The leader of an occupation at an Oregon wildlife refuge last year has been released from U.S. custody during his Nevada trial over a 2014 armed standoff with U.S. agents near his father's ranch.
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They're accused of conspiring to lead a self-styled militia that stood off at gun point with federal agents trying to remove Bundy's cattle from public rangeland near Bunkerville, Nevada.
Jury selection is set to begin in Las Vegas for the long-awaited trial of Nevada cattleman and states' rights figure Cliven Bundy, two sons and one other co-defendant on charges stemming from an armed standoff with federal agents in April 2014.
The leader of a small, armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon said Monday he and his followers are going through government documents stored inside refuge buildings.
A leader of the small, armed group of people occupying a remote national wildlife preserve in Oregon said Tuesday they will go home when a plan is in place to turn over management of federal lands to locals.
Politics
It's been nearly a year since a standoff between a rancher and the Bureau of Land Management in Southern Nevada over grazing fees. Today, members of the Bundy family testified on behalf of a bill that would give control of federal public lands to the state.
Five family members of Cliven Bundy and several supporters are alleging federal agents committed crimes during a standoff that ended almost three weeks ago.
Republican Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada says Cliven Bundy should pay the Bureau of Land management more than $1 million in grazing fees the agency says he owes.