BUNKERVILLE STANDOFF:   ATTORNEY GENERAL SENDING EXPERT TO ADVISE NEXT STEP

There was word from Washington late Wednesday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered an expert on discovery evidence to review the Bunkerville case and advise the next step or steps.

A spokesman for the Justice Department says "the Justice Department takes this issue very seriously".

When he visited Las Vegas in July, Attorney General Jeff Sessions heaped praise on Acting US Attorney Steve Myhre for his handling of Bunkerville, hailing his "leadership" in the matter.

Myrhe  issued a statement saying "the office welcomes the assistance of the Attorney General" and saying he respects the ruling of the court regarding the mistrial.

Myrhe also claims in the  statement:  "take very seriously our discovery obligations".

The  judge called a mistrial because of numerous violations involving some 3300 pages of evidence not turned over to defense lawyers by the prosecution as required under discovery rules in trials.

To wrap this post up, the "expert" being brought in will lead to something.   I would hate to jump to any conclusions.

In terms of optics, it would look very bad for the Republican Party to have a liberal Democrat judge, a protégé of Harry Reid no less, be the person who drops the charges against the Bunkerville Standoff defendants and who starts to unravel the case for a prosecutor roundly endorsed earlier this year by Jeff Sessions.

Maybe Washington sees a political train wreck on the way and wants to do something about it?

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