After a judge dismissed criminal charges on a technicality, Cliven Bundy is back in the pulpit with his usual cast of politicians and far-right anti-government extremists.
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After Bundy dismissal, anti-public lands extremists rise again
Jan 23, 2018
Issue: Extremism
Subject: Montana, National Monuments, Nevada
By Center for Western Priorities
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