Suck My Glock
Member
Todd Engel was one of the armed volunteers who was providing elevated cover for the Bundy mounted entourage when the famous moment occurred.
The gov't erred in multiple ways in his case, so his conviction has been vacated. The gov't has the option of retrying him, but since his original case, the Bundy matter has resulted in nothing but a string of defeats for the feds in court,...so they might decide to just leave it be.
https://redoubtnews.com/2020/09/exclusive-welcome-home-todd-engel/
After four and a half years of wrongful incarceration, Todd Engel is finally free and back home in Idaho. When his conviction was vacated by the Ninth Circuit, and Judge Navarro signed off on the dismissal of charges, he became a regular citizen again, with no stigma or criminal record attached to his name.
There were a lot of very good people that were mistreated by the government during the fiascoes known as the Bunkerville trials. These tied into the Malheur trials in Portland, not just because they involved many of the same people, but because the government designed it to be that way.
The government had a plan to punish Cliven Bundy and anyone that supported him. They had intended to charge the elderly rancher under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), and label Bundy as the Head of an Organized Crime Family.
When this did not come to pass, as the malfeasance of the government actors came to light, the prosecution attempted to take out their frustrations on anyone left available to them. This meant Todd Engel was in their sights.
