Attorney General Sessions Orders Investigation After Bundy Mistrial

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday ordered an investigation into the high-profile prosecution of anti-government ranchers in Nevada, after a judge declared a mistrial, saying that prosecutors had improperly withheld evidence from the defense.

The case against Cliven D. Bundy, his sons Ammon E. Bundy and Ryan C. Bundy, and a supporter, Ryan W. Payne, stemmed from an armed standoff in 2014 between federal agents on one side, and the Bundys and people who flocked to their cause on the other.

On Wednesday, in Federal District Court in Las Vegas, Judge Gloria M. Navarro charged that prosecutors had failed to disclose material they were required to turn over to the defense, including video taken surreptitiously within the Bundy ranch during the standoff, and evidence that F.B.I. agents were involved in the incident. It is unclear whether the case will go to a second trial.

“The Attorney General takes this issue very seriously and has personally directed that an expert in the Department’s discovery obligations be deployed to examine the case and advise as to next steps,” said Ian Prior, a spokesman for the Department of Justice.

full: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/us/attorney-general-sessions-bundy.html

Navarro is an Obama nominee to the federal courts.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Trying to save Hellers butt.

[alp227]

4. What did Heller do?

[Wellstone ruled]

5. If you live in this area and know the players

you would see how this plays out. First,the prosecutors blew the case,secondly,there is info about the FBI having a video that was not shared. Sessions is full on discrediting people,and Hellers supporters are associates of the Bundy klan.

[NCDem777]

2. I like how most of their complaint is that

the Feds said mean things about them. Frankly, they should be glad the Feds didn't use the rules that they think should be applied to minorities in LEO encounters (Kill at first twitch)

It seems that white people want to be politically incorrect towards everyone else but want alllll sorts of political correctness when they're on the wrong end of a police encounter.

Next Dem. Admin should just pull the fucking trigger.

[Jake Stern]

3. Not normally a big fan of What Ifs

however I can't help but believe if they were armed African American, Latino or Native American activists, a veritable army of Federal, state and local LE would have invaded the place by the end of the first day.

That being said the government should have turned over all the evidence as required.

[uponit7771]

6. +1