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.”
Good
Nice
MAGA!
Liberal heads exploding in 3...2...1....
Wow!
YES :-)!
Hah! Good news!
It’s a start ...
Oregon Ping....
WOOOOHOOOOOOO....gonna blow libs minds here!
Libs are going to scream bloody murder on this one. They’re going to accuse him of coddling domestic terrorism and racism. All lies of course but they will lie about it.
We have never had a president like this before. Never. Thank God for Trump.
Do they even have minds left to blow?
Let them explode................They aren’t using them anyway................
Lost in all of this, the Malheur standoff was related to Uranium One.
The Bundy ranch standoff was related to Dingy Harry’s crooked Chinese Solar deal.
The MSM has conveniently buried any of those facts years ago.
Thank you President Trump!
Showing once again that he is on the side of the citizens.
Something we have not had in the last four Presidents.
We have never had a president like this before. Never. Thank God for Trump.
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Ronald Reagan would agree with you and that says a lot.
But George Washington will always be our greatest President.
Ask me about Forests for Oregon.
ForestsforOregon.net
Was it a full pardon or just a commutation of their sentences?
I hope it was a full pardon, but the MSM does not know the difference.
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