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Trump pardons Oregon ranchers at center of 40-day standoff
The Hill ^ | 07/10/18 | Timothy Cama

Posted on 07/10/2018 7:47:27 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

President Trump on Tuesday pardoned a pair of Oregon ranchers whose arson conviction became a focus for opponents of federal government land ownership.

Dwight Hammond, 76, and his son Steven, 49, were convicted in 2012 and sent to prison on arson charges. They had set a series of fires on their ranch that spread to federal land.

The Hammonds’ case became the inspiration for the 40-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016. The organizers wanted to protest federal land ownership.

The Hammonds distanced themselves from the occupiers and didn't endorse the action.

In a statement Tuesday announcing the pardon, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders emphasized uncertainties in the case and the prison terms and fines the Hammonds had already completed.

“The evidence at trial regarding the Hammonds’ responsibility for the fire was conflicting, and the jury acquitted them on most of the charges,” the White House said.

“The Hammonds are devoted family men, respected contributors to their local community, and have widespread support from their neighbors, local law enforcement, and farmers and ranchers across the West. Justice is overdue for Dwight and Steven Hammond, both of whom are entirely deserving of these Grants of Executive Clemency.”


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: 2012; arson; burning; dwighthammond; hammond; hammonds; harryreid; malheur; malheurnwr; oregon; pardons; ranchers; reid; solararray; trump; trumppardons; uranium1; uraniumone; wildliferefuge
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To: vette6387
Washington had a country that was united in it’s desire to succeed and to tell the British to go home, ...

Hardly. One third of the "country" supported the British, one third wanted no part of either side and one third supported the rebellion.

61 posted on 07/10/2018 10:44:27 AM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: montag813
We have never had a president like this before. Never. Thank God for Trump.

He's certainly in the Top 5 already. Tough to ever bounce above Washington, because we wouldn't exist at all without him refusing power repeatedly, as well as the military victories. Jefferson and Lincoln, too. But Mount Rushmore for Trump would not be out of the question, even after just 18 months. He was in the second tier with Reagan and Coolidge but I think he's just about passed them now. A second term locks it down, even if he does nothing else for 6.5 years. If he wins in 2020, I'll likely rank them as: Washington, Jefferson, Trump, Lincoln, Reagan, Coolidge, Adams.

(Reagan would be a notch higher if he wasn't battling a Dem Congress for 6 years).

62 posted on 07/10/2018 10:44:50 AM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Pardon...

Greg Walden applauds pardon of Dwight and Steven Hammond

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representative Greg Walden (R-Hood River) today released the following statement applauding the pardon of Dwight and Steven Hammond:

https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/greg-walden-applauds-pardon-dwight-and-steven-hammond


63 posted on 07/10/2018 10:46:07 AM PDT by Rio (I was deplorable when deplorable wasn't cool.)
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To: TigersEye

Well said.

Donald Trump is a great president and George Washington would approve. Ronald Reagan is certainly smiling.


64 posted on 07/10/2018 10:47:33 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata

Teddy Roosevelt was chopped liver?


65 posted on 07/10/2018 10:53:09 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Well done sir. Now on to the Bundy case..


66 posted on 07/10/2018 10:55:45 AM PDT by beergarden
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To: Red Badger

Cue Slim Whitman and the Indian Love Call.


67 posted on 07/10/2018 10:56:41 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: All

PRESIDENT Washington led the fledgling Army of the USA against the Whiskey Rebellion rebels inside the US during his term in office.

So, yeah, country had its “cranksters” even back then. Washington was uniquely qualified by his temperament and intellect to set the precedents which guided his successors.

But when he was called to do so, he also became our only President to personally lead the Army in a military operation in 1795.

As in arguments about the best baseball players or NFL running backs, the only open question is: “Who was the SECOND best one?”

Link about Geo. Washington’s putting down of the Whiskey Rebellion:

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/whiskey-rebellion/


68 posted on 07/10/2018 10:58:09 AM PDT by Simon Foxx
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To: laplata
Washington and Trump compliment each other.

Trump: Mr. Washington, you're looking wonderful today. Love the teeth!

Washington: Mr. Trump, you're looking every bit the same. Love the hair!

69 posted on 07/10/2018 11:00:34 AM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

70 posted on 07/10/2018 11:02:00 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: vette6387
Washington had a country that was united in it’s desire ... to tell the British to go home

That is pretty far from the case. Royalist sympathizers abounded in the colonies.

71 posted on 07/10/2018 11:05:04 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: yesthatjallen

Great! Thank you president Trump!


72 posted on 07/10/2018 11:07:53 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: Trump.Deplorable

They barely had them to begin with.


73 posted on 07/10/2018 11:13:45 AM PDT by MWestMom (Behold the storm of the Lord! (Jeremiah 30:23))
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To: yesthatjallen

Good!! Just sad a life was lost in the stand off.


74 posted on 07/10/2018 11:16:16 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: Eleutheria5

I said or implied no such thing. He was a Progressive for his day, though.


75 posted on 07/10/2018 11:27:01 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

Good one!


76 posted on 07/10/2018 11:27:42 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Good for Trump and special thanks to those who brought the plight of the Hammonds to the attention of the world, the Oregon Standoff protesters.

All gave some going to jail before trial with the leaders found not guilty at trial, the lesser defendants in plea bargains or a rigged second trial with evidence and witnesses banned.

One was shot apparently by FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita and injured, Ryan Bundy.

And of course one gave the ultimate sacrifice, LaVoy Finicum.

My initial article is posted on the blog and a previous one anticipating today’s pardon.

http://nextrushfree.blogspot.com/2018/07/oregon-standoff-breaking-hammonds.html

http://nextrushfree.blogspot.com/2018/07/oregon-standoff-politics-stands-out.html


77 posted on 07/10/2018 11:33:18 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: yesthatjallen

YES!


78 posted on 07/10/2018 11:38:16 AM PDT by left that other site (For America to have CONFIDENCE in our future, we must have PRIDE in our HISTORY... DJT)
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To: Paladin2

The prosecutor who originally sent the Hammonds away and filed the appeal to give them the terrorist sentences, Amanda Marshall, left her post after sexual harassment allegations against her came up.

The replacement chosen by Loretta Lynch was Billy Williams, who was reappointed in the name of President Trump (Sessions involved?) last year.

Williams fully defended the mandatory sentences claiming firefighters were endangered by the Hammonds.


79 posted on 07/10/2018 11:48:45 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODYS BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: yesthatjallen

FREEDOM!!!


80 posted on 07/10/2018 11:55:08 AM PDT by RushCrush ( Conservative stuck in Chiraq.)
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