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January 28, 2016

Malheur Conflict Information

Filed under: Probable Cause — Bill @ 7:21 am

The-Pete-Santilli-Show copyThe occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Visitor’s Center by self-proclaimed supporters of ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond is coming to a close.

Here is a link to the now-unsealed 32-page federal criminal complaint filed in Oregon’s federal district court.  (The complaint explains our choice of image to accompany this post.)

Careful readers will note that the allegations are for violations of 18 USC §372: Conspiracy to impede or injure officer.   The complaint may be amended to add more charges later, however to better understand why the US Attorney for the District of Oregon may have chosen to file under 18 USC §372, read the Congressional Research Service Report released  January 16, 2016, entitled Federal Conspiracy Law:  A Brief Overview.

2 Comments

  1. I am still trying to get a mental handle on the whole thing, but it would seem to me if someone, good guy or bad guy, and in this case a bad guy is killed in the or during the commission of a crime then all the bad guys are guilty of that crime. I wonder if bundy and his group of yahoos realize yet that armed revolt is not a game.

    Comment by Mike Teague — January 28, 2016 @ 7:40 am

  2. Mike Teague,

    I suspect there will be additional charges filed on the more specific crimes. The 18 USC §372 is the starting line in a longer race. There have pretty clearly been both state and federal law violations, so it will be up to the Harney County District Attorney and the US Attorney’s Office to sort out which jurisdiction will file what charges. Lots of search warrants and subpoenas likely to be served, very possibly in states other than Oregon, and it will take quite a bit of time to sort through the results of these investigations.

    Comment by Bill — January 28, 2016 @ 8:05 am

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