Post by Logan on May 11, 2016 3:52:07 GMT -6
Cliven Bundy sues Obama, Reid and federal judge over criminal case
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and the federal judge presiding over his criminal case alleging they violated his constitutional rights to a speedy trial and attorney of his choice.
The federal lawsuit seeks to remove Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro from the case, an order allowing Washington, D.C., lawyer Larry Klayman to join Bundy’s defense team and more than $50 million in damages. It also seeks Bundy’s release from federal custody.
“In short, defendant Navarro has shown her true intentions and bias and prejudice, rising to the level of denying Sixth Amendment right of counsel and to a speedy trial to plaintiff Bundy, following the ‘marching orders’ of her benefactors, defendants Harry Reid and Obama,” attorney Joel Hansen alleges in the complaint.
Reid’s son, former Clark County Commissioner Rory Reid, also was named as a defendant.
The lawsuit was filed as Navarro held a hearing Tuesday on Bundy’s latest bid to win his freedom while facing felony charges in the April 12, 2014, armed standoff with law enforcement near his Bunkerville ranch.
Read more: www.reviewjournal.com/crime/cliven-bundy-sues-obama-reid-and-federal-judge-over-criminal-case
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy filed a lawsuit Tuesday against President Barack Obama, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid and the federal judge presiding over his criminal case alleging they violated his constitutional rights to a speedy trial and attorney of his choice.
The federal lawsuit seeks to remove Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro from the case, an order allowing Washington, D.C., lawyer Larry Klayman to join Bundy’s defense team and more than $50 million in damages. It also seeks Bundy’s release from federal custody.
“In short, defendant Navarro has shown her true intentions and bias and prejudice, rising to the level of denying Sixth Amendment right of counsel and to a speedy trial to plaintiff Bundy, following the ‘marching orders’ of her benefactors, defendants Harry Reid and Obama,” attorney Joel Hansen alleges in the complaint.
Reid’s son, former Clark County Commissioner Rory Reid, also was named as a defendant.
The lawsuit was filed as Navarro held a hearing Tuesday on Bundy’s latest bid to win his freedom while facing felony charges in the April 12, 2014, armed standoff with law enforcement near his Bunkerville ranch.
Read more: www.reviewjournal.com/crime/cliven-bundy-sues-obama-reid-and-federal-judge-over-criminal-case