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Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy kept more than his cattle when he and his armed militia supporters from Oregon and elsewhere recently backed down the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. BLM officials say he also kept $1 million he owes for grazing without permits.
The law was clear: Cliven Bundy's cattle had been grazing on public land â illegally â for years. The Bureau of Land Management said so, and so did the U.S. Department of Justice. The federal courts agreed. But when the BLM tried to enforce the law â by seizing the Nevada rancher's livestock in 2014 â a ragtag band of militiamen rode to Bundy's defense.