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FBI agents investigated for ‘lack of candor’ in Oregon standoff case

A new court filing says FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita and several colleagues on the bureau’s elite Hostage Rescue Team are under investigation for alleged “lack of candor” in their statements after the shooting of refuge occupation leader Robert “LaVoy” Finicum.

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Idaho man gets federal prison sentence in Nevada standoff

An Idaho man was sentenced Thursday to 14 years behind bars for his role in a Bunkerville standoff with federal authorities six months after a judge dismissed felony conspiracy and weapons charges against rancher Cliven Bundy, two of his sons and another man.

Judge rejects prosecutors’ bid to reopen Bundy criminal case

Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro’s ruled this week that “flagrant misconduct” by prosecutors had irreparably tainted the case against Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy, two of his sons and a Montana militia leader.

Judge did US government a favor by tossing out case, says Bundy

Southern Nevada rancher and state’s rights activist Cliven Bundy said Friday a judge in Las Vegas did the U.S. government a favor last month when she threw out his criminal case stemming from an armed standoff with federal agents at his Bunkerville ranch in April 2014.

Cliven Bundy to address state rights party’s Nevada convention

The Bunkerville rancher whose criminal case stemming from a standoff with federal agents in 2014 was recently dismissed, has agreed to give the keynote speech on Friday at the Independent American Party of Nevada’s state convention in Sparks, party officials announced Tuesday.