BUNKERVILLE STANDOFF: DEFENSE DEADLINE TODAY, NEW BLM MEMO LEAKED

The defense in the third Bunkerville Standoff trial has a deadline today to respond to the prosecution's arguments over their delay in providing discovery evidence.

The closed door process is expected to lead to some sort of decision by US District Judge Gloria M. Navarro about the future path of the trial this week.  

The jury was asked to come back to court on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, over the weekend there was another leak of a Bureau of Land Managment memo, this time coming from the person who was brought in to replace the "whistleblower" Larry Wooten who was reviewing the BLM's handling of Bunkerville.

Washington state legislator Matt Shea posted a video at 2am Eastern Sunday and eight hours later a story was posted online by "OregonLive" from reporter Maxine Bernstein.

Bernstein reported the memo from BLM official Kent Kleman as contradicting what Wooten said in his.

Acting US Attorney Steven Myhre went into a closed court session Friday to demand sanctions on the defense for the Wooten leak.   The judge only offered a mild rebuke asking that it not happen again.

This new leak is apparently from a different direction designed to benefit the prosecution.

One can rightly suspect Mr. Myhre and his associates of being behind it.

Its always the day before the weekend or the week before a holiday when government does things that will upset people or announces things that make government look bad.

It looks like we are on course for such developments this week.

Updates as things develop.