White supremacists everywhere and the Koch brothers, and others trying to steal public lands will be rejoicing today as the Bundy brothers and five other armed “patriots” had charges against them thrown out. Oregon Live has the details:
A federal judge Monday threw out criminal charges against Nevada cattleman Cliven Bundy, his two sons and a co-defendant in the 2014 Bunkerville standoff, citing "flagrant misconduct" by prosecutors and the FBI in not disclosing evidence to the defense before and during trial.
"The government's conduct in this case was indeed outrageous," U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro ruled. "There has been flagrant misconduct, substantial prejudice and no lesser remedy is sufficient."
The lawyers for these dicks could not be happier, and will be looking at making more of that white supremacist money in the future as they will likely be called upon to defend future armed domestic insurgents.
The dismissal with prejudice, meaning a new trial can't be pursued, marked an embarrassing nadir for the federal government, which now has failed to convict the Bundys in two major federal cases stemming from separate armed standoffs.
This is not a particularly surprising result, as the government’s case against the Bundy clan has been a veritable Dumpster fire of bad law enforcement practices that, when applied to non-white defendants go unnoticed, but in the case of white criminals—are upheld.