Posted on 01/08/2018 10:29:06 AM PST by Sopater
A federal judge ruled Monday that the federal government may not retry Cliven Bundy and his sons after rebuking prosecutors for withholding evidence during their felony trial stemming from an armed standoff four years ago.
U.S. District Court Judge Gloria Navarro declared a mistrial in the case last month, saying federal prosecutors willfully withheld evidence that lawyers for the Bundys and alleged co-conspirator Ryan Payne should have had access to while mounting their defense.
She said the attorneys were in violation of the Brady rule, which requires prosecutors to disclose evidence that could be favorable to a defendant, and told them it wasn’t possible to proceed with the case.
On Monday, she dismissed the case “with prejudice,” meaning the government cannot retry the defendants. "A universal sense of justice was violated," Navarro said.
It was yet another defeat for the federal government at the hands of the Bundy family, who have managed to elude prosecution in high-profile trials centered around standoffs with law enforcement over access to public land.
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Now justice for the Hammonds and that idiot judge from oregon
Good. The beginning of the end for Obama’s DOJ.
Ping to Nextrush.
Now I’m waiting for the government agents who abused the family to be indicted.
Looks like you were right. Gov’t can’t refile
These crooked prosecutors should be disbarred so no one else can be hurt by them. Now.
Yes! The Family has been held as Political Prisoners for almost 2 years. Because the BLM and the FBI lied from the beginning. #MAGA Drain the Swamp!
Boy you look the judge’s name up and you get flack from all sides.
Change.org wants her impeached.
The right said she put Bundy in solitary confinement and was a Harry Reid pick.
She was asked to recuse herself in 2016.
She did the RIGHT thing today.
Anyone have any clarity on where she stands and if she’s a good judge?
I agree...
The judge condemned the prosecutors and the FBI for their conduct in today’s ruling.......
Awesome news!
About damn time, IMO.
Barack Obama finally got one right. This was a right decision.
Glad to hear that.
This was a contrived situation from the get go.
How does a family get attacked like that, for doing the same thing they’ve been doing for generations?
Some government folks need to go to prison, top to bottom.
Considering her 6 reasons for the mistrial I’m not surprised.
Freedom wins against Fedzilla.
Initially she was on the prosecution’s side to railroad them.
Then it became public that the prosecution was lying and withholding evidence.
She had no choice but do the right thing or forever be known as THAT judge or even be removed from the bench.
Well that clears things up.
Thanks.
Not such a hero after all then.
Follow Harry Reid. Mineral rights. BLM.
Bundy just fought back.
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