Review-Journal asks judge to unseal Bundy docs, hearings
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/...nal-asks-judge-to-unseal-bundy-docs-hearings/
Updated December 13, 2017 - 9:29 pm
Two days after a federal judge suggested the possibility of a mistrial in the Bunkerville standoff case, the Las Vegas Review-Journal and a group of Nevada newspapers filed a motion to unseal trial documents discussed behind closed courtroom doors.
‘There is insufficient basis to maintain certain motions and transcripts under seal in this case and to continue to close hearings to the public,” the motion filed Wednesday evening states. “Sealing documents and closing hearings is inimical to this Country’s and this Court’s long tradition of open trials, guaranteed by both the First Amendment and common law – a right of access that is always important, but particularly critical in this case.”
The judge ended the latest case by ripping government prosecutors, led by First Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Myhre, for "intentional abdication of ... responsibility," ''flagrant misconduct" and "substantial prejudice."
Navarro found "deliberate attempts to mislead and distort the truth" and blamed FBI agents for "reckless disregard" of requirements to turn over evidence relating to government snipers and cameras that monitored the Bundy homestead.
The defense also should have been given records of government threat assessments that concluded the Bundys would probably protest but not become violent if agents enforcing court orders began rounding up their cattle, the judge said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-cliven-bund-charges-20180108-story.html
USA v. Cliven Bundy
https://dockets.justia.com/docket/circuit-courts/ca9/13-16623/
Case Number: 13-16623
Filed: August 12, 2013
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit