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Trump Gives Permit To Ranchers Whose Case Led To Occupation

Jan 22, 2021

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management in the final days of the Trump administration has issued a grazing permit to Oregon ranchers whose imprisonment sparked the armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge.

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Judge: Early End For Refuge Occupation Leader's Supervision

May 19, 2020

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has ended Oregon refuge occupation leader Ryan Payne's federal supervision a year and a half early.

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FBI Agent Denies Firing Shots During Oregon Refuge Standoff

Aug 08, 2018
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An FBI agent who is on trial on obstruction and other charges denied Wednesday he fired any shots at a militia leader who participated in the armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge.
 
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The Jan. 26, 2016, shooting incident at the center of Joseph Astarita's trial was captured on an FBI video.

FBI Agent Heads To Trial, Accused Of Lying About Deadly Malheur Shooting

Jul 24, 2018
W. Joseph Astarita was part of a team that was trying to capture leaders of the militia that launched the 41-day occupation in Oregon. Prosecutors say he fired his weapon but said he hadn't.
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John L. Smith On The Pardons Of Dwight And Steven Hammond

Jul 19, 2018
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Trump Pardons Ranchers In Case That Inspired 2016 Occupation

Jul 10, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned two ranchers whose case sparked the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon.
 
Dwight and Steven Hammond were convicted in 2012 of intentionally and maliciously setting fires on public la
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The imprisonment of Dwight Hammond Jr. (shown in 2016) and his son Steven Hammond inspired the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation. President Trump pardoned both men on Tuesday.

Trump Pardons Ranchers Dwight And Steven Hammond Over 2012 Arson Conviction

Jul 10, 2018
The president signed full pardons for the Oregon cattle ranchers whose prison terms inspired the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation in 2016.
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Key Oregon Standoff Figure Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison

Feb 28, 2018

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A central figure in the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon has been sentenced to three years and a month in prison, the longest term for anyone convicted in the case.

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Man Who Dug Trench At Oregon Standoff Gets Year In Prison

Jan 25, 2018

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge sentenced a man to a year and a day in federal prison for digging a trench during the 2016 armed takeover of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon.

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Men In Oregon Standoff Violate Their Release Conditions

Jan 04, 2018

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A judge is taking action against two Oregon refuge occupiers after Facebook photos showed they violated their release conditions by visiting the Bundy ranch in Nevada without permission.

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Oregon Standoff Figure Duane Ehmer Sentenced To Prison

Nov 17, 2017

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — One of the men convicted in the second trial involving occupiers of an Oregon wildlife refuge has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison.

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Documenting The Standoff At The Malheur Wildlife Refuge

Sep 05, 2017

A great thing about documentary films is that the filmmakers can shed new light on a news story.

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Robert LaVoy Finicum (left), a rancher from Arizona, talks to reporters at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore., in January 2016. His shooting death by state police was found by investigators to be justified.

FBI Agent Is Indicted On Charges Of Lying About Fatal Oregon Refuge Shooting

Jun 28, 2017
The charges against the agent were brought amid lingering animosity over the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge to protest restrictions on use of federal lands.
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2 Convicted Of Conspiracy In Trial Of Second Group Of Oregon Occupiers

Mar 10, 2017
Two of the men who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last year have been convicted on felony conspiracy charges, while two others were convicted on lesser charges.
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Prosecutor Asks Jurors To Convict Followers Of Ammon Bundy

Mar 08, 2017

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The second trial involving people who occupied an Oregon wildlife refuge last winter has reached closing arguments, with prosecutor Ethan Knight telling jurors the case is about four defendants who went too far.

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Opening Statements Heard In 2nd Oregon Standoff Trial

Feb 22, 2017

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Opening statements began in the second trial stemming from last year's armed takeover of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon.

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First Round Of Bundy Trial Begins In Las Vegas

Feb 07, 2017

Jury selection began in a federal courthouse in Las Vegas Monday for six men who were part of an armed standoff between ranchers and federal land officials in 2014.

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Supporters of rancher Cliven Bundy camp near his ranch on in Bunkerville, Nev., in April 2014. Bundy and the Bureau of Land Management have been locked in a decades-long dispute after Bundy stopped paying grazing fees, which led to an armed standoff agai

1st Trial Over Nevada Standoff Begins For Cliven Bundy Followers

Feb 06, 2017
Bundy refused to pay federal grazing fees and led an armed standoff against federal agents in 2014. The trials against him and his followers are happening in several stages, beginning Monday.
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Legal Maneuvering Underway Ahead Of Wildlife Refuge Occupiers' Trial

Jan 06, 2017

A second trial of the people accused of illegally occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon is set for February and legal maneuvering is underway by both sides about what will be allowed and what won’t be allowed in court.

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Acquittal Of 7 Occupiers Poses Questions On Fate Of 7 More

Nov 08, 2016

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The acquittal of seven people who took over a federal wildlife refuge in a 41-day armed standoff with authorities raises questions about what prosecutors will do with seven more defendants in the same case who are going to court in February.

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Ammon Bundy (center) and six other militants were aquitted in October after they occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters in Burns, Ore., last January. The acquittal has emboldened the movement's militia followers, who claim the federal

Bundy Militia Not Backing Down Following Oregon Trial Acquittal

Nov 04, 2016
Ammon Bundy and his followers are back with fervor, saying that constitutionally, the government does not have the right to Western lands. But scholars disagree.
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Bundy Brothers Being Transferred To Nevada

Nov 02, 2016

Ammon and Ryan Bundy are being transferred from an Oregon jail to Nevada, where they will be tried early next year on charges stemming from a 2014 standoff with federal agents near their father's ranch.

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Bundy Says Acquitted Malheur Occupiers Will "Continue To Stand"

Nov 01, 2016

The leader of a federal wildlife refuge takeover in Oregon says his group will "continue to stand" after he and six others were acquitted last week of charges in the case.

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Shock And Praise Over Bundy Verdict In Oregon

Oct 28, 2016

Carol Bundy called it a "miracle" that her sons were

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Defendant Neil Wampler speaks as he leaves federal court Thursday in Portland, Ore.

7 Defendants In Oregon Wildlife Refuge Occupation Found Not Guilty

Oct 27, 2016

The trial lasted nearly six weeks; the jury reached a verdict in less than six hours. Brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy still face charges over a 2014 standoff with federal agents at their father's ranch.

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