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Posted on 03/10/2016 4:42:18 AM PST by Nextrush
A new six-count indictment unsealed Wednesday adds one more defendant and more charges in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge outside of Burns.
The indictment now charges 26 people, including an unnamed defendant, with federal conspiracy.
It also charges 20 of the defendants with possessing firearms and dangerous weapons at the federal refuge, nine with use and carry of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence, three with theft of government property and two with depredation of government property.....
Seventeen defendants entered not guilty pleas in court Wednesday. They sat in three rows beside their lawyers in front of U.S. District Judge Anna Brown.
When Ammon Bundy's lawyer asked the judge to advise the client of his rights, Brown said Bundy has had his rights read in open court several times already and that was sufficient.
"I know I have no rights," Ammon Bundy remarked out loud.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan Wright said another indictment is possible......
Mike Arnold, Ammon Bundy's defense lawyer, said the FBI agent's affidavit failed to include the full story of threats. He said Armstrong's affidavit referenced the parents of Harney County Sheriff Dave Ward being followed after leaving a school play and feeling harassed.
Arnold claimed it was Ward's parents that made threats to Payne and Lequieu when the two defendants and others were passing out fliers for a rally in support of the Hammonds........
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Well said. The government only brings their full power to bear on productive citizens, not gibsmedats.
Sadly, the only way to stop them is to be as quick to pull the trigger as they are.
The lessen here is do not veer and hit that deer.
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