Trump Pardons Ranchers In Case That Inspired 2016 Occupation

Associated Press, Los Angeles Times: Politics
Tue, 07/10/2018 - 9:47am

President Trump has pardoned two ranchers whose case sparked the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon. Dwight and Steven Hammond were convicted in 2012 of intentionally and maliciously setting fires on public lands. The arson crime carried a minimum prison sentence of five years,...

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Trump Pardons Ranchers In Case That Inspired 2016 Occupation

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