I knew it...
Posted on 02/07/2017 10:08:15 AM PST by Brad from Tennessee
FBI agents posed as journalists and tricked the Bundy ranching family and their supporters into giving on-camera interviews that prosecutors may use in upcoming trials, according to defense attorneys and court records.
The FBI’s “fake film production company” and “wide-reaching deceptive undercover operation”, as lawyers described it in a court filing, is one of multiple controversies that some say could derail the government’s prosecution of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, his four sons and a dozen of their followers. A recent Bureau of Land Management (BLM) ethics scandal involving tickets for the popular Burning Man festival could further hinder prosecutors in the high-profile trial, which began this week in Las Vegas federal court.
The case stems from the Bundy family’s infamous 2014 standoff with federal agents at their ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada. The 70-year-old patriarch became a hero to conservative cowboys in the west when he publicly refused to pay grazing fees to the federal government, arguing that the BLM has no right to regulate lands by his property.
When federal agents attempted to seize his cattle, hundreds of supporters, some heavily armed, flocked to the ranch to defend the family. The government eventually retreated and only filed conspiracy, firearms and assault charges two years later – after his sons were involved in a similar standoff in Oregon. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
BLM should be one of the first federal agencies to get amassive haircut. Say a 33% cut in staff for starters.
My, My, My, Fed Gov Sponsored “Fake News”? With “paid” fake news actors?
Headshake
Why am I not surprised??
It’s a start.
Fake film company? How could you tell them from CNN?
I knew it...
“He has a history of intimidation and bullying...”
That bastard Dan Love. I might have known.
Meaning that they ran around gushing about how wonderful Obama is, and ranting hysterically about climate change?
Nooooo!
The Federal government needs to get completely out of the States except for as allowed under the US Constitution.
You forget, the feds own half the west.
I remember, that was my point. They have no need for that land, and should not control it.
God willing they will give it to the states.
Some democrat in my state wrote a bill that would prevent the wall from being put on any state land. Our State Land Commissioner has a plan drawn up for some exchanges.
The Feds own MUCH more than half of Nevada. They ‘own’ closer to 90% of the state.
Clever.
More to the point it is unconstitutional for them to have it. The land ownership of the federal government is detailed there.
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