...Bundy has become a celebrity among some conservative and libertarian politicians and during jury selection this past week “State of Nevada” contributor John L. Smith noticed one of his biggest supporters taking notes in the courtroom: Right-wing attorney Larry Klayman. Klayman has been banned from representing Bundy due to an outstanding bar complaint in another state, but that hasn’t prevented him from staying close to the family. “He has very clearly developed what looks like a friendship and a relationship not just with Cliven Bundy but with the Bundy family," Smith told KNPR's State of Nevada. Klayman tried to be part of Bundys' defense team but both Judge Gloria Navarro and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied him that chance. Now, he's sitting in the courtroom taking notes. Smith has talked with Klayman. He said the attorney has expressed admiration for the Bundys and their fight with the federal government. It is that fight that will be the center of court proceedings for the next few months. During voir dire, jurors were given a special questionnaire about how they felt about the Oct. 1 shooting at the Route 91 Harvest music festival, "because as we know in our conversations over the last few months there are guns in this story," Smith said. Some jurors said they could set their feelings about the shooting aside and be fair and impartial, but others told the judge they wouldn't be able to do that. The assistant U.S. attorney asking the potential jurors questions asked an especially compelling one, Smith said: “'If someone points a gun at you, do you automatically believe that they’re serious that you’re in danger?' and everyone raised their hand." Did the federal agents fear for their lives? Was Cliven Bundy the mastermind of the whole standoff? Or was it just a rancher standing up for his rights against an overreaching government? Those are some of the questions at the heart of the case, Smith said...more
Tuesday, November 07, 2017
John L. Smith On A Distinguished Guest In The Bundy Courtroom
...Bundy has become a celebrity among some conservative and libertarian politicians and during jury selection this past week “State of Nevada” contributor John L. Smith noticed one of his biggest supporters taking notes in the courtroom: Right-wing attorney Larry Klayman. Klayman has been banned from representing Bundy due to an outstanding bar complaint in another state, but that hasn’t prevented him from staying close to the family. “He has very clearly developed what looks like a friendship and a relationship not just with Cliven Bundy but with the Bundy family," Smith told KNPR's State of Nevada. Klayman tried to be part of Bundys' defense team but both Judge Gloria Navarro and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals denied him that chance. Now, he's sitting in the courtroom taking notes. Smith has talked with Klayman. He said the attorney has expressed admiration for the Bundys and their fight with the federal government. It is that fight that will be the center of court proceedings for the next few months. During voir dire, jurors were given a special questionnaire about how they felt about the Oct. 1 shooting at the Route 91 Harvest music festival, "because as we know in our conversations over the last few months there are guns in this story," Smith said. Some jurors said they could set their feelings about the shooting aside and be fair and impartial, but others told the judge they wouldn't be able to do that. The assistant U.S. attorney asking the potential jurors questions asked an especially compelling one, Smith said: “'If someone points a gun at you, do you automatically believe that they’re serious that you’re in danger?' and everyone raised their hand." Did the federal agents fear for their lives? Was Cliven Bundy the mastermind of the whole standoff? Or was it just a rancher standing up for his rights against an overreaching government? Those are some of the questions at the heart of the case, Smith said...more
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