Oregon protesters plead not guilty in armed standoff case
RT.com
25 Feb, 2016
Ammon Bundy and 15 more members the group that staged a 40-day standoff at a federal wildfire refuge in Oregon have pleaded not guilty, while the prosecution is looking for more charges to add. The occupiers face up to six years in prison.
The protesters appeared at a pretrial hearing in US Federal District Court in Portland on Wednesday accused of impeding the work of federal officers and conspiracy.
The group, initially led by Ammon and Ryan Bundy, sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, was heavily armed and possessed explosives when they began their protest against the federal government’s treatment of two local ranchers, Dwight and Steven Hammond, on January 2.
None of those indicted over the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon have recognized their guilt.
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