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2018-01-15 -Land of the Free

Fed's misconduct in Cliven Bundy case stems from Ruby Ridge

[The Hill] Federal judge Gloria Navarro slammed the FBI and Justice Department on Monday, Jan. 8, for "outrageous" abuses and "flagrant misconduct" in the prosecution of Cliven Bundy and sons, the Nevada ranchers who spurred a high-profile standoff with the FBI and Bureau of Land Management in 2014. Navarro condemned the "grossly shocking" withholding of evidence from defense counsel in a case that could have landed the Bundys in prison for the rest of their lives. Navarro, who had declared a mistrial last month, dismissed all charges against the Bundys.

Navarro was especially riled because the FBI spent three years covering up or lying about the role of their snipers in the 2014 standoff. The Bundys faced conspiracy charges because they summoned militia to defend them after claiming FBI snipers had surrounded their ranch. Justice Department lawyers scoffed at this claim but newly-released documents vindicate the Bundys. In an interview Saturday, Ammon Bundy reviled the feds: "They basically came to kill our family, they surrounded us with snipers. And then they wanted to lie about it all like none of it happened."

Many of the heavily-armed activists who flocked to the scene feared that the FBI snipers had a license to kill the Bundys. Their reaction cannot be understood without considering a landmark 1990s case that continues to shape millions of Americans' attitude towards Washington: the federal killings and coverups at Ruby Ridge.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-01-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [31 views ] Top

#1 I knew they used a bad OPORD from somewhere.

Posted by newc 2018-01-15 00:47|| 2018-01-15 00:47|| Front Page Top

#2 One of the 'clever' strategies from the Obama era was the arming of local jurisdictional Federal agencies. When an ineffective autocrat has a shiny new hammer he begins to perceive many nail solutions.

The bad OPORD goes well beyond Ruby Ridge to Wounded Knee(which also addressed grazing rights issues) and earlier.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-01-15 11:00|| 2018-01-15 11:00|| Front Page Top

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