Harry Reid Behind Bureau of Land Management Land Grab of Bundy Ranch-Pending Investigation!
Summary of eRumor:
Rumors are flying on the Web about a stand off between the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and a cattle rancher named Cliven Bundy. Conspiracy theorists alleged that Sen. Harry Reid
(D-Nev.) masterminded the incident to make way for additional development of solar energy farms in the state of Nevada.
Other allegations said Reid’s son, Rory, is the legal representative for ENN Energy Group, a Chinese firm that is building the solar energy plant 35 miles from the Bundy’s ranch.
The Truth:
This is an unproven conspiracy theory that went viral on the Internet on Friday April 11, 2014.
The source of the rumor was the Infowars website of talk radio host Alex Jones, which released a story that said, “[the] Bureau of Land Management, whose director was Sen. Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) former senior adviser, has purged documents from its web site stating that the agency wants Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle off of the land his family has worked for over 140 years in order to make way for solar panel power stations.”
The TruthOrFiction.com Team is investigating this eRumor and has calls into the office of Harry Reid for an official statement.
We will post findings here when we get them.
Posted 04/14/14