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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......

Call it a conspiracy theory – or not. But a curious investigative reporter, Jon Rappoport, posted an interesting angle to the Oregon standoff between protesting ranchers and feds that left one of the former dead, with this headline: “The Clintons: Is the Oregon standoff really about uranium?”

The third Bunkerville Standoff trial of four men (Cliven Bundy, Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy and Ryan Payne) will begin Monday with jury selection. Meanwhile, US District Judge Gloria Navarro has agreed to a fourth day of questioning in an evidence hearing that ran Monday thru Wednesday. A defense attorney pointed out inconsistent testimony from two Bureau of Land Management officials about shredding of documents. "Redoubt News" reports that when fired BLM agent Dan Love testified at the hearing he said that the Obama Administration US Attorney in Las Vegas Daniel Bogden was involved in decision making about the release of...

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...

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...

(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........

Defendants Ammon Bundy and Ryan Payne have proposed new questions for potential jurors in the now delayed third Bunkerville Standoff trial. There are eight new questions from Payne and 29 from Bundy. One example from Payne: Since the time you filled out the lengthy questionaire for this case, a tragedy has occurred on October 1, 2017 at the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival in Las Vegas. Do you know anyone who was killed or harmed in the mass shooting? Yes No If Yes please explain."...... A change of plea hearing will be held Friday October 13th at 11:30am for Brian...

(UPDATED OCTOBER 11th WITH CLIVEN BUNDY ATTORNEY'S FILING) The horrible event in Las Vegas has been followed by some new and interesting developments in the Bunkerville Standoff case. While federal prosecutors were said to be taking a tougher line in plea deal negotiations with defendants in the case, US District Judge Gloria Navarro ruled in ways favorable to the defense and defendants last week....

Andrea Parker at 7:28).....The judge rules (US District Judge Gloria Navarro). She's not going to move the trial to Reno. The shooter had a home in Reno, he met his girlfriend in Reno, frequented many casinos in Reno, so she doesn't see that. She is willing to continue it at least 30 days....is going to the calendar call on October 24th at 9am. At this time they will decide if the 30 days was adequate enough or not and if there is a prejudice or not.... Andrea Parker at 10:13)... they might end up having to let this whole jury...

Pete Santill will not testify against the other defendants in the Bunkerville Standoff trial.... Santilli entered his new guilty plea this morning... Ammon Bundy filed paper ahead of the hearing later today seeking a move to Reno or a 90 day delay in the trial..

Tomorrow (Friday October 6th) US District Judge Gloria Navarro is holding a hearing on the motion by defendant Ryan Payne for a 60-day "continuance" of the trial set to begin next Tuesday (October 10th). Payne's motion is motivated by concern that the mass murder-shooting in Las Vegas would prejudice and jury and the trial. An additional document filed by Payne's lawyer says that if the judge is not agreeable to the 60 day delay, a delay until October 30th would be acceptable. Payne's lawyers are also suggesting the possibility of moving the trial to Reno because of the situation in...

(At :20 News 3 Reporter Reed Cowan)....Cliven Bundy threw up his hands in the air and said he wanted to represent himself in this case against him by the federal government. Well that made his attorney Brett Whipple file papers in federal court here behind me saying his client had requested that. The judge denied that request..... (At :45 Attorney Brett Whipple)....He felt frustrated that he couldn't get his viewpoint out..... (At 1:00)...Everybody thinks its about money. It has nothing to do with money it has to do with who was to receive the money. See, Cliven is of the...

Court documents have been filed by Acting US Attorney and lead prosecutor in the Bunkerville Standoff case, Steven Myhre, ahead of the third Bunkerville Standoff trial set to begin with jury selection on October 10th. Myhre states his intention to add various "experts" to testify at the upcoming trial of five key defendants and two defendants found not guilty on most charges after the first two trials..... On October 15th another "Stand" event will be held in Las Vegas with Cliven Bundy's wife Carol and political activist Roger Stone...... Thirty-eight Republican legislators from Idaho have written a letter to Attorney...

A federal judge has found California resident Gary Hunt, who published the names of confidential FBI informants in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, in contempt of court. U.S. District Judge Anna J. Brown gave Hunt until noon Wednesday to remove the articles on his blog that reference the informants and destroy all government documents he received on the informants. If he doesn't, he'll face more "coercive sanctions," the judge wrote in her 23-page ruling. Hunt, on his online blog, alerted readers of the judge's order. But he also urged others to download the material before he...

After lawyers on both sides and the judge traded back and forth at a "status hearing" today, it was decided that the leading Tier 1 defendants (Cliven Bundy, Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Ryan Payne and Pete Santilli) in the Bunkerville Standoff will be tried alongside the two defendants not convicted after their first two trials (Eric Parker, Scott Drexler). Trial date is set for Tuesday October 10th. Parker and Drexler agreed to be tried with the other defendants in the interests of them getting a trial quicker. Those five along with the Tier 3 group have now been held without...

This morning the five top level (Tier 1) defendants in the Bunkerville Standoff case will be involved in a status hearing along with the two Tier 2 defendants prosecutor Steve Myhre still wants to prosecute after juries failed to convict them in two trials. The six Tier 2 defendants were tried first after a previous status hearing many months ago where Cliven Bundy asked US District Judge Gloria Navarro to try the second group which contains no members of his family "so they could be home with their families soon". Now four of those six men are home with their...

US District Judge Gloria Navarro has ordered a status hearing for seven Bunkerville Standoff defendants on Thursday including the five Tier 1 key defendants Cliven Bundy, Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Ryan Payne and Pete Santilli. It isn't clear what this means yet, but it will be interesting to see what happens following last week's crushing defeat for the federal prosecutors with two defendants found totally not guilty and two others not guilty on most charges. Eric Parker and Scott Drexler, found not guilty on most charges last week in the April 2014 Bunkerville Standoff near Bundy Ranch, heard Acting US...