Ammon Bundy’s lawyers are bringing the claims put forward by Bundy’s protest regarding the government’s land use to the court. The legal team hopes that the move could lead to Bundy’s charges being dismissed in his connection to an armed protest movement earlier this year.
Oregon occupiers of the Malheur national wildlife refuge faces additional charges. Leaders, brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy and other participants are indicted to the charges of possession of dangerous weapon, theft and depredation of government property.
Leaders and protesters of a six-week armed occupation at a US wildlife refuge in rural Oregon are to be arraigned on charges of conspiring to impede federal officers policing the compound during a fight over federal control of land in the West.
The four remaining activists in the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon surrendered on Thursday. They were all taken to Portland to face federal charges including conspiracy to impede federal officers.
