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So, Bill Barr would be okay with prosecuting Ammon Bundy, right?
Barr:
Attorney General William Barr expressed frustration with some local and state prosecutors' handling of riot-related crimes, telling top Justice Department prosecutors that he wants them to be aggressive in bringing charges related to protest violence, including exploring using a rarely used sedition law
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/16/politics/barr-sedition/index.html
Bundy:
Bundy participated in the 2014 Bundy standoff in Bunkerville, Nevada, in which his father, Cliven Bundy, was the central figure. The Bureau of Land Management attempted to confiscate Cliven's cattle for grazing on public land for years without a permit.
On April 9, Bundy drove an all-terrain vehicle in front of a Bureau of Land Management truck to block it from leaving. Officers told him to move his ATV, and he refused, yelling and approaching them belligerently. When two officers pointed tasers at him and ordered him to back up, Bundy continued to advance. An officer with a police dog approached to compel him to back away from the officers. Bundy repeatedly kicked the police dog and was tasered moments later. He ripped off the taser wires and advanced toward the officers again, resulting in him being tasered a second time.[13] Bundy acknowledged in an interview that he had also climbed on a dump truck that he believed contained his father's cattle.
On April 9, Bundy drove an all-terrain vehicle in front of a Bureau of Land Management truck to block it from leaving. Officers told him to move his ATV, and he refused, yelling and approaching them belligerently. When two officers pointed tasers at him and ordered him to back up, Bundy continued to advance. An officer with a police dog approached to compel him to back away from the officers. Bundy repeatedly kicked the police dog and was tasered moments later. He ripped off the taser wires and advanced toward the officers again, resulting in him being tasered a second time.[13] Bundy acknowledged in an interview that he had also climbed on a dump truck that he believed contained his father's cattle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammon_Bundy