Participant in the 2014 Bundy escapade gets 7 years in prison – PB/TK
A Nevada Standoff Leader Who Worked For Trump Was Sentenced To Prison – By Jim Dalyrmple III / May 31 2017
A man who helped run Donald Trump’s veterans organization during the 2016 presidential campaign has been sentenced to prison for conspiring to bring firearms and gunmen to an armed standoff in Nevada.
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced Gerald DeLemus, 62, to more than seven years in prison for his role in the 2014 standoff led by rancher Cliven Bundy. According to the Department of Justice, DeLemus’ role in the standoff began when he spoke with Bundy in April 2014, promising to bring both guns and armed supporters to southern Nevada, where the rancher and his family had long refused to pay cattle grazing fees.
Tensions over Bundy’s cattle — as well as long simmering angst over federal land management in the West — eventually sparked a confrontation in which Bundy and his armed supporters protested, closed a freeway, and faced off with federal agents.
In mid April 2014, DeLemus traveled to the standoff from his native New Hampshire, according to the Justice Department, eventually becoming a leader and organizer of Bundy’s supporters. His roles included providing personal security for Bundy, organizing and leading armed patrols, manning checkpoints, and calling on other supporters to join the demonstrations.
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