Fun Times with Cliven Bundy

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The Nevada Sheriff who played the role of intermediary between Cliven Bundy and the BLM says the BLM’s tactics helped escalate the crisis. But this quote also gives some sense of the frustrations inherent in trying to deal with Mr. Bundy …

“My counsel (to Bundy) was: You have no legal standing; you choose not to go to federal court and argue your case,” Gillespie said. “But he would not recognize the federal government. So dealing with him wasn’t making a lot of success.”

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