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    Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher

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    Judge Dismisses Case Against Bundys, Bars Retrial

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    The Washington Times reports:
    Navarro admonished government for “flagrant prosecutorial misconduct” and withholding evidence

    Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy could have spent the rest of his life in jail, but instead he walked away Monday a free man, the case against him and his sons thrown out over what the judge decried as “outrageous” misconduct by federal prosecutors.

    In a stunning rebuke, U.S. District Court Chief Judge Gloria Navarro scolded the prosecution for violating the due process rights of the four defendants — Cliven Bundy, his sons Ammon and Ryan, and Ryan Payne — and dismissed the case “with prejudice,” meaning they cannot be retried on felony conspiracy and firearms charges stemming from the 2014 Nevada standoff.

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    “The court finds that the universal sense of justice has been violated,” said Judge Navarro, appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama in 2010, as reported by the Arizona Republic.

    Wearing a cream-colored cowboy hat, the 71-year-old Bundy was greeted by cheers from dozens of well-wishers as he emerged from the federal courthouse in Las Vegas with his arm around his wife, Carol Bundy.

    “How am I feeling? Well, I tell you, I’ve got my sweetheart beside me and I’m feeling pretty good,” said Mr. Bundy in video posted by KSNV-TV in Las Vegas. “I’m not used to being free, let’s put it that way. I’ve been a political prisoner for right at 700 days today.”

    He insisted, “I come in this courtroom an innocent man, and I leave an innocent man.”

    The dismissal brought a dramatic close to the high-profile case three weeks after Judge Navarro declared a mistrial, citing the prosecution’s willful withholding of evidence related to the armed standoff with the Bureau of Land Management at the Bundy ranch near Bunkerville.

    The decision also comes as the latest and most devastating in a series of failures for the Justice Department in its ongoing battle against the Bundys and their supporters in trials in Nevada and Oregon.

    In October 2016, an Oregon jury acquitted Ammon and Ryan Bundy, as well as five others, on felony conspiracy and firearms charges from their 41-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

    Ammon and Ryan Bundy were also released on Monday, but Ryan Payne of Montana is expected to be transported to Portland, Oregon, for sentencing after entering a guilty plea for his role in the takeover.
    That is a reprint of the January 8 dismissal with prejudice, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ed/1013685001/
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    Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher

    Quote Originally Posted by monty View Post
    That is a reprint of the January 8 dismissal with prejudice, https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ed/1013685001/
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    Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher

    Todd Macfarlane has found that many who turned their backs on the Bundys the last four years are now the Bundys’ “Fair Weather Friends”

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    FAIR WEATHER FRIENDS — and The Second Amendment — by Todd Macfarlaine

    April 4, 2018 - Government/Politics, Opinion/Editorial, Todd Macfarlane - Tagged: Bundy, Second Amendment, Todd Macfarlane - no comments

    Right now the Second Amendment is viewed as toxic in many quarters, and politically incorrect to even mention.

    A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend the Iron County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner in Cedar City. It was a grand event, at which both Mitt Romney and a myriad of local, state and national candidates spoke, along with Entrata CEO, Dave Bateman, and former Texas
    Congressman Ron Paul as the keynote speaker.
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    I couldn’t help but contrast the apparent principled underpinnings and priorities of Iron County Republicans with the Republican Party in Millard County, where I live, where fundamental party principles take a very distinct back seat to personality factors and considerations.

    Just for starters, the Iron County Republicans brought in Ron Paul, who is one of few politicians in this country actually associated with any clear principles, as the keynote speaker. They also asked another person, who is known for his principles — newly liberated and fully acquitted Ryan
    Bundy — to offer the invocation (opening prayer) on the whole event.

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    And the political candidates who spoke made multiple respectful references to the Bundys, their whole ordeal, and the recent outcome of their landmark cases.

    The stark difference between the apparent priorities and guiding principles of the Republican Party leadership in these two Southern Utah counties that share the same neighborhood was fairly evident. The people the Iron County Republicans seemed to be most interested in hearing from were people renowned for their principles, even though they haven’t always been the most popular personalities.

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    But I also couldn’t help but note the stark contrast between the sentiments expressed on that occasion, with the rhetoric of the past 2-4 years while the Bundy events were unfolding and the cases were pending, when many of the very same people – including the vast majority of politicians and party leaders at all levels — considered and treated the Bundys as completely toxic, and did everything in their power to distance themselves, happy to use a whole plethora of derogatory labels, ranging from “rednecks” and “radicals” to “extremists” and “domestic terrorists” – even “The Virus”– to put them down.

    I was amazed to see how quickly some people were willing to about-face — particularly when they are easily blown around by the wind, and it starts blowing from the other direction – and they become the epitome of fair weather friends.
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    Setting all the other Bundy-related issues aside – everything from public land jurisdiction, property rights, and grazing fees to awkward statements, etc. — however, few have yet to acknowledge the invaluable contribution the Bundys, their supporters, and the outcome of the cases against them have made at a very critical juncture for protection of the Second Amendment.

    For several years now, the Second Amendment has been under very serious attack, but seemingly never more so than right now. On the liberal agenda, nothing exceeds the priority of overturning District of Columbia v. Heller, and/or completely repealing the Second Amendment. When we now have retired U.S. Supreme Court Justices proposing repeal of the Second Amendment, we know that the pressure is seriously mounting.

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    But during a time of relentless attack, the outcome of the cases against the Bundys and their supporters in Nevada and Oregon have done more to protect the Second Amendment than anything since the Heller case was decided in 2008, now 10 years ago.

    How, and perhaps more importantly, why, are the Bundy cases so important?

    Although the Bundy issue(s) had been brewing for years, ultimately, the BLM and the FBI sought not only to remove and impound Bundy’s cattle, they sought to completely militarize the impoundment operation. To that end, the BLM engaged in a number of very heavy-handed and intimidating tactics, including the deployment of a large armed security force, which included both BLM “rangers” and private security contractors (mercenaries), including snipers, SWAT teams and riot police. The BLM also sought to seriously limit anyone and everyone’s access to the so-called public land, and persuaded the FAA to implement a No-fly Zone. The BLM also sought to seriously restrict anyone and everyone’s First Amendment Rights, including freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and freedom of the press.

    In response to these developments, a number of average Americans became very concerned about the BLM’s tactics, which not only resulted in a significant number of “normal” people mobilizing to the scene to protest the BLM’s actions, but also in the active exercise of the Second Amendment. This resulted in a large protest, including full exercise of both First Amendment rights and Second Amendment rights. Along with other factors, this armed protest persuaded the BLM to temporarily discontinue its cattle impoundment efforts, after which the protesters confronted BLM forces and demanded return of the already impounded cattle.

    Something very similar subsequently happened in Harney County, Oregon less than two years later, when average Americans once again rallied in support of embattled ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond, which ultimately resulted in an armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

    In both those situations, many, including essentially everyone in the mainstream media, raged about the very thought of citizens in cowboy hats and camouflage protesting while bearing arms, and actively exercising their Second Amendment rights, including visible presence of members of private militias – who are often perceived as dangerous radical extremists just looking for an excuse to engage in violent conflict.

    Ironically, however, in the end, all the so-called radical, extremist gun-nuts exercised complete restraint, and it was only the government actors who engaged in violence, resulting in the needless bloodshed of LaVoy Finicum. And then to add insult to injury, they lied about it in an attempt to cover-up what really happened.

    But despite situations involving major physical confrontations, they each ended up demonstrating the need for the Second Amendment, and how it can work exactly how it was intended.

    Because so few people actually understand the Second Amendment, and it is continually being brought under attack, it is worth considering the U.S. Supreme Court’s discussion of Second Amendment rights in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570, 128 S.Ct. 2783, 171 L.Ed.2d 637, 76 USLW 4631 (2008).
    In the Heller case, the High Court made the following observations:

    “One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an offence to keep arms.” Consequently, one of the purposes of the Second Amendment “is to secure a well-armed militia. . . . But a militia would be useless unless the citizens were enabled to exercise themselves in the use of warlike weapons. To preserve this privilege, and to secure to the people the ability to oppose themselves in military force against the usurpations of government, as well as against enemies from without, government is forbidden by any law or proceeding to invade or destroy the right to keep and bear arms.

    The Heller Court went on to say:

    The first salient feature of the operative clause is that it codifies a “right of the people . . . [which] unambiguously refer[s] to individual rights, not “collective” rights, or rights that may be exercised only through participation in some corporate body. . . .We start therefore with a strong presumption that the Second Amendment right is exercised individually and belongs to all Americans. . . . The very text of the Second Amendment implicitly recognizes the pre-existence of the right and declares only that it “shall not be infringed. . . . This is not a right granted by the Constitution. Neither is it in any manner dependent upon that instrument for its existence. The Second Amendment declares that it [is a pre-existing right that] shall not be infringed . . . .”

    According to the Heller Court:

    During the 1788 ratification debates, the fear that the federal government would disarm the people in order to impose rule through a standing army or select militia was pervasive in [the Federalist/Anti-Federalist Debate]. The Federalists contended that because Congress was given no power to abridge the ancient right of individuals to keep and bear arms, such a force could never oppress the people. [Consequently], it was understood across the political spectrum that the right helped to secure the ideal of a citizen militia, which might be necessary to oppose an oppressive military force if the constitutional order broke down.

    Quoting St. George Tucker’s version of the Blackstone Commentaries, the Court also noted:

    “This may be considered as the true palladium of liberty . . . . The right to self-defence is the first law of nature: in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine the right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any colour or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction.
    Six years later, both in Bunkerville, and then again in Harney County Oregon, the Federal Government demonstrated exactly what the U.S. Supreme Court had been talking about in Heller – because regardless of who you may think was right or wrong – the BLM for seeking to remove Bundy’s purportedly “trespassing” cattle based on alleged failure to pay grazing fees — or Cliven Bundy for stubbornly resisting — if there is one word that best describes the BLM’s decisions and heavy-handed actions to militarize the operation, that word is “Tyranny.” The BLM’s actions in that context were the epitome of heavy-handed federal tyranny. And Bundys and their supporters tested the very core philosophical underpinnings of Second Amendment doctrine in resistance.

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    On that score, it is often said (and even more often thought), that civilians who wear camouflage and pack guns, including semi-automatic assault rifles, are nothing short of radical extremists just itching for a fight, and will use any excuse or provocation to engage in violent conflict. If ever there was a perfect opportunity to prove that theory correct, it was the armed confrontation that resulted in the return of the Bundy cattle, in which both armed and unarmed citizens confronted and faced off with an army of BLM rangers and contracted security forces (mercenaries).

    But, to many peoples’ amazement, no shots were fired in Bunkerville. No blood was shed. And in terms of actual checks and balances, the presence of weapons on both sides ultimately served very well as a mutual deterrent.

    Regarding the Nevada case against the Bundys based on the Bunkerville Standoff, in her ruling dismissing the case with prejudice, Judge Navarro expressly found that the federal government and the prosecution had repeatedly lied about what happened, and engaged in “reckless, outrageous, flagrant misconduct in violating the due process and constitutional rights of the defendants . . . that was so outrageous that no lesser remedy than dismissal with prejudice would be sufficient.”

    In the end, with fundamental rights and principles at stake in both Nevada and Oregon, the outcomes of those trials has only served to strengthen the foundational basis of the Second Amendment – the inherent, inalienable, God-given right to defend oneself, one’s property, and/or others who are under attack — even from federal tyranny.

    And even fair weather friends have both Bundys and their supporters to thank for that.





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    Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher

    Ammon Bundy reveals Dept. of (in)Justice is hiding second Wooten letter. Apparently many more BLM employees are finding courage enough that they are willing to testify to even more egregious government misconduct in this case of the United States of America VS Cliven Bundy Et Al.

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    Ammon Bundy reveals DOJ is hiding second Wooten letter

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    “It appears the prosecution keeps falling into the pit they dug for the people. Let us see Justice and Liberty for all and dismiss the ENTIRE original indictment against those who came to the aid of their neighbor in Bunkerville in 2014. “

    Introduction by Editor
    Late last year, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) whistleblower, Larry ‘Clint’ Wooten, issued a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice that effectively dismantled the federal case against the Bundy Ranch defendants. The contents of the letter were so damning that Judge Navarro had no choice but to dismiss with prejudice, all charges against Cliven Bundy, Ryan Bundy, and others. Accounts of racism, bigotry, sexual harassment, militarism and destruction of evidence within the BLM Office of Law Enforcement Services (OLES), under Dan Love and Salvatore Lauro, as well as the the criminal withholding of exculpatory evidence by federal prosecutors were shocking, but unsurprising given reports of numerous related scandals surrounding federal officials involved with the case.

    See related stories:
    Wooten letter exposes abuse, religious bigotry in Dan Love’s BLM operation
    Wooten letter Part 2: BLM Culture of Abuse and Racism, Egomania, Dan Love’s ‘Kill Book’
    BLM’s thugocracy lives on in William Woody and Salvatore Lauro

    On March 26, former defendant and son of Cliven, Ammon Bundy posted the following remarks on his Facebook page, revealing the existence of a second letter written by Wooten, which for reasons unknown has been sealed from public view.
    In Ammon’s post he urges citizens to demand that the second Wooten memo be unsealed and its contents made available for public scrutiny.

    A second memo from Whistleblower Agent Wooten has been sent to the DOJ, the prosecution and the defense attorneys. Many of you will remember the first Wooten memo during the trial that exposed BLM Agent Dan Love’s kill list, the snipers pointed at the protesters, the undisclosed 24 hour surveillance of the Bundy ranch, the prosecutorial misconduct of Steve Myhre surrounding this hidden discovery and much, much more. Shortly after the 1st memo was released, a mistrial with prejudice was ruled by Judge Navarro. (Read the first memo here with Arrow to the Heart Author research notes and questions: http://arrowtotheheartbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Wooten-Letter-with-notes.compressed.pdf )

    It was proven that the original grand jury indictment was filled with complete lies and yet no charges have been filed against those involved in this conspiracy. Hundreds of millions of tax paying dollars have been wasted incarcerating and trying men on false accusations. Two men were even convicted during the first trial on these false charges. Greg Burleson and Todd Engle. Others pled out under duress and coercion and men like Jerry Delemus is in prison for this today.

    Well, we have whistleblower memo #2 that has been sent to the DOJ, the prosecution and the defense attorneys, and it is currently under seal. Our question is always the same: Why hide the truth? It’s so easy to tell so just tell it and let the public decide who is in the wrong. The memo reveals that there are agents now willing to testify to even more egregious government misconduct in this case of The United States of America VS Cliven Bundy Et Al. Let them speak and let the truth be told!

    It appears the prosecution keeps falling into the pit they dug for the people. Let us see Justice and Liberty for all and dismiss the ENTIRE original indictment against those who came to the aid of their neighbor in Bunkerville in 2014.

    A good reminder for all states:
    “The people of this state do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies that serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may maintain control over the instruments that they have created.”

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    Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher

    Bundy Ranch, Larry Wooten, Chris Kortlander & 9th Circuit Court

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    9th Circuit, Bundy, and Larry Wooten


    THE QUESTION BEFORE BUNDY’S JUDGE IS WILL THIS OPENNESS CONTINUE AS A GUIDING PRINCIPLE NOW THAT THEIR CASE HAS BEEN DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE?

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    9th Circuit, Bundy, and Larry Wooten

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    One of the cards that continues to be played by the U.S. Department of Justice is keeping documents sealed that keep the public from knowing what the real evidence is that has been presented in federal court cases. In the case of the United States versus the Bundy’s, federal prosecutors had their case dismissed because they failed to properly disclose exculpatory evidence to the defendants and their attorneys. Still even now secrecy continues to be the posture of federal prosecutors regarding the Bundy’s just as it was in case against the Custer Battlefield Museum and its founder, Chris Kortlander, more than a decade ago.

    In 2011, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was asked to allow access by Kortlander to his own records when after more than five years of bureaucratic entanglement no charges had been brought and the investigation ended. Having failed to get relief from a Billings Federal District Court Judge, Kortlander moved his request to the Court of Appeals.

    After months of contentious wrangling, the government conceded that it no longer had concerns about disclosure of sensitive information including “informant and undercover officer identities” and “grand jury material.” But still they didn’t want the information about their bungled investigation to get out to the public. The government had concerns, unspecified concerns.

    The court said that there are “two categories of documents that are not covered by the common law right of access: grand jury transcripts and warrant materials in the midst of a pre-indictment investigation.” But the question here was about the common law right of access after an investigation has been terminated. For Kortlander the answer was ‘yes’.

    That court noted that post-investigation warrant materials have historically been available to the public. “This tradition of openness” the court said, “serves as a check on the judiciary because the public can ensure that judges are not merely serving as a rubber stamp for the police.” For these reasons, the 9th Circuit held that the public has a qualified common law right of access to warrant materials after an investigation has been terminated.

    The question now before Bundy’s judge is will this openness continue as a guiding principle now that their case has been dismissed with prejudice, or will federal prosecutors continue to keep the veil of secrecy up for the Bundy’s even after their case has been lost.

    Chris Kortlander is the Founding Director of the Custer Battlefield Museum and Author of Arrow to the Heart, the Last Battle of the Little Big Horn The Custer Battlefield Museum vs. The Federal Government

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    Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher

    Ammon Bundy spoke atmthe Range Rights symposium in Modesto California. He warns the environmentalist are an enemy to humans

    Calling environmentalists an "enemy to humans," Bundy Ranch son speaks in Modesto

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    Protesters greet Bundy family speaker who warns against environmentalists






    Ammon Bundy spoke at the Range Rights and Resources Symposium at Modesto Junior College West Saturday in Modesto. The Bundy family has made national headlines for its armed standoffs with federal agents over public land. Marijke Rowland



    Invoking God and railing against government and environmentalist interference, Ammon Bundy spoke at the Range Rights and Resources Symposium at the Modesto Junior College West Campus Saturday afternoon.


    The two-day national symposium attracted a crowd of about 50 attendees. But its main attraction was an address by Bundy, a member of a Western ranching family that made national headlines in recent years after engaging in armed standoffs with authorities about the use of federal lands.
    Calling America a "bible nation," Bundy warned against environmental groups who believed in the Earth over God.


    "In the scripture, in the bible, we have guidance on what we are to do and how we are to act and what is our right and what the Earth was created for. What the animals are for, what the grass is for, what the trees are for, what the fruit is for," Bundy told the attendees inside the MJC Ag Pavillion.
    "Do we see a different doctrine? Do these different doctrines affect us? .... What if I told you that these people, these individuals or groups, if they are allowed to continue with their plans that they will entirely destroy the happiness of human life?"


    The Bundys made headlines in 2014 when the Bureau of Land Management took cattle from Ammon Bundy's father's Nevada ranch over unpaid fees for grazing the cattle on federal land. Hundreds of Bundy supporters joined in an armed standoff until the federal agents withdrew.


    Then in 2016, Ammon Bundy and his brother Ryan led an armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. A jury acquitted the Bundy brothers and five of their supporters later that year of all charges related to the 41-day refuge occupation. This January, after spending two years in prison, Ammon Bundy saw his charges for his involvement in the 2014 Nevada standoff dismissed by a federal judge.


    Since his release, the nonprofit environmental group Center for Biological Diversity has been protesting some of Bundy's appearances. About a dozen local protesters joined leaders from the group, based out of Arizona, to hold signs and chant slogans outside the pavilion before Bundy began his talk.


    Ryan Beam, a public land campaigner for the Center for Biological Diversity, said they wanted to come to the Modesto event to counter Bundy's message, which espouses the largely unfettered private use of public land.


    "Our main mission to make sure the lies they tell get exposed.." Beam said. "They think they can do whatever they want on public lands as long as they have enough cowboy hats and guns."


    Four counter protesters, carrying large American flags and distinctive yellow "Don't Tread on Me" flags, engaged in some back-and-forth with the environmental protestors and had their own signs complaining of government overreach.


    During his hour-long talk, Bundy touched on topics like the recent drought and told the assembled crowd that "the water shortage is a lie." He cited fresh water discharge into the ocean and a failure to collect enough of rainwater. He also claimed that any moisture that escapes the atmosphere is replaced by asteroid ice entering the atmosphere.


    In 2010, scientists using NASA telescopes indeed found a thin layer of ice on an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter, which led them to theorize an asteroid strike may be the initial origin of Earth's water. But no research points to asteroids continued replenishing of the planet's water.


    Bundy also warned of collusion between the government and environmental groups like the Center for Biological Diversity. He said their beliefs run counter to the human species' survival.


    "Who in their right mind would do what they are doing? Who would destroy the ranches, destroy the dams, destroy the farms? Who would do that? Only someone who does not want humans to be fed, for them to live in a place they want to live, to be able to enjoy life and, as the founders said, to pursue happiness," he said. "They are an enemy to humans. They live by a different doctrine. And it is not based upon Christian principals. It is based upon a completely different theology."


    This was the third annual Range Rights and Resources Symposium, which came to Modesto thanks to the work of John Duarte, the owner of Hughson-based Duarte Nursery. On the first day of the event Friday, embattled House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, made an unlisted appearance and talked for about 30 minutes. Outgoing Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson also spoke on Saturday before Bundy's speech.


    "This is about farmers and ranchers having the right to produce food," Duarte said of the event.
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    Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher

    The feds have revealed there are more sealed indictments in the Bundy Case. This information came out in the Bill Keebler plea bargain hearing

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    Click Photo for Video ------ In a late-breaking news report from Shari Dovale from ReDoubt News, it is revealed that the prosecutors revealed in a plea agreement in US v. Keebler that there are in fact more sealed indictments to come in Nevada and possibly Oregon in relation to the Bundy Trials.

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    Thara Tenney posted that John Lamb was in an automobile accident and is in critical condition.
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    More details on John Lamb’s accident. He was in an accident with a semi truck. It took 45 minutes to cut him out of the wreckage. He was airlifted to the hospital with major injuries

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    Re: Armed Feds Prepare For Showdown With Nevada Cattle Rancher

    On April 6 it was posted on the Todd Engel support page in fedbook that Todd was/is attempting to raise $10,000.00 to depose Larry Wooten under oath and on video. As it stands now the Wooten memos are hearsay. If Todd can get Larry Wooten deposed then the memos can be admitted as new evidence. I have copy/pasted the fedbook page here. The youtube video is a phone call to Todd in the Southern Nevada detention center at Pahrump. The audio quality is not the best, but there are subtitle for us old and deaf guys.

    Judge Navarro prevented Todd from adequately defending himself during the trial. He was convicted by the jury on one or two counts. He is hoping to get this done before his sentencing hearing.

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    Dearest friends, family and supporters,
    The attorney for Todd continues to work diligently and in the best interests of Todd in order to gain Todd's freedom.

    Presently several motions have been filed, and are awaiting determination by the court. These motions relate to discovery matters, release prior to an appeal being filed, or sentencing being imposed, and for a new trial, or for dismissal of the current charges. The matters before the judge are substantial and we believe that Attorney Markowitz will be able to convince the judge that Todd is neither a threat to the general public, or himself, and that the matter as it stands before this court should be resolved here and not in the appeals court.

    The judge has dealt with many complicated and impactful issues over the last several months, and the Markowitz' work on behalf of Todd has been pushing for those holdings to be applied to Todd. Attorney Markowitz believes that the judge will conclude that Todd should be released and that the issues addressed over the past several months that resulted in the dismissal of the Tier 1 and Tier 2 defendants will be applied to him.

    While waiting for the decisions of the court, Attorney Markowitz is preparing for the sentencing hearing, and what lies beyond, that of the appeal. Time and substantial effort is being put forth on behalf of Todd in order to gain the greatest opportunities that will result in his freedom.

    Your spiritual and financial help has alleviated a great burden from our lives and has made the current six months possible and resulted in the return of hope to Todd and his family. Attorney Markowitz has expended the money provided by you to him for Todd's benefit and continues to work towards Todd's freedom, your ongoing support is greatly appreciated and necessary.

    With much love,

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