UN-FREAKING
BELIEVABLE!
Many may already know this, but I just ran into this story
after largely light blogging during Christmas. I just read a WND story that the U.S. Assistant Attorney in
Nevada intends to appeal U.S. District
Judge Gloria Navarro’s dismissal of all charges against Cliven Bundy, his
sons and supporters for the 2014 armed standoff with Bureau of Land Management
agents.
Why were the charges dismissed?
BECAUSE the Federal Prosecutors “… conduct in the case as “outrageous” and “flagrant,”
asserting prosecutors concealed evidence favorable to the defense.”
President Trump needs to drain that Obama swamp in Nevada!
JRH 12/26/18
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FEDS WANT TO REVIVE
CASE LOST BY 'OUTRAGEOUS' PROSECUTION
Lawyer asks government if it will continue 'gross injustice' against
Bundys
WND
EXCLUSIVE
December 21, 2018
The federal government is preparing to appeal the dismissal
of charges against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, his sons and supporters for the
2014 armed standoff with Bureau of Land Management agents.
The Bundys faced charges of conspiracy,
obstruction, threats and assault for squaring off with federal
agents and contract cowboys enforcing court orders to round up the
family’s cattle.
The case was dismissed by U.S. District Judge Gloria
Navarro, who scolded the government’s conduct in the case
as “outrageous” and “flagrant,” asserting prosecutors concealed
evidence favorable to the defense.
The case was dismissed “with prejudice,” meaning the
government is not allowed to retry the defendants regarding the standoff.
Now, Larry Klayman, the founder of Freedom Watch, has
told WND that Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth White of the district of Nevada
informed him the federal government has prepared an appeal brief.
Klayman said he asked for confirmation in a letter to the
Justice Department solicitor general, Noel Francisco.
“In light of the history of this case and the gross
injustice which has already been meted out against my client Cliven Bundy, his
sons, and family by rogue Obama-era prosecutors,” Klayman wrote, the only
reason for an appeal would be to cover up for “corrupt prosecutors.”
And he noted that the behavior of prosecutors in the case
remains “under review” by the Department’s Office of Professional
Responsibility and the Inspector General.
“It is time to allow my clients to go on with their lives
and not continue to be persecuted by a Department of ‘Injustice,’ which rather
than meting out justice, ‘circles the wagons’ to try to unethically and
unlawfully protect its own,” he wrote.
Klayman included with the letter a lengthy statement by
whistleblower Larry Wooten, a special agent with the Department of Interior and
Bureau of Land Management, who detailed alleged misconduct in the case.
His description begins: “I routinely observed, [in the case]
and the investigation revealed a widespread pattern of bad judgment, lack of
discipline, incredible bias, unprofessionalism and misconduct, as well as
likely policy, ethical, and legal violations among senior and supervisory staff
at the BLM’s Office of Law Enforcement and Security.”
Wooten said the issues he uncovered put “our agency and
specific law enforcement supervisors in potential legal, civil, and
administrative jeopardy.”
When he went to superiors, he found they either knew of the
issues already or had “instigated the misconduct.”
He charges “gross mismanagement,” “abuse of authority,”
violations of the merit system principles and “prohibited personnel practices.”
The standoff between federal agents and Bundy
supporters stemmed from the government’s contention Bundy had been grazing
his cattle on publicly owned land and was therefore responsible
for substantial past fees. Klayman, among others, has insisted
the prosecution of the Bundy family was politically motivated.
Bundy and his supporters contend the federal government has
no authority over state lands.
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