Prosecutors moving ahead with second Oregon standoff trial #BundyTeaParty
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Source: GILLIAN FLACCUS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORTLAND, Ore. The U.S. government will push forward with conspiracy charges against the remaining seven people who helped take over a national wildlife refuge in Oregon, just weeks after the stunning acquittal of the first group of defendants.
Prosecutors said they also would proceed with firearms charges against six of the defendants and planned to add lesser counts that could include trespassing or destruction of property.
That would give jurors the option of a less serious conviction that wasnt available in the earlier case.
Mondays filing in U.S. District Court in Portland indicates that the government is not backing down despite the Oct. 27 acquittal of the occupations leaders, brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy, and five others.
Both groups faced the same charges: felony conspiracy to impede federal officers from doing their job and possession of a firearm in a federal facility.
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