{"id":92348,"date":"2018-01-08T15:47:10","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T19:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=92348"},"modified":"2018-01-08T15:47:10","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T19:47:10","slug":"bundy-case-thrown-out-mistrial-overwhelmed-by-government-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=92348","title":{"rendered":"Bundy Case Thrown Out, Mistrial Overwhelmed By Government Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h1>After Government Corruption-Driven Mistrial, Judge Dismisses Case Against Bundys<\/h1>\n<p>ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-12-20\/judge-declares-mistrial-bundy-case-says-government-willfully-withheld-evidence\">declaring a mistrial just weeks ago<\/a>\u00a0amid<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-12-31\/epic-corruption-unsealed-court-documents-show-how-prosecutors-tried-rig-bundy-trial\">\u00a0 &#8216;epic corruption&#8217;<\/a>, a<strong>\u00a0U.S. judge on Monday\u00a0<u>dismissed\u00a0<\/u>the criminal case against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy\u00a0<\/strong>and three other men on charges stemming from an armed 2014 standoff with federal law enforcement officers over a cattle grazing rights dispute.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/20180108_bundy1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/20180108_bundy1.png\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/20180108_bundy1.png\" width=\"545\" height=\"300\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"534c613a-ed3d-4cb4-8698-87b30203059b\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/news\/local\/arizona-investigations\/2017\/12\/20\/cliven-bundy-nevada-ranch-cattle-grazing-blm-standoff-trial\/965402001\/\"><em>As AZCentral.com reported three weeks agos,<\/em><\/a>\u00a0Navarro cited five key pieces of information that<em><strong>\u00a0prosecutors did not disclose: records about surveillance and snipers at the Bundy Ranch; unredacted FBI logs about activity at the ranch in the days around the standoff; threat assessments about the Bundys dating to 2012; and internal affairs reports about the BLM.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Navarro methodically laid out her reasoning for about an hour, citing legal standards and case law, before delivering her ruling.<\/p>\n<p>She said\u00a0<strong>the evidence that was withheld could have been favorable to the accused<\/strong>\u00a0and could have affected the outcome of the case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Navarro stopped short of dismissing charges against the four men.<\/strong>\u00a0It is unclear whether the case will be retried because Navarro did not rule whether the mistrial was with or without prejudice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/12\/18\/20171220_bundy1.png\" width=\"506\" height=\"262\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Navarro is considering dismissing the case \u201cwith prejudice\u201d and blocking prosecutors from retrying the case.<\/strong>\u00a0Her decision will come Jan. 8, according to The New York Times.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThere were approximately 3,000 pages that were provided to us only after we started trial,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Bundy lawyer Bret D. Whipple told TheNYT.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cI personally have never seen anything like this, especially in a case of such importance.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Navarro had set another hearing for January and had tentatively scheduled a new trial to begin Feb. 26..<\/p>\n<p>And now,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-nevada-militia\/judge-ends-case-over-armed-standoff-in-nevada-grazing-dispute-idUSKBN1EX218\">as Reuters reports,\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>she has made her decision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro cited multiple willful evidence violations by prosecutors in dropping the case, saying they prevented a fair trial and amounted to prosecutorial misconduct.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is now clear that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-11-26\/ryan-bundys-opening-statement-not-what-america-supposed-be\">\u00a0Cliven Bundy&#8217;s son&#8217;s\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>opening statement:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/12\/18\/20171220_bundy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/12\/18\/20171220_bundy.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;The indictment and grand jury testimony is full of lies. Truth has been blocked in previous trials.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen closely &#8211; we will try to get you the truth. The truth will set me free and I\u2019m counting on you to help me see that.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Has been entirely vindicated.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-01-08\/after-government-corruption-driven-mistrial-judge-dismisses-case-against-bundys\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-01-08\/after-government-corruption-driven-mistrial-judge-dismisses-case-against-bundys<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}