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Be careful what you post on the internet and social media!
Read this 16 page motion in its entirety. You will see what the defendants are facing.
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Out of all of the legal documents that have been filed, this is one of the most important to read in its entirety. You will see how the government has taken moments in time and created unbelievable, almost surreal, scenarios designed to elicit a terror within the court. I would venture to say the court will most certainly grant the motion to conceal the agents identity, based on this motion. This, my friends, is what our men will be up against at trial. And if you haven't figured it out yet, posturing on Facebook is a really bad idea.
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Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher
Ryan Bundy goes on attack in pre-trial release hearing
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/bu...ring-las-vegas
Ryan Bundy goes on the attack during hearing in Las Vegas
Ryan Bundy, charged as a ringleader of the 2014 standoff at his family’s Bunkerville ranch, declared in sworn testimony Tuesday that Bureau of Land Management agents who tried to impound his father’s cattle were prepared to conduct battle on a group of peaceful American citizens.
Dressed in a blue prison jumpsuit, Bundy, who is representing himself, delivered a 90-minute statement before the court during which he invoked religion, compared himself to the Founding Fathers, and referenced nearly every Amendment in the U.S. Constitution’s Bill of Rights. The statement, which at times resembled more of a sermon, included repeated claims that the federal government did not have the authority to seize his father’s cattle in a court-ordered operation that resulted from decades of unpaid grazing fees.
“We are America, a union of soverign states. We are not an empire of provinces under the control of a totalitarian government,” Bundy declared during a detention hearing Tuesday morning in federal court in Las Vegas.
The hearing represents an opportunity for Bundy to challenge his incarceration pending trial on extortion, conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, and other charges in the 16-count indictment. He used it to repeat claims that the authority of the county sheriff supersedes that of the federal government when it comes to land and water rights in Nevada. The standoff, he argued, represented an attack on a group of peaceful protesters whose actions were protected under the First and Second Amendments.
“This was a spontaneous public protest, a peaceful protest,” he said, mentioning that his family has been ranching on the land since 1877. “There was no assault, no threats on federal officers. … I did not refuse to obey orders.”
Bundy opened his statement with a prayer, followed by an “oath of truth” he took voluntarily. He later was formally sworn in by the court’s clerk after he agreed to testify under oath — which subjects him to cross-examination by Assistant United States Attorney Steven Myhre. The judge warned Bundy of the risks of testifying, to which Bundy replied:
“Everything I’m saying is already being used against me.”
Bundy repeatedly accused prosecutors of lying and cherry-picking evidence to portray him as dangerous. He charged that the BLM agents were the aggressors, and said his actions were defensible “to prevent the bloodshed that the BLM was about to pour down upon these people.”
He referenced one piece of video evidence that prosecutors say depicts him reaching into his coat for a gun, and said: “Perhaps I was reaching in for my cellphone, or a piece of jerky.”
Bundy resisted the judge’s instructions to be more expeditious in his testimony, saying sharply in response that he had been incarcerated for 370 days and that this was his one opportunity to argue his case for release on bail.
In cross-examination, Myhre questioned Bundy extensively about whether he thought the BLM had authority under the 2014 court order to seize the cattle. The line of questioning represented an attempt to prove to the court that Bundy does not respect court orders and thus should not be released on bail. The exchange became heated, and Bundy did little to hide his disdain for federal prosecutors as he rocked back in his chair and gave lengthy responses to yes or no questions.
“You’re telling me there’s some constitutional issues — I’m just trying to get you to answer the questions,” Myhre said at one point. Bundy replied that are many constitutional issues in a case that he, and others charged, maintain is about the overreach of federal power.
“I’m gonna have to object to this line of questioning,” he said at one point during cross-examination, which had not concluded when the court broke for lunch recess.
Prior to the break, Bundy told the judge it didn’t matter when the court took its recess.
“I am fasting, and I know that many of the folks here are fasting … we are not going to eat,” Bundy said in front of dozens of family members and other supporters who packed the small third-floor courtroom in the Lloyd George courthouse.
Many members of the audience, which included Bundy’s eight children, wore cowboy boots, flannel shirts and cowboy hats. Some had pamphlets sticking out of their pockets that bore images of the Founding Fathers. The group knelt in prayer outside the courtroom prior to entering the hearing.
Contact Jenny Wilson at jenwilson@reviewjournal.com or 702-384-8710. Follow @jennydwilson on Twitter.
Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher
Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher
Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher
Hopefully the Judge finally lets this guy off, my God going on almost a year now!
Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher
The government's star witness in the Bundy Ranch case is the subject of an IG ethics and misconduct investigation stemming from the 2015 Burning Man.
Special Agent Danile P. Love subject of Inspector General misconduct and ethics violations report
Full report at the Reno Gazette-Journal:
http://www.rgj.com/story/life/arts/b...-man/97306046/
Las Vegas Review-Journal touches breifly:
http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/na...s-report-finds
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Posted January 31, 2017 - 11:17amUpdated January 31, 2017 - 3:38pmBLM agent at Burning Man violated federal ethics rules, report finds
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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SALT LAKE CITY — Government investigators say they’ve found evidence a Salt Lake City-based Bureau of Land Management agent used his position to get sold-out Burning Man tickets and had agents drive his family around during the event in the Nevada desert.
A BLM spokesman said Tuesday the misconduct report on an unidentified supervisory agent is under review. The Department of Interior’s Office of Inspector General paper will be forwarded to supervisors for possible discipline.
Investigators found the supervisory agent broke federal ethics rules when he bought three tickets and special passes to Burning Man in 2015 after it was sold out, though he paid his own money, and let his girlfriend stay in agency housing.
The investigators also found evidence he manipulated a hiring process so a friend could get a BLM job.
Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher
The Reno Gazette-Journal has a video on their facebook page about Dan P. "Ice Cream Man" Love.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...d=108555442934
Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher
If you support the Bundy issue, please consider sending the following letter to President Trump or compose your own letter.
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Call To Action For Ryan Bundy Release: Letter to Trump.
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Link to send letter to Donald Trump: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact#page
Mr President,
Yesterday, Mr. Ryan Bundy went before a federal judge in Nevada seeking pretrial release after being unlawfully held for over 300 days. The hearing went great and we found the prosecution has no evidence to show Ryan is a threat to the public. Even the officer who was present for the 2014 Bunkerville Standup testified today stating on the day of the confrontation he was with the Bundys and NEVER felt his life was harms way. The ONLY ones pointing guns were the militarized BLM agents who were pointing them at the protesters. In the end the cows were returned and no one was harmed. Please, Mr. President, contact this Federal Judge and let him know you stand by the release of Ryan Bundy and also ALL THE OTHERS sitting in jail being denied bail for the Bunkerville Stand up.
Also, we seek a full pardon from you, since their actions were all protected by the US Constitution. If someone shows up and steals your cattle and points guns at your family and friends you have a RIGHT and a DUTY to stand. Especially when it's an unconstitutional agency like the abusive BLM. That's what makes this nation different than any other.
You said we would never be ignored again, and today I ask you to uphold that promise and hear my voice. Set the Bundy's free. Set the Hammonds free. Set Joe Robertson free. Bring Justice for LaVoy Finicum and give us back our lands that the federal government has stolen from We The People.
Sincerely,
https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact#page
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Then choose Contact the White House
Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher
Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher
Deb Jordan report attorney Chris Rasmussen has filed a motion for review of BLM personell records . . . . .
http://thepetesantillishow.com/blm-a...of-misconduct/
BLM Agent Daniel P. Love Under Fire By Bundy Case Attorney After Inspector General Probe Finds Him Guilty Of Misconduct
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Las Vegas Nevada: On Wednesday Attorney Chris Rasmussen filed a Motion For Review of BLM Personnel Records after a scathing report released by the Office Of The Inspector General, said a Special Agent In Charge of the BLM was found to have committed Ethical Violations and Misconduct during an event in 2015 called “Burning Man” held in Black Rock Desert, Nevada.
The report contained points of interest for attorneys fighting an uphill battle in the Bundy Ranch case, especially the part about the Special Agent trying to intimidate and influence witnesses in his ethics investigation.
Daniel P. Love, who is believed to be the Special Agent in Charge the report is referring to, was also the Special Agent In Charge of the Bundy Ranch Cattle Impoundment of 2014. Complaint after complaint was filed against Dan Love before, during, and after the protest, but failed to catch the eye of the Inspector Generals Office. This time the complaints came from within the BLM staff itself, and it looks as though the “Super-Agent” will finally be held accountable.
This revelation came as no surprise to the people who live in States in which the BLM has taken on the role of Law Enforcement under the direction of Special Agent Daniel P. Love. Locals say they can attest that misconduct is an almost daily routine for the agency.
Chris Rasmussen, the Attorney of record for Pete Santilli, the journalist being held without bond after being swept up in a series of arrest stemming from the 2014 protest, wasted no time in demanding the court release the unredacted document filed by the Inspector Generals office on January 30th, because he believes Dan Love is the agent and the Governments star witness in their case against Cliven Bundy and co-defendants.
Mr. Rasmussen says that if it proves to be Daniel P. Love is the agent being charged in the Inspector General’s report, his client and other co-defendants have a right to know and be allowed to impeach him if he takes the stand.
Just last week Prosecutor Steven Myhre filed a motion begging Judge Gloria Navarro the presiding Judge on the case, to not allow questioning that involves past misconduct by the BLM in other operations, or any questioning of any of the agents that are set to testify in the trial that would make them look bad; And now we know why.
The Defense’s case is centered around the conduct of Special Agent in Charge Daniel P. Love – and it is paramount the Jury hear what kind of person Mr. Love is and just how far he would go to cover-up his misconduct while conducting official business as a Bureau Of Land Management employee.
It has been long argued, Bundy Ranch was a spontaneous protest that happened because of misconduct by BLM agents under the direction of Daniel P. Love during the early days of the impoundment operation to round up rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle. Free speech areas were erected, protestors and Bundy Family members were beaten, tazered, violently arrested, and snipers were used to keep everyone in line.
According to sources, the FBI pulled out of the impoundment early on, as did the Clarke County Sheriffs Department, and Las Vegas Metro Police who all warned Daniel P. Love he was going too far and that the operation should be stopped.
Instead, he threatened journalist Pete Santilli, who tried in vain to help mediate a peaceful outcome, with arrest and prosecution. Pete Santilli along with every other person who used common sense during the protest tried to reason with the overly aggressive agent who moved forward with the impoundment.
Other protestors felt their lives were in danger as they approached the site where BLM agents stood ready to kill them.
There was never ever any talk of invading the 1 million dollar compound Daniel P. Love erected on the Gold Butte or forcefully taking back any cattle; it was always the plan to protest until the release occurred naturally, said one witness who has asked to remain anonymous. We went down into the wash under the assumption the BLM had left the area and that is where we were met by 200 armed agents who said they were ready to use lethal force. It was very frightening and confusing, we said a prayer and moved forward to face a BLM, we thought had left hours before.
When I reached out for a comment from former Nevada Assembly Woman Michele Fiore, who was present at the protest in 2014 and is now running for a vacant seat on the Las Vegas City Counsel, I was not expecting the explosive raw response I got from her;
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Michele Fiore with Ammon Bundy and other State officials who protested at Bundy Ranch
You know what? I am just pissed off that this dirtySOB has been protected from being prosecuted for his outrageous behavior at Bundy Ranch –
Scoring a few tickets and having sex with his girlfriend in a BLM trailer at “Burning Man” is the least of his offensives.
This man is the same guy who threatened to use lethal force against American Citizens and Elected Officials – myself included – during the protest at Bundy Ranch. How the hell did he ever get by with that?
And now it’s just disgusting that the Nevada BLM has the audacity to speak poorly of our elected, President Donald Trump while never saying one thing about this mad-man being permitted to threaten protestors without any repercussion?
This guy actually disobeyed the direct order of our State Attorney General and beat people up and arrested them when he had no authority to do so.
In the wash that day the BLM made fun of our Metro Las Vegas Police and County Sheriff Tom Roberts instead of obeying a direct order to put away their Long Guns.
I’m telling you all right now, Daniel P. Love disrespected the authority of our Nevada State Attorney General and Local Law Enforcement, and almost caused a terrible tragedy.
There was no damn conspiracy – We all went down into that wash to set cattle free because the Sheriff said the “operation” had ceased and the BLM was leaving – We were almost killed by that raging lunatic; It’s just that simple.
At this point I think the right thing to do in this situation is, to let our men who have been wrongfully accused of threatening the BLM, out of jail and put Daniel P. Love, the real criminal, in jail for a very, very long time.
While they’re at it I think they should also look into the allegations of misconduct during the 2012 Winter Olympics when an on duty Dan Love was presumably observed by his men in a dark corner of a bar getting up close and personal with a woman he had had drinks with instead of providing security for the diplomats he was charged to protect.
Maybe they should take another look at the operation Dan Love conducted in Utah that lead to the suicide of three people including Dr. James Redd in Blanding, Utah.
I think it’s about damn time we start hearing the truth about this jerk instead of Prosecutors here in Nevada actively participating in a cover-up to hide the abuses this Bastard has been almost encouraged to commit.
I think it’s high-time somebody say enough is enough and tell us the truth; That Daniel P. Love was demoted – not promoted this year – because he can’t handle the overwhelming responsibility of picking up the trash on our Public Lands without threatening to kill someone, and has finally been relegated to a desk job where he can’t hurt people.
Ms Fiore is not the only one who questions Daniel P. Love’s disrespect for local officials; In a January 6th article published by High Country News in 2016, a retired BLM agent had this to say;
In 2012, Steve Martin sat in a briefing room at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Artesia, New Mexico, listening to the details of a clandestine operation his agency was planning in the Nevada desert. The goal seemed commendable — to round up rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle, which had been grazing illegally on public land for decades — but the means seemed off to the Arizona-based special agent for the federal Bureau of Land Management. It was full of optimistic bravado, he recalls, and it was missing a key ingredient: cooperation with the county sheriff. Says Martin: “I remember thinking, ‘Is this still the BLM?’
Defendants in the Bundy case are 100% convinced, that when a Jury of their peers hear the details of how Daniel P. Love conducted himself during the protest at Bundy Ranch, they will be acquitted – But a dismissal of this case is what’s really warranted here — “The Government has aligned with the wrong side on this one.“
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During his pre-trial release hearing on Tuesday, Ryan Bundy revealed that at least 200 gunmen (BLM Agents and or Parks and Services) were involved in the April 12th protest, and that many of them could be heard laughing while choosing the protestors they wanted to kill, including horses and dogs.
Ryan Bundy also stated for the record, an agreement had been made between the Sheriff’s Department and the Bureau Of Land Management on April 11th, 2014 – that said the impoundment operation would cease immediately – a full day before the final protest on April 12th. Mr. Bundy quickly pointed out the flaw in the indictment by asking the question, “If there were no operation on the 12th, and if the cattle were already being released — how is that impeding?”
In an amazing testimony of support, retired Las Vegas Metro Police Officer Mark McEwen who was at Bundy Ranch and assigned to assist Mr. Bundy the day of the protest said, Mr. Bundy was with him most of that day and never acted aggressively or did anything that warranted him believing he was a danger to anyone. The former officer also said he never felt his life was in danger by gunmen while doing his job to help Mr. Bundy promote a peaceful resolution.
Ryan Bundy’s wife also gave an emotional testimony saying she has done her best to pick-up the pieces but that her husband was missed and needed at home. They exchanged a heartfelt “I Love You” before she exited the stand.
Ryan Bundy is now awaiting Magistrate Judge George Foley’s decision on his pre-trial release.
