'It's persecution': Bundy attorney calls on federal prosecutors to forgo appeal in standoff case

Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy has a message for Justice Department prosecutors considering an appeal of their high-profile court defeat in the Bunkerville standoff: Enough already. Mr. Bundy’s attorney, Larry Klayman, fired off a letter last week to Solicitor General Noel Francisco urging him to forego an appeal of U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro’s Jan. 8 decision to dismiss all charges against Mr. Bundy and his sons stemming from the 2014 clash. “It’s ridiculous. It’s persecution,” said Mr. Klayman, founder of the Freedom Watch and Judicial Watch government watchdog groups. He blasted the “gross injustice” committed by “rogue Obama-era prosecutors” against Mr. Bundy and sons Ammon and Ryan Bundy. Their conduct is under review by the Office of Professional Responsibility and the Office of the Inspector General. “After all they have gone through, including unlawful imprisonment for two years, it’s time to allow my clients to go on with their lives and not continue to be persecuted by a Department of ‘Injustice,’ which rather than meting out justice, ‘circles the wagons’ to try to unethically and unlawfully protect its own,” Mr. Klayman said in the Dec. 18 letter. In a stunning defeat for the federal government, Judge Navarro scolded prosecutors with the U.S. attorney’s office in Nevada for committing “flagrant misconduct” by withholding evidence from the defense. Acting U.S. Attorney Steven Myhre was demoted when Dayle Elieson was appointed to replace him shortly after Judge Navarro declared a mistrial in December, a precursor to her decision to drop the felony conspiracy and weapons charges. Mr. Myhre has since been downgraded from first assistant U.S. attorney to senior litigation counsel, according to The Las Vegas Review-Journal...MORE

 In February of this year I wrote:

Federal Judge Gloria Navarro has dismissed all charges against the Bundys, citing “outrageous” abuses and “flagrant misconduct” by the prosecutors. Judge Navarro was most concerned about the following pieces of evidence withheld from the defense:

° Records about surveillance at the Bundy ranch

° Records about the presence of government snipers

° FBI logs about activity at the ranch in the days leading up to the standoff

° Law enforcement assessments dating to 2012 that found the Bundys posed no threat

° And internal affairs reports about misconduct by BLM agents  

Judge Navarro declared “a universal sense of justice has been violated” and dismissed all charges against the Bundys “with prejudice”, meaning those charges cannot be brought again.  

If you are a fed, you can commit “flagrant misconduct”,  and "outrageous" abuses against U.S. citizens, and you will get "demoted." You still have a taxpayer-funded job and are still in a position to commit those same abuses. No wonder our rights are under constant threat.

And let's not forget that Trump's former Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, singled out prosecutor Steven Myhre for praise:

In an appearance in Nevada, Sessions briefly raised the Bunkerville trials to laud Nevada acting U.S. Attorney Steven Myhre, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. The government has divided its prosecution into three cases, one of which began a retrial this week after a jury deadlocked on charges against four of six defendants in April.
"I've got to tell you, it's impressive when you have a tough case, a controversial case, and you've got the top guy leading the battle, going to court, standing up and defending the office and the principles of the law," Sessions said.

This statement was made prior to Navarro's decision, but still shows you the mindset of the top officials at the Justice Dept., even under Trump.