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Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Last Update: 1:49 PM PT
By MIKE HEUER
LAS VEGAS (CN) A federal judge on Wednesday refused to release Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy from jail ahead of trial over an armed standoff with the Bureau of Land Management near his ranch in April 2014.
U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro denied Bundy's challenge of a prior court order keeping him jailed until he and 18 others stand trial on Feb. 6, 2017, on 16 federal charges including conspiracy, assault, obstruction and extortion.
Bundy was the "leader, organizer and primary beneficiary" of the events surrounding the 2014 standoff, Navarro said.
She said there are no conditions under which she could release Bundy from custody and remain confident he would make court appearances or turn himself over to federal authorities. She also noted that the potential for violence from Bundy's armed supporters makes him a danger to his community ...
http://www.courthousenews.com/2016/05/25/freeing-cliven-bundy-too-risky-judge-rules.htm
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longship
(40,416 posts)"He cooked his own goose."
Exit stage left.
R&K
turbinetree
(24,701 posts)He and his band of right wingers Manifest Destiny and Doctrine of Discovery hypocrites and right wing women can rot in jail as far as I am concern-------they have desecrated Indigenous Peoples sacred ground
Nirgendwo
(32 posts)when he and his buddies literally took a crap on the spiritual beliefs and sacred ground of the original Native American inhabitants of the refuge.
turbinetree
(24,701 posts)they should, like I have said before, rot in jail
Nirgendwo
(32 posts)I'm glad that the judge is standing firm. Also nice to know that the Bundy bunch will be cooling their jets for a long long time. Hopefully for the rest of their lives.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)She said there are no conditions under which she could release Bundy from custody and remain confident he would make court appearances or turn himself over to federal authorities. She also noted that the potential for violence from Bundy's armed supporters makes him a danger to his community ...