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Bail possible for accused white supremacist leader after ruling by California federal judge

Robert Paul Rundo holds down and punches a counterprotester at a political rally at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach, California, on March 25, 2017, according to federal authorities.

LOS ANGELES — In the latest twist in a legal saga that's dragged on for nearly six years, a federal judge in Orange County granted bail Tuesday to the accused founder of a violent white supremacist group — but the order will not take effect for at least four days pending a review by a higher court.

During a hearing that lasted more than an hour, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney questioned the government's use of resources on the case before granting bail to

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