BUNKERVILLE STANDOFF UPDATE: 

  CLIVEN AND RYAN BUNDY DROP LAWYERS,        SENTENCING DATE SET FOR TODD ENGEL 

In separate filings, lawyers for Cliven and Ryan Bundy have withdrawn from their defense.

The lawyer for Ryan Bundy, who is a standby counsel, since Ryan Bundy intends to defend himself at next month's scheduled trial like he did in last year's Oregon Standoff trial says Bundy has used offensive language.

Both men along with five others are set to go on trial October 10th.

This may suggest that both men intend to be their own lawyers and defend themselves at their trial.

Ammon Bundy's attorney will be J. Morgan Philpot associate of his main defense attorney at the Oregon Standoff trial, Marcus Mumford.

Todd Engel, who was convicted of two of the ten counts he was charged with at the First Bunkerville Standoff trial, will be sentenced at the federal courthouse in Las Vegas on December 22nd at 9am.

This will the last day of court before Christmas.

This sentencing date may also occur after conclusion of the third Bunkerville Standoff trial that starts October 10th.

Some other things.

Ryan Bundy is unable to attend his pretrial hearings because he won't submit to body cavity searches when being taken back and forth to court.   Bundy's wife calls it "molestation".    The "body cavity search" involves among other things men and women touching and or manipulating their private parts.

Ryan and Ammon Bundy have done media interviews making phone calls from prison in recent days.

Videos are posted at the "JGrady" account on You Tube.