{"id":11214,"date":"2018-01-08T14:50:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T19:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=11214"},"modified":"2018-01-08T18:37:52","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T23:37:52","slug":"federal-judge-dismisses-charges-bundys-nevada-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/08\/federal-judge-dismisses-charges-bundys-nevada-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Judge Dismisses All Charges Against Bundys in Nevada Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Federal judge Gloria Navarro today dismissed all charges against the Bundys, ending their long courtroom clash with the FBI, BLM, and Justice Department. Navarro found &#8220;outrageous&#8221; govt. misconduct and \u201cA universal sense of justice has been violated.&#8221; Many of the FBI abuses occurred during Saint Jim Comey&#8217;s time as FBI chief. I detailed some of the federal foul play in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2018\/01\/05\/bundy-fbi-misconduct-another-example-why-feds-need-leashed-james-bovard-column\/1001603001\/\">Friday&#8217;s oped in USA Today.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Federal judge Navarro today complained that FBI spent 3 years misleading or lying about role of its snipers at the Bundy showdown. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bundytrial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bundytrial<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9ntyaxi04Z\">https:\/\/t.co\/9ntyaxi04Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/950453205003055104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Federal judge Navarro slams the FBI for its role in &quot;outrageous&quot; govt. misconduct in  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bundytrial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bundytrial<\/a> .  This happened in large part on Jim <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Comey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@comey<\/a> &#39;s time as FBI boss. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9ntyaxi04Z\">https:\/\/t.co\/9ntyaxi04Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/950440246721867777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bravo! Federal judge Navarro declares \u201cA universal sense of justice  has been violated&quot; &amp; dismisses all charges against Clive Bundy &amp; sons <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9ntyaxi04Z\">https:\/\/t.co\/9ntyaxi04Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/950430186775957506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Raving DOJ brief in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bundytrial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bundytrial<\/a> claimed &quot;84 of [David] Koresh\u2019s followers set fire to the [Branch Davidian] compound, killing 75.&quot; So the young children had torches, or what?  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MfLUV99BQR\">https:\/\/t.co\/MfLUV99BQR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/950511195542441984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">US govt. court brief looks like fear of jury nullification may have spurred Justice Dept &amp; FBI to massively illegally suppress evidence in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bundytrial?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bundytrial<\/a>   <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9ntyaxi04Z\">https:\/\/t.co\/9ntyaxi04Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Bovard (@JimBovard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\/status\/950499132275347456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal judge Gloria Navarro today dismissed all charges against the Bundys, ending their long courtroom clash with the FBI, BLM, and Justice Department. 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