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Twelve new arrests over Cliven Bundy standoff include Trump campaigner
Last edited Thu Mar 3, 2016, 09:12 PM - Edit history (1)
Source: The Guardian
EDIT: Story updated at link
Original Headline:
Trump campaigner and Cliven Bundy's son arrested over 2014 Nevada standoff
Davey Bundy and Jerry DeLemus, New Hampshire campaign co-chair
for Trump, each face prosecution for roles in armed conflict over federal
land restrictions
Davey Bundy and Jerry DeLemus, New Hampshire campaign co-chair
for Trump, each face prosecution for roles in armed conflict over federal
land restrictions
Current Story:
Twelve new arrests over Cliven Bundy standoff include Trump campaigner
Five Bundy relatives and the New Hampshire campaign co-chair for Trump
face prosecution for roles in 2014 armed conflict over federal land restrictions
Sam Levin in San Francisco
Thursday 3 March 2016 23.15 GMT Last modified on Friday 4 March 2016 00.42 GMT
The FBI escalated its investigation into Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s 2014 standoff with the federal government Thursday with sweeping raids across the country that resulted in 12 arrests, including that of a Donald Trump campaign coalition co-chair in New Hampshire.
Two of Bundy’s sons were also among those arrested, amid signs that federal authorities are ramping up their efforts against the ultra-conservative, anti-government movement that also inspired the armed standoff in Oregon earlier this year.
Cliven Bundy had long refused to pay fees to the government to allow his cattle to graze on federally controlled public lands – a dispute that escalated to an armed standoff in 2014 when officials tried to seize his livestock. Hundreds of anti-government activists, some heavily armed, flocked to Bunkerville to support the Bundys, and the government ultimately backed down.
A federal grand jury last month indicted Cliven, 69, and his two sons Ammon, 40, and Ryan, 43, on a slew of felony offenses – including armed assault of law enforcement officials and conspiracy against the government – for the high-profile land-use dispute at the Bundy ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada.
The latest arrests mean five members of the Bundy family, Cliven included, are in jail awaiting trial. If convicted, they could each face decades in prison.
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Five Bundy relatives and the New Hampshire campaign co-chair for Trump
face prosecution for roles in 2014 armed conflict over federal land restrictions
Sam Levin in San Francisco
Thursday 3 March 2016 23.15 GMT Last modified on Friday 4 March 2016 00.42 GMT
The FBI escalated its investigation into Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s 2014 standoff with the federal government Thursday with sweeping raids across the country that resulted in 12 arrests, including that of a Donald Trump campaign coalition co-chair in New Hampshire.
Two of Bundy’s sons were also among those arrested, amid signs that federal authorities are ramping up their efforts against the ultra-conservative, anti-government movement that also inspired the armed standoff in Oregon earlier this year.
Cliven Bundy had long refused to pay fees to the government to allow his cattle to graze on federally controlled public lands – a dispute that escalated to an armed standoff in 2014 when officials tried to seize his livestock. Hundreds of anti-government activists, some heavily armed, flocked to Bunkerville to support the Bundys, and the government ultimately backed down.
A federal grand jury last month indicted Cliven, 69, and his two sons Ammon, 40, and Ryan, 43, on a slew of felony offenses – including armed assault of law enforcement officials and conspiracy against the government – for the high-profile land-use dispute at the Bundy ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada.
The latest arrests mean five members of the Bundy family, Cliven included, are in jail awaiting trial. If convicted, they could each face decades in prison.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/03/donald-trump-cliven-bundy-government-standoff-nevada