I understand the sheriff was to be at the meeting.
Why intercept a guy going to see a sheriff? He could have arrested them.
Which Sheriff?
Who told the Bundys that would be so?
What guarantee did they get...if any?
Sounds like it easily could have been a set up...I mean there were nine or ten Federal vehicles waiting for them along the way. either they saw them through s=surveillance as they left and arranged it on the fly...or they knew they were coming from the get go.
Different County
Different Sheriff, sympathetic