Defendants in Oregon Wildlife Refuge Occupation Found Not Guilty

By Richard Gonzales
Ammon Bundy, shown during an interview at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, has been acquitted, along with six other people, of charges linked to the armed occupation of the refuge near Burns, Ore.
Ammon Bundy, shown during an interview at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, has been acquitted, along with six other people, of charges linked to the armed occupation of the refuge near Burns, Ore. Rick Bowmer/AP
Ammon Bundy, shown during an interview at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, has been acquitted, along with six other people, of charges linked to the armed occupation of the refuge near Burns, Ore.
Ammon Bundy, shown during an interview at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, has been acquitted, along with six other people, of charges linked to the armed occupation of the refuge near Burns, Ore. Rick Bowmer/AP

Defendants in Oregon Wildlife Refuge Occupation Found Not Guilty

By Richard Gonzales
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A jury has found all seven defendants not guilty of conspiracy and firearms charges linked to an armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon earlier this year.

The defendants included brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy, the alleged leaders of the occupation that lasted nearly six weeks. They, and five others, were exonerated on the charges of conspiring to impede federal workers from their jobs at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

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