Trial date set for Cliven Bundy, six others

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Sep 3, 2017
LAS VEGAS (AP) ... Jury selection will start Oct. 10 in Las Vegas for Bundy, two of his sons and four other men, Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro decided. The trial will include two defendants who were released to home detention after their recent retrial ended with no verdicts on assault on a federal officer and related firearm charges, but acquittal on other charges.

One Bundy son, Ammon Bundy, refused to be brought to court for the hearing from federal custody. His lawyer, Daniel Hill, said his client objects to being strip-searched when he is transported.

Another Bundy son, Ryan Bundy, serving as his own lawyer, told the judge that he deserved to be released after spending more than 18 months in federal custody, and that his right to a speedy trial has been “violated terribly.”

The judge said she would hold hearings in coming weeks to consider those issues ...

http://www.mohavedailynews.com/news/trial-date-set-for-cliven-bundy-six-others-in-nevada/article_659c1caa-9077-11e7-9b52-b79303bcbf6c.html

[Nevernose]

1. They manage to be privileged in JAIL

What the fuck? I'm sure y'all know what the response would be to a poor person, or person of color, if they refused to be strip searched. And only 18 months without a trial? If he weren't privileged, he would have taken the plea six months ago. As it is, things are going pretty quickly. And the ones found not guilty? Holy shit! Their defense attorney must have been a magician in a past life -- a master of misdirection.

They're like Trump: they've just kind of *willed* themselves into a state of specialness. I'm just flabbergasted.