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Mistrial in LasVegas Bundy Case
Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro declared a mistrial in the Bundy case that stemmed from the armed standoff back in April of 2014. She dismissed the jury, not because of a deadlock, but because the prosecution failed to turn over key evidence to the defense. Oregon Live reported, The judge listed six documents or pieces of evidence that prosecutors failed to turn over before trial,…
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Bureau of Land Management investigates a new Bundy ranch project
Bureau of Land Management investigates a new Bundy ranch project
During his 2017 trial for charges stemming from an armed standoff with the Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service near Bunkerville, Nevada, rancher Ryan Bundy described a Western United States built by rugged individualists like himself despite heavy-handed federal interference. His speech to the jury lasted over an hour and evoked longstanding tensions dating back to the 1970s, when…
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AMMON BUNDY: ‘WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAND’
“We will continue to stand,” Ammon Bundy vowed Monday as he prepared to head this week to Nevada to face the next trial in his fight against the federal government after his stunning courtroom triumph in Oregon.
“It was our duty to stand. We did it peacefully. We did it legally, and the jury’s verdicts confirmed that,” Bundy said during a phone call with The Oregonian/OregonLive from the Multnomah County Detention Center.
The leader of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge takeover also added his voice to the call for prosecutors to drop charges against other occupiers scheduled to face trial on the same conspiracy charge in February. Defense lawyers want U.S. attorneys to dismiss the case.
“There was no conspiracy,” Bundy said. “It would be a waste of court time and resources.”
Written by Maxine Bernstein
Full report at Oregon Live
The Bundy insurrection hurts wildlife conservation, and democracy itself, by upsetting the rule of law. Indeed, this group of militant extremists is undermining the entire doctrine that the government should hold wildlife (and land) in trust for the people, and manage them for the benefit of all Americans. That is why it should be taken seriously, snacks and dildos aside. This event hurts the future of wildlife conservation — many of my students aspire to (and then do) work for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, state wildlife agencies, academia, and advocacy or science NGOs. Present and future employees of all of these groups, and the public trust they protect, are injured and demoralized when the rule of law goes disregarded. Further, our field already has a diversity problem, and having armed insurrectionists that are white supremacists taking over wildlife refuges does nothing to help. Such lawlessness contributes to an uncertain regulatory environment, and increases risk of intimidation or violence against employees — which is already common.
What Harney County and the Malheur occupation mean (to us) – Medium
This was written while the occupation was still underway, but the problem will be worse now that the occupiers have been acquitted.
Ammon Bundy and six others found not guilty in Oregon militia trial
A federal jury on Thursday acquitted Oregon militia leader Ammon Bundy and six others of all weapons and conspiracy charges they faced in a case stemming from their takeover this past winter of a federal wildlife facility in the state. But Ammon and Ryan Bundy aren't yet out of the legal woods.
A federal jury on Thursday found Ammon Bundy, his brother Ryan Bundy and five co-defendants not guilty of conspiring to prevent federal employees from doing their jobs through intimidation, threat or force during the 41-day occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. The Bundy brothers and occupiers Jeff Banta and David Fry also were found not guilty of having guns in a federal facility. Kenneth Medenbach was found not guilty of stealing government property, and a hung jury was declared on Ryan Bundy's charge of theft of FBI surveillance cameras.
Jury finds all Oregon standoff defendants not guilty of federal conspiracy, gun charges | OregonLive.com
This is going to make things a lot more difficult and dangerous for federal employees who administer public lands.
Though the Oregon standoff's defendants represent different aspects of right-wing extremism – from white supremacy to militias – defendants Ryan Bundy and Kenneth Medenbach have employed a classic sovereign-citizen tactic throughout pre-trial hearings: file motions that make no sense. Bundy, representing himself, declared in July that he is "an idiot of the 'Legal Society'" not subject to the courts. His argument was rejected. He also unsuccessfully attempted to subpoena Oregon Gov. Kate Brown. Also his own attorney, Medenbach pestered U.S. District Judge Anna Brown over whether she swore a valid oath of office. In August, he filed a lawsuit on behalf of himself and his fellow occupiers demanding the defendants' release since, he claimed, the court was not operating lawfully. By the end of the month, Judge Brown told him to cut it out or she'd strip him of his pro se status. He's been quiet since.
7 WTF Moments From the Oregon Occupiers' Courtroom Circus - Rolling Stone
