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Trump pardons Oregon ranchers at center of 40-day standoff
The Hill ^ | 07/10/18 | Timothy Cama

Posted on 07/10/2018 7:47:27 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

President Trump on Tuesday pardoned a pair of Oregon ranchers whose arson conviction became a focus for opponents of federal government land ownership.

Dwight Hammond, 76, and his son Steven, 49, were convicted in 2012 and sent to prison on arson charges. They had set a series of fires on their ranch that spread to federal land.

The Hammonds’ case became the inspiration for the 40-day armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016. The organizers wanted to protest federal land ownership.

The Hammonds distanced themselves from the occupiers and didn't endorse the action.

In a statement Tuesday announcing the pardon, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders emphasized uncertainties in the case and the prison terms and fines the Hammonds had already completed.

“The evidence at trial regarding the Hammonds’ responsibility for the fire was conflicting, and the jury acquitted them on most of the charges,” the White House said.

“The Hammonds are devoted family men, respected contributors to their local community, and have widespread support from their neighbors, local law enforcement, and farmers and ranchers across the West. Justice is overdue for Dwight and Steven Hammond, both of whom are entirely deserving of these Grants of Executive Clemency.”


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: 2012; arson; burning; dwighthammond; hammond; hammonds; harryreid; malheur; malheurnwr; oregon; pardons; ranchers; reid; solararray; trump; trumppardons; uranium1; uraniumone; wildliferefuge
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1 posted on 07/10/2018 7:47:27 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Good


2 posted on 07/10/2018 7:50:16 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE (But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.- George Orwell)
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To: yesthatjallen

Nice


3 posted on 07/10/2018 7:50:41 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If you beleive the dog, then take his advice.)
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To: yesthatjallen

MAGA!


4 posted on 07/10/2018 7:50:51 AM PDT by Renegade
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To: yesthatjallen

Liberal heads exploding in 3...2...1....


5 posted on 07/10/2018 7:51:15 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Wow!


6 posted on 07/10/2018 7:51:34 AM PDT by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
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To: yesthatjallen

YES :-)!


7 posted on 07/10/2018 7:51:38 AM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Hah! Good news!

It’s a start ...


8 posted on 07/10/2018 7:52:13 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Salvation

Oregon Ping....

WOOOOHOOOOOOO....gonna blow libs minds here!


9 posted on 07/10/2018 7:52:17 AM PDT by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
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To: yesthatjallen

Libs are going to scream bloody murder on this one. They’re going to accuse him of coddling domestic terrorism and racism. All lies of course but they will lie about it.


10 posted on 07/10/2018 7:53:36 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: yesthatjallen

We have never had a president like this before. Never. Thank God for Trump.


11 posted on 07/10/2018 7:54:08 AM PDT by montag813
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To: goodnesswins

Do they even have minds left to blow?


12 posted on 07/10/2018 7:54:52 AM PDT by Trump.Deplorable
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To: dfwgator

Let them explode................They aren’t using them anyway................


13 posted on 07/10/2018 7:55:00 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: yesthatjallen

Lost in all of this, the Malheur standoff was related to Uranium One.
The Bundy ranch standoff was related to Dingy Harry’s crooked Chinese Solar deal.


14 posted on 07/10/2018 7:57:44 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: yesthatjallen
That burn violation was nothing more than a pretext for the BLM to confiscate the Bundy property for Dirty Harry Reids developer friends. Have a look at the tax maps and tell me there isn't anything to that.

The MSM has conveniently buried any of those facts years ago.

15 posted on 07/10/2018 7:58:56 AM PDT by paulcissa (Democrats want you unarmed so they can kill you.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Thank you President Trump!


16 posted on 07/10/2018 7:59:01 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Showing once again that he is on the side of the citizens.
Something we have not had in the last four Presidents.


17 posted on 07/10/2018 7:59:36 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: montag813

We have never had a president like this before. Never. Thank God for Trump.

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Ronald Reagan would agree with you and that says a lot.

But George Washington will always be our greatest President.


18 posted on 07/10/2018 8:02:04 AM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Ask me about Forests for Oregon.
ForestsforOregon.net


19 posted on 07/10/2018 8:02:12 AM PDT by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: yesthatjallen

Was it a full pardon or just a commutation of their sentences?

I hope it was a full pardon, but the MSM does not know the difference.


20 posted on 07/10/2018 8:05:08 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
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