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One of two men convicted in the first of several trials stemming from a 2014 standoff led by renegade rancher Cliven Bundy against federal authorities in Nevada was sentenced on Wednesday to 68 years in prison for his role in the armed confrontation.

Gregory Burleson, 53, of Phoenix, was found guilty in April of eight felony counts, including charges of threatening and assaulting federal officers, obstruction of justice, interstate travel in aid of extortion and firearms offenses related to a crime of violence.

Burleson was the first of 17 defendants from the Bundy revolt to be tried, convicted and sent to prison. A co-defendant found guilty by the same jury faces sentencing in September.

Four others granted a mistrial in April are being retried in Nevada. Two more groups of defendants, including Bundy and his sons, are scheduled to stand trial later this year and next.

Two others charged in the case pleaded guilty separately. One received a seven-year prison term, the other will be sentenced in January, said Trisha Young, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Las Vegas.

 

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[Slayven]

So dude drove up from Phoenix to be a hard ass?

 

[norm9]

Sometimes you end up a prisoner when you play army.

 

[Sean C]

Hopefully they all see the inside of a jail cell.

 

[Strike]

Good. If anything, they got off easy. That shit lasted way longer than it ever had any reason to.

 

[TAJ]

It's funny how much support they have from the right when they were basically fighting for government handouts.
Bootstraps my ass.

 

[Akuun]

They all deserve jail time. They staged a goddamned armed uprising against the government and it lasted months.

 

[Strike]

It's funny how much support they have from the right when they were basically fighting for government handouts.
Bootstraps my ass.

You know why though. It was funny to see how fast they had to backpedal once Bundy started expressing his enlightened views on race.

 

[nocturnalis]

Inb4 Trump admin pardon.

 

[Shadow Broker]

What was the arm confrontations about? 68 years is steep.

 

[norm9]

What was the arm confrontations about? 68 years is steep.

Bundy's cows were going into government land and eating up everything and so the BLM told them to move their cows. He said don't tread on me, and his buddies came armed to intimidate the government cops. Instead of arresting them or shooting them then and there, they left and Bundy claimed victory. His cows might still be eating free gov't grass as we speak.

 

[TAJ]

What was the arm confrontations about? 68 years is steep.

The federal government charges very reasonable fees for people to let their animals graze on federal land, but Bundy didn't want to pay anything.