Judge Declares Mistrial In Bundy Case, Says Government Willfully Withheld Evidence

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In a shocking verdict, Judge Gloria Navarro dismissed jurors Wednesday, declaring a mistrial in the Bundy Ranch case saying U.S. prosecutors willfully withheld critical and "potentially exculpatory" evidence from the defense.

Seemingly confirming what Cliven Bundy's son said during his opening statement:

"The indictment and grand jury testimony is full of lies. Truth has been blocked in previous trials.

 

Listen closely - we will try to get you the truth. The truth will set me free and I’m counting on you to help me see that."

As AZCentral.com reports, Navarro cited five key pieces of information that prosecutors 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.

Navarro methodically laid out her reasoning for about an hour, citing legal standards and case law, before delivering her ruling.

 

She said the evidence that was withheld could have been favorable to the accused and could have affected the outcome of the case.

 

Navarro stopped short of dismissing charges against the four men. It is unclear whether the case will be retried because Navarro did not rule whether the mistrial was with or without prejudice.

Navarro suspended the trial two weeks ago and warned of a potential mistrial after prosecutors for the first time disclosed several documents that appeared to support defense claims about the government's use of video surveillance and sniper teams during the standoff.

Prosecutors have long maintained the FBI was not involved in the standoff and that no video surveillance or sniper teams were used. They charged defendants with making false claims about snipers and videos to incite militia in the runup to the standoff.

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She has set another hearing for January and has tentatively scheduled a new trial to begin Feb. 26.

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ZH Snob's picture

a victory for liberty, justice and the American way.

toady's picture

The government lied and cheated? NO WAY!

greenskeeper carl's picture

If the government lies and cheats, they get to declare it a do-over and try again, and will keep doing so until they get the desired result. If YOU do the same thing, you go to jail. Disgusting what this country has become. We really are a banana republic with kangaroo courts.

Muddy1's picture

It would have been a victory had she dismissed all charges against the 4 accused.  Once again we find out how the FBI, BLM, and other federal agencies are the enemy of WE THE PEOPLE.  I have lost all faith in the system and the Constitution has been destroyed along with the Bill of Rights.

Judge, I hope your affairs are in order.  No doubt you have pissed off the powers that be. 

God Bless.

The_Juggernaut's picture

How much money will they piss away on yet another trial?

SomebodySpecial's picture

Time to sue prosecutors for “abuse of process”!

chumbawamba's picture

You better bet that's what's going to happen next.  What is Harry Reid trying to hide?  Maybe we'll find out.

It may not result in any perpwalks for prosecutors or impeachment from office (please, God) but it may make the case go away with a nice settlement in favor of the Bundy's, and a win for the American people.

I am Chumbawamba.

CallzThroat's picture

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shitshitshit's picture

Fuck you stoopid bitch with your con games

ParticularlyStupidHumanoid's picture

They could have bought 1 superzoom camera, but noooo they had to just bring binoculars. This whole thing would have been sorted out by a mere $600 investment.

BarkingCat's picture

Blowing donkey for money is no way to make a living.

DeadFred's picture

It is truly fortunate for the prosecutors that no FBI agents were lied to or else they'd be going to jail for sure

44magnum's picture

They borrow it any ways and you get to pay it back, fucking mobsters

FIAT CON's picture

It doesn't matter how much money the .gov wastes...They either just steal what they need from the taxpayer or just start the printing presses. You and I well, unless we are willing to join forces and stand up to this tyranny things will not change.

edit...I forgot Asset Forfeiture!

Bigern's picture

Even better, should the judge do the above, AND boldly call on the DOJ to investigate the behavior of the involved agencies.

Here's another idea. Disband or defund the BLM and place any requisite duties under the auspices of the Forestry Service or Natl. Parks.  Let it be a warning to the other agencies who are out of line.

Zip_the_Zap's picture

A government for the bureaucrats, of the bureaucrats, by the bureaucrats.

nuubee's picture

The problem is one of risk.

There is no risk to a government agent misbehaving slightly, because the system will excuse them as they have a badge.

The common man who stands up to this sort of thing is risking everything.

Until that imbalance is corrected, and misbehaving agents are thrown in jail, abuse will continue.

TemporarySecurity's picture

Only the tax payer will ever be punished.

Until government officials start going to jail it is only going to get worse.

Whalley World's picture

But few coconuts, at least most banana republics have bananas

ACP's picture

Remember, the only reason this happened is there was ONE SINGLE WHITE HAT IN THE BLM. Out of the entire government organization, only ONE person decided to do the right thing. This is pathetic. The BLM needs to be disbanded immediately.

Otherwise, he would've been railroaded into a life sentence.

lasvegaspersona's picture

It is all a game to cops and prosecuters. Cops keep the loot with civil asset forfieture and guys in the prosecuters office get points for "VICTORY" regardless whether the charges were legit....or at least  that is how it looks from my comfy chair....

WillyGroper's picture

if anyone watched the vid i posted w/Rep. Shea,  mizzzz navarro's tit has been caught in the proverbial red hot mangle.

chunga's picture

Yeah, despite the chearing this is not good news at all. Navarro has been awful and was worried about jury nullification.  Not surpising people don't know the details because of hardly no reporting. ZH for example has had dozens of stories on football and ~ 2 on this trial.

ejmoosa's picture

Jury nullification is something we all need to understand and embrace.  If you are on a jury and the law is unjust, it's your right to do something about it for this case.

 

The judge will not tell you.  The lawyers cannot tell you.  It's up to you to know that it is your right to do so.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_nullification

WillyGroper's picture

using that term here or on the phone, you will never be summoned for jury duty to exercise JN.

FORD_FIESTA's picture

Why are they not going after the Prosecutors?  Seems to me a perfect case for citizens arrest of these fucking gov clowns. Form a grand jury of citizens and try them.....if guilty, hang.

Usura's picture

Disbarment is standard is such cases.

ACP's picture

The government will never go after their own, the judiciary is just another prosecutorial arm of the government.

A federal judge explicitly stated that the FBI agent who murdered Vivki Weaver during the Ruby Ridge standoff, would not be prosecuted because the agent was "one of their own".

Consuelo's picture

 

 

That would be one Mr. Lon Horiuchi.   Praised and awarded, if I am not mistaken, by none other than Mrs. Feinstein for his heroic efforts.

ACP's picture

Not only that, the case was dismissed against him (Lon) on September 14, 2001, while everyone was focusing on the Twin Tower attacks.

FORD_FIESTA's picture

Ya, Randy Weaver should have waited til the dust settled, then went hunting.....He knows who pulled the trigger, and who gave the order.

Bigern's picture

Was that not the same agent who was shooting at people fleeing the flames in Waco?

Chupacabra-322's picture

@ Bud,

Not that it matters, but even if it was a functioning “Government” of the People, for the people & by the People, which it isn’t.

The Currnet entity aka the Criminal Fraud UNITED STATES, CORP. INC. “Government” is

Tyrannically Lawless.

MoreFreedom's picture

This shows the government isn't playing fair as it is supposed to.  It shows people in government, using government for their purposes, rather than protecting our lives, liberty and pursuit of happiness.  There are too many criminals in government these days unfortunately.  It's time to severely downsize it.

IH8OBAMA's picture

Why does Cliven's son look like someone punched him in the face and it just stayed that way?

peippe's picture

someone mentioned nerve damage in childhood, run-in with an automobile.

IH8OBAMA's picture

OK.  I was just curious because he should get it fixed if possible.

His Dad, Cliven Bundy, was the one killed by the cops on the side of the road, wasn't he?

 

Pure Evil's picture

No, that was LaVoy Finicum.

Akzed's picture

No, that was Lavoy Finnicum.

LaVoy Finicum shooting: FBI agent indicted for alleged false statements

 

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2017/06/fbi_agent_indicted_acc...

ed31337's picture

LaVoy Finicum was the guy that got shot to death by the side of the road when police barricades forced him to drive the pickup truck off the road. The rest of the truck inhabitants were fired upon endlessly, but by the grace of God, the truck provided enough protection from all the bullets flying to prevent their deaths. 

Walking Turtle's picture

LaVoy Finicum, who was iirc driving his pickup with Mr. Cliven Bundy riding in the passenger seat, was in fact ambushed and murdered on the open highway by Federal Agenvcy goons.  Cliven Bundy is lucky to be alive after that.  Those aces filled that truck's compartment full of lead.  IIRC another passenger in the rear seat of the club-cab vehicle was likewise shot to death wnere she sat but please double-check that if you will.

As for Mr. Ammon Bundy's now-old nerve injury:  Not the first one of those YT has seen.  Not a studied-up wannabee neurosurgeon so ymmv but iirc sometimes grafts onto fresh-injured nerve-trunk ends "take", sometimes they don't .  And sometimes the site simply cannot be reached for repair attempted in the first place, even if indeed sought to begin with. 

Aside:  Wrapping the fresh graft site with tantralum foil of an unspecified thickness or "gauge" is said iirc to help the "take" rate per the core content of an ancient "M*A*S*H episode that rises to mind right now. An echo from the Analog Momochrome Days, that.

Sum total now, so 'tis all said.  And that is all.  0{;-)o[

FIAT CON's picture

An operation to fix that in the USSA would cost millions, he could go to Mexico or India and have it done for a few thousand $ but they probably wouldn't let him back into the country, or they would plant drugs on him to get even.

 

Francis Marx's picture

That looks like a nerve injury. Either that or a birth defect.

Shitonya Serfs's picture

He's always dressed up as a Who for Christmas..one year it stuck.

IH8OBAMA's picture

Yeah, looks like there could be something in that lower lip.  I wonder if they had a spitoon in the court room for him.

 

ed31337's picture

They're Mormons. Mormons generally don't chew tobacco.