Posted on 11/01/2017 4:33:56 AM PDT by Nextrush
US District Judge Gloria J. Navarro said in court today that she made "an inadvertent mistake" in removing five potential jurors the defense wanted to keep.
Navarro then acted to remove eight potential jurors the prosecution said they wanted to keep.
Today there were 57 potential jurors in the courtroom, a group different from yesterday.
A scratchy voiced Cliven Bundy addressed the potential jurors.
"Good morning and thank you for coming. I appreciate it very much", Bundy said.
Judge Navarro has informed potential jurors of the trial schedule, telling them to expect the trial to last into February of next year, with two days off for Thanksgiving, one day at Christmas and New Year's Day and a "dark week" the week of December 4th.
A list of over 1100 potential witnesses is being read to the prospective jurors who are asked if they know anyone on the list.
It includes fired Bureau of Land Management agent Dan Love, who commanded the federal side of the standoff. Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo, who was also present at the standoff talking with both sides and helping with the release of the Bundy cattle and media personality Glenn Beck. Beck had a private conversation with Cliven Bundy in the aftermath of the standoff and spoke about it on his media programs.
Many interesting things were said by prospective jurors including a couple who cited "Uranium One" as the reason for both the Oregon Standoff and Bunkerville Standoff protests.
Regarding "militias" several had negative impressions while a couple of others had positive feelings about them.
One potential juror was distributed by the Bureau of Land Management's practice of killing the Bundy family's cattle using helicopters.
16 of a group of 33 potential jurors said they would have a problem with guns at a protest.......
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An evidentiary hearing will continue Friday ahead of the opening arguments expected next week.
As opposed to an intentional mistake?
Just a Clerical error...
Cliven sounds a lil more energetic this morning.
I guess stopping the daily body cavity searchers is helping?
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