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Questions remain after mistrial in Bunkerville standoff case

A federal jury’s failure to reach a unanimous verdict on 50 of the 60 counts in the first Bunkerville standoff case — and the mistrial that resulted — has spurred a flurry of concerns about speedy-trial rights among others accused of conspiring with rancher Cliven Bundy.

Ryan Bundy sues federal government

Ryan Bundy, a son of embattled rancher Cliven Bundy who is incarcerated pending trial on conspiracy charges, has sued the federal government.

Bundy lawyer says court violated rancher’s speedy trial rights

A lawyer who represents Cliven Bundy has accused a federal judge of violating the embattled cattle rancher’s constitutional right to a speedy trial by setting a start date of June 26 in the second Bunkerville standoff case.

Testimony wraps up in first Bunkerville standoff trial

Two months of testimony in the first Bunkerville standoff trial concluded Monday with a defendant’s dramatic assertion that authorities sat in foxholes waiting to shoot protesters who arrived at the site where federal agents for days had been rounding up Cliven Bundy’s cattle.

Defense starts calling witnesses in Bundy trial

Defense attorneys in the trial against six of rancher Cliven Bundy’s supporters started calling witnesses Wednesday to testify about the militant presence of the Bureau of Land Management in Bunkerville three years ago — and protesters’ peacefulness.

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Bundy supporters’ lawyers say ruling eviscerates their case

Lawyers representing rancher Cliven Bundy’s supporters accused a judge of eviscerating their defense case Monday by effectively prohibiting several planned witnesses from testifying.