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LAS VEGAS-More than three years after the 2014 Bundy standoff with federal officers near Bunkerville and after two trials in the case, testimony elicited in court Friday revealed for the first time that the FBI had one surveillance camera perched on a hill overlooking the Bundy Ranch. A large TV screen set up in the federal officers makeshift compound carried a live feed from the images, National Park Service ranger Mary Hinson testified. Her testimony came during questioning by defendant Ryan Bundy in a pretrial hearing..... Bundy, who is representing himself, father Cliven Bundy, brother Ammon Bundy and co-defendant Ryan...

Gunman Stephen Paddock lost a large amount of wealth in the two years before the Oct. 1 shooting on the Strip, Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said in an interview with a local television station. Lombardo told KLAS-TV, Channel 8, that Paddock’s wealth fluctuated because of gambling, real estate transactions and “everything else that he chose to do.” Paddock lost a large amount of money after September 2015, the sheriff said. Lombardo speculated that the financial losses might have contributed to Paddock’s decision to spray a country music festival with bullets, killing 58 people and injuring more than 500 others....

Defendant Ryan Bundy who is acting in his own defense in the third Bunkerville Standoff trial, says he was mocked by the government when he asked about a camera being used by the federal government during the standoff. But today a National Park Service manager, Mary Hinson, revealed under questioning by Bundy that a live video feed was being used at the federal government's command trailer. It was an FBI live camera rotating from a hill above Bundy Ranch. Cliven Bundy's defense lawyer Bret Whipple was incredulous saying "How can there be a live feed they never disclosed"....."three and a...

The jury for the third Bunkerville Standoff trial has been chosen. Six men and six women are on the jury. The 12 jurors along with four alternates are ready for the trial with opening arguments set for Tuesday morning at 8:30 in Las Vegas. "Yes, I believe they are guilty" wrote Juror No. 66 on their questionnaire, but this juror was still on the final roster today even after Ryan Bundy read that answer directly to Judge Gloria Navarro yesterday. Navarro still insisting that there was no bias in that potential juror. This forced the defense to use one of...

In Las Vegas today the fight in the courtroom was one about who should be a juror or not. The prosecution not wanting a member of the pool who discussed the Uranium One scandal. The defense not wanting a member of the pool who wants more gun control laws. The Constitution of the United States was the focus of defendant Ryan Bundy's questioning of jury pool members. Bundy is arguing in his own defense at the trial. He stated that the Constitution was the supreme law of the land and asked if the pool members agree with that notion. Bundy...

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...

LAS VEGAS - The federal trial against Nevada cattleman Cliven Bundy, his two sons, Ammon Bundy and Ryan Bundy, and Ryan Payne began Monday with prosecutors and defense lawyers questioning potential jurors about their beliefs on guns, protests, the government, ranching and the impact of the Oct. 1 mass shooting on the city's famous strip. Ryan Bundy, representing himself, had his leg shackles removed and then posed his own questions from a podium before a group of nearly 50 potential jurors. "I am a true Nevadan. I was born on Nevada Day," he said, referencing Halloween -- the day Nevada...

Cliven Bundy, Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy and Ryan Payne entered the courtroom in Las Vegas today with red jail uniforms that read "Detainee" on the back. It was the beginning of their trial in connection with the April 12, 2014 Bunkerville Standoff near Bundy Ranch. There were 49 potential jurors on hand today as procedings got underway before US District Judge Gloria Navarro. Hundreds will be questioned before the end of the process. Ryan Bundy objected to being forced to wear leg shackles. It turns out Ryan Bundy hasn't had a shave or shower in a week......

The Chief of the University of Nevada, Reno Police Dept. -- where Colin Kaepernick went to school -- is apologizing for an officer who mocked the QB at a Halloween party. The officer in hot water is Antonio Gutierrez -- who wore a Kaepernick jersey with a "Will stand for food" sign ... while sporting an afro wig and a fake nose in an effort to make fun of the QB. But the UNR PD ain't laughing ... Chief Adam Garcia issued a statement condemning Gutierrez saying, "For those who have seen the Halloween costume of one of our officers...

Danny Tarkanian, the anti-establishment conservative challenging anti-Trump establishment Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) in Nevada’s primary, has solidified his lead over Heller in a new poll from JMC Analytics released on Friday morning.

The evidence hearing continued for a third day (Wednesday October 25th) in Las Vegas. Ammon Bundy was kept out of the courtroom. He was not allowed in but his lawyers met with him in a room outside the courtroom. Cliven and Ryan Bundy were in the courtroom Wednesday but the US Marshals were agitated harassing them at one point taking markers being used by Ryan Bundy away from him. They also prevented Cliven and Ryan Bundy from looking at their family members in the courtroom. Carol Bundy (wife of Cliven) and Angie Bundy (wife of Ryan) were present in the...

"Last night I guess after the evidential hearing with Dan Love the US Marshals got really rough with Cliven (Bundy), who's in his 70's...and Ammon and Ryan because they were forcing them to look at the wall an put their nose to the wall. They for no reason other than force" Lisa Bundy-Ammon Bundy's wife in video posted October 24th, 2017 A pre court hearing today in Las Vegas became ugly with visible injuries on members of the Bundy family as they were brought to court in chains. Cliven Bundy's attorney Bret Whipple stood up to argue that evidence of...

A week before their third trial was set to begin on charges related to the April 2014 Bunkerville Standoff near Bundy Ranch, Eric Parker and Scott Drexler pled guilty to a charge of obstruction of a court order. This is a misdemeanor charge. Parker and Drexler will be sentenced February 2, 2018. Both men will not serve any additional jail time, receiving credit for the 18 months already served without bail since they were arrested early last year and held through the end of the second trial a few months ago. Juries have either acquitted the two or deadlocked 11-1...

Two men who were already tried twice on numerous felony charges with juries acquitting them or being hung 11-1 in favor of their innocence, Eric Parker and Scott Drexler, will not face trial a third time over Bunkerville. They reached a plea deal with the federal government and will be sentenced next year, but will not serve any more jail time. Parker and Drexler spent 18 months in prison without bail until the end of their second trial a few months ago. They entered guilty pleas today to the misdemeanor charge of obstructing a court order. More news and analysis...

Clark County Office of the Coroner is "On Lockdown at least until the rest of the week, this has never happened before". The staffer answering the front door of the Las Vegas Coroner, Laurie Downey, will only hand over a card listing the general number for the county of the Cornoner. Las Vegas Police Department units are stationed at each side of the building in order to control the situation. Staffers will not answer questions regarding why the Conorner is appointed, not elected. Staffers will name the individual responsible for declaring the Cononer Lockdown. Staffers will not verbally commit...

A group behind a ballot initiative that Nevada voters approved last year expanding gun background checks to unlicensed dealers is suing the governor and attorney general to try to make them enforce it. The measure mandating FBI background checks on private-party gun sales passed by less than 1 percentage point in November after Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoed a similar measure in 2013. Attorney General Adam Laxalt has maintained that the new law can’t be enforced after the FBI informed the state in December it wants Nevada’s Department of Public Safety to conduct the checks itself in the same way...

Ryan Bundy was in court with US District Judge Gloria Navarro on Wednesday October 18th. Judge Navarro agreed to allow Ryan Bundy to speak in his own defense at his upcoming trial. Observing the hearing were Ryan's wife Angie Bundy and Bundy Family friend and supporter Shawna Cox..... Meanwhile defendant Ryan Payne is seeking to have the now fired Bureau of Land Management agent Dan Love testify at the trial. Love, who was the lead federal agent at the Bunkerville Standoff was fired by the BLM after a corruption investigation. In the first two trials, Judge Navarro refused to allow...

Hillary Clinton’s former campaign lawyer is meddling in Nevada politics. Worse, he’s saying that voting in a special election would be an “undue burden” on minorities. Imagine the outrage if a Republican argued that voting is a “burden” on minorities. The lawsuit shows just how desperate Democrats are to stop recall efforts against Sens. Joyce Woodhouse, D-Henderson, Nicole Cannizzaro, D-Las Vegas, and Patricia Farley, I-Las Vegas. Marc Elias, general counsel for Hillary for America, filed the complaint Monday in federal court.

“Sources in intelligence have provided me with MGM security guard Jesus Campos’s comprehensive intelligence report,” Loomer told GotNews. “The report reveals that Jesus Campos shared a social security number with an individual named ‘Jesus A Quintero.'” You won’t hear this stuff from the lying mainstream media. Keep the GotNews mission alive: send tips to editor@gotnews.com or donate at FreeStartr.com/GotNews. According to Loomer, this latest piece of information could shed light on Campos’ employment status, and expose reasons for the hotel’s lack of transparency. “A shared SSN is a very strong indicator that Jesus Campos is an illegal immigrant, and if...

(UPDATED NEWS REGARDING REPORTED PLEA DEAL FOR BRIAN CAVALIER-OCTOBER 13TH)..... A change of plea hearing was scheduled Friday October 13th at 11:30am for Brian Cavalier who was said to have reached a plea agreement with the federal government in a court document posted online Thursday. But word came out Friday that the information was entered in error and so there is no plea deal for Cavalier. Recent word was that the federal government is taking a hard line in plea deal negotiations following the Las Vegas shooting........