The two brothers, who are among 17 defendants in the case, are the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, the central figure in the standoff that unfolded in April 2014 between Bundy’s supporters and federal agents who had rounded up his cows from public lands.
Ammon Bundy, the jailed leader from the armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge, has come to the defense of a sheriff who is being investigated by the state.
Federal prosecutors are pushing to keep Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy behind bars Thursday as he faces arraignment on a string of felony charges stemming from the April 2014 armed standoff with lawmen near Bunkerville.
Cliven Bundy’s family is using social media to plan a rally outside the federal courthouse on Thursday before his arraignment on felony charges stemming from the April 2014 armed standoff with law enforcement near Bunkerville.
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, his sons Ammon and Ryan, and two others were indicted by a federal grand jury in Las Vegas on Wednesday in connection with the April 2014 armed standoff with law enforcement in Bunkerville.
A six-count criminal complaint was filed Thursday in Las Vegas against Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy stemming from the April 2014 armed standoff with federal law enforcement officers.
Cliven Bundy, the father of the man who helped start the protest at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, was arrested by the FBI late Wednesday night in Portland.
At a court hearing on Wednesday for Ammon Bundy and other defendants, prosecutors revealed they had obtained a grand jury indictment against 16 people, including the defendants, said Bundy’s attorney Mike Arnold.
Ammon Bundy, the rancher who led an armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, abruptly reversed course Tuesday and withdrew a request to be released from custody as he awaits trial on a felony conspiracy charge, court papers showed.
One of the four militia members still holed up at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon said through a YouTube video Friday that every occupier must receive a pardon before they’ll leave.
