Bundy Family, Supporters Face 16 Federal Felonies For 2014 Standoff

[tencats]

Wow, they are throwing the book at them.
The 5 defendants are going to be very busy going back and forth between Portland and Las Vegas for the next few years. And they're going to get very very tired of talking to attorneys.

by Ryan Haas and Conrad Wilson OPB | Feb. 17, 2016 6:10 p.m.

A federal grand jury indicted Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and four others Wednesday with a raft of felony charges related to a 2014 armed standoff at Bundy’s ranch.

Bundy and his sons — Ammon and Ryan Bundy — as well as Montana resident Ryan Payne and Ohio conservative Internet radio show host Pete Santilli were charged with a total of 16 felonies.

The charges were:

1 count of conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States
1 count of conspiracy to impede or injure a federal officer
4 counts of using and carrying a firearm in relation to a crime of violence
2 counts of assault on a federal officer
2 counts of threatening a federal law enforcement officer
3 counts of obstruction of the due administration of justice
2 counts of interference with interstate commerce by extortion
1 count of interstate travel in aid of extortion

The maximum penalties for each of the charges against the men range from five to 20 years in prison. Each charge carries a maximum fine of $250,000.

http://www.opb.org/news/series/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates/bundy-family-supporters-face-16-federal-felonies-for-2014-standoff/?t=036182#.VsUxilr5Z5s.twitter

Read the 51-page federal indictment

http://www.justice.gov/usao-nv/pr/federal-grand-jury-nevada-indicts-cliven-bundy-and-four-others-felony-crimes-related-2014

http://media.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/other/2016/02/17/Bundy,%20Cliven%20et%20al%20Indictment.pdf

[Lochloosa]

1. Good.

[Maynar]

23. Damn skippy.

[jaysunb]

2. As my Grand Daddy would say

"you may get by...but, you won't get away."

[missingfink]

3. Bundy's life would have better if had simply obeyed the law

and paid his grazing fees. After his armed defiance, he & his son's will be locked away for lengthy times. It was only money.

[tblue37]

8. Furthermore, even if they ever do get out, they will have lost their right to

possess guns. I bet that will be what bothers them most. In fact, one of the main concerns expressed by the last four holdouts at Malheur was that if they were charged and ended up convicted of felonies, they would be forbidden to own guns.

[2naSalit]

13. and the ranch

and any other holdings in the forfeiture portion of the penalty.

Looks like there's gonna be a ranch for sale down in southern NV by next year.

[left on green only]

26. I Think There Is Already A Line Formed Waiting For That One

It is my understanding that the ranch is already under the weight of a crushing federal lien for non payment of grazing fees. In fact, the Bundy Bunch may even have to hock their gunz in order to secure mediocre legal representation.

[2naSalit]

43. That seems the most

likely scenario. If any of them ever do get out of prison, they won't have anything but probable debt. Ammo has that business in Idaho for which he secured a federal loan... that has to be paid back too. They really made a mess of their personal lives but the church will probably help them quietly.,, it's SOP for that group.

[dhill926]

4. good start...

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. But...but....they are god-feering Pay-tri-ots!!!!!

Wonder how they will be greeted in prison?

[Mister Ed]

31. Please reconsider.

I'm hoping that, on reflection, you may agree that rape isn't really something to joke about or celebrate on DU, and self-delete the post. I guess I'd say the same goes for post #5 above.

Thanks.

[left on green only]

32. Please Don't Put Words In My Mouth

I would never think of doing the same to you.

[Mister Ed]

33. I apologize.

I thought it was a joke about prison rape. So I guess I was wrong?

[eShirl]

37. You have nothing to apologize for.

[dixiegrrrrl]

42. my comment was not about prison rape, btw

I was thinking along political lines..if other anti-gov. groups in prison would take the Bundy gang seriously or think they were clowns.

[Mister Ed]

48. Thank you. Very sorry to have mischaracterized your statement.

Especially embarrassed to have attributed such an unsavory sentiment to you. Again, my apologies.

[dixiegrrrrl]

53. Thank you.

I rarely go in that direction, there are enough people here that do.

[brer cat]

6. Patience

got them without endangering lives. I hope they also get the snipers pictured with their guns aimed at the government agents. A long time in prison should take some of the glow off their "win" in that confrontation.

[MohRokTah]

7. It's good to see Pete Santilli going down in Nevada as well as Oregon. eom

[L. Coyote]

18. How could they ignore his call for criminality on a grand scale.

Stupidest criminal of the century, creates his own media orgfanization, records and broadcasts his crimes live, documents felonies, helps put co-conspirators away for life.

Life without parole is starting to look like a good plea bargain.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. I knew more charges were coming down the pike

so what federal pen do we send snacks to? Seems they will be occupying the facility for a LLLONNNNGGG time

[2naSalit]

14. Probably should just sign up

for a delivery of a bag o' dicks every month just to show them you are glad they made it to the "big house".

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. I am not going to go down that road

Bad, bad me for even thinking about it.

[2naSalit]

17. Well, it is a waste

of your time and money.
Funny, I have been waking up in the morning and wondering how these criminals feel every time they wake up and realize where they are... and then I get up and enjoy my day knowing I am not one of them.

[L. Coyote]

19. Lots more participants to be charged or turned as witnesses, no doubt.

Anyone who was involved best phone the FBI now ...

[dembotoz]

10. sometimes you see to newspaper feature on stupid criminals

think this would qualify

[tblue37]

11. I wonder if they will ever charge Eric Parker, the guy on the overpass aiming a long gun at the

federal agents during the Bundy ranch standoff. They should. At the very least that fool is probably starting to feel nervous, since he has probably up to now figured that since nothing had been done for so long, nothing would ever be done. Charging Clive and the other 4 this long afterward is bound to have Parker looking over his shoulder.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. This of course requires a picture

[alcibiades_mystery]

40. Yup...this guy needs to be in custody

[dixiegrrrrl]

44. Amazing that so many people are taking pictures during an armed standoff....

[nadinbrzezinski]

47. I would have... wearing of course tactical helmet

and having my gas mask nearby of course.

Media (and many of these were not credentialed) will take amazing risks to get that money shot

[2naSalit]

16. I would think he's doing a lot of the over the shoulder glance

and he's probably holed up in his secret prepper bunker in Idaho. If/when he comes out, I hope he gets nabbed too. Might have to be a little more patient about that. the thing is, they have all the cell phones with the contacts lists and maybe other stuff that can help catch some others too.

[SHRED]

21. On Facebook he's smug as ever

They need to round him up.
https://m.facebook.com/ericej.parker?tsid=0.6793388715013862&source=typeahead

[dmr]

25. What's he saying?

I don't log on to Facebook anymore.

If he's smug, then he's more stupid than ever.

That picture of him on the overpass angers me to no end. How dare he!

Aiming his sites on law enforcement. Argh .....

[SHRED]

29. Here are some screenshots

[dmr]

39. Thank you. Wow, am sure the feds have screenshots of this.

He's so proud of himself. Imagine that.

Hope he's arrested very soon.

Thanks again for the screenshots.

[dixiegrrrrl]

45. They sure seem to miss being in combat...

too bad it is illegal to sentence them to a tour of duty in the Middle East.

[mikeysnot]

52. Gun nuts are so full of themselves....

Fools, with tools....

[ejbr]

20. Pardon my French

but it's about fucking time

[Duppers]

22. Finally. nt

[Spitfire of ATJ]

24. Watch the Bundy Clan say they don't recognize the authority of the Federal Government.

[malaise]

36. That won't keep them out of

prison

[dixiegrrrrl]

46. Well, they WANTED to occupy a Gov't facility.

So they should be happy, yes?

[flamingdem]

28. I wonder how Dave is doing?

It's pretty easy to get pot in jail fortunately.

[Elwood P Dowd]

30. And that's just for starters.

When they complete all the detail work at the Oregon site, there will be many, many more. Weapons and explosives all over the place, ditches full of poop on protected Indian land, damages to Federal property, threatening Federal law enforcement, and the list goes on. These clowns will be in jail for decades except the ones that get on their knees, spill their guts, and start turning in the others not yet in the pokey. There are going to be lots of tight assholes out West the next few weeks.

[malaise]

34. Cliven Bundy will die in prison

The closest he'll get to a ranch will be ranch salad dressing.

[Ligyron]

41. HA! good one. eom

[struggle4progress]

35. I really enjoyed reading that indictment!

[Lee-Lee]

38. Exactly as I was telling all the folks screaming they were getting away with it

The Feds, if what you have done is of enough interest for them to bother, take their time, build a very solid case, and often don't make an arrest until years down the road.

[MineralMan]

49. Good. A swift, timely trial would be good.

Time to pay up, boys!

[Johnny2X2X]

50. Poor cattle

Reading more about this terrorist, it seems he didn't even care for his cattle properly, letting them run wild and fend for themselves, of course all of this on our property. He was a lazy rancher who basically relied on the public to feed his cattle, many of which were sick or injured.

Guy was a free loader, plain and simple. This was all an effort to get free stuff for he and his family.

[HooptieWagon]

51. The utter ridiculousness of their position...

Is that the government was subsidizing 93% of his grazing fees. Charging him $.07 for every dollar a private landowner would charge for grazing. All he had to do was to follow a few basic rules, and pay his fees. Instead, the moron racks up a million in debt and fees, hundreds of thousands in legal fees and fines, loses his house and ranch, spends years in jail, and loses right to own guns, vote, and run for office. What a fucking moron. Unfortunately, that lesson will be lost on the other patriot morons who will view him as a martyred victim of government 'tyranny'.