GOP Politicians Planned And Participated In Key Aspects Of Refuge Occupation
by John Sepulvado OP
March 16, 2016 11:45 a.m. | Updated: March 16, 2016 4:50 p.m.
Portland
On a cold January morning, a posse led by a former Army company commander named Matt Shea rolled into the Harney County Courthouse and wanted to speak to the sheriff.
But this wasn’t a group of militants, or outlaws. They were state lawmakers from four western states, including Oregon. Most of them were members of a group called the Coalition of Western States, or COWS.
They were hoping to talk directly with Sheriff David Ward and convince him to support the armed militants at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Instead, COWS members would meet that day with a Harney County deputy and a sheriff from another county, an FBI agent and other local officials ...
The 90-minute conversation was recorded by participants at the Jan. 9 meeting and given to OPB ...
http://www.opb.org/news/series/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates/republican-gop-politicians-coalition-western-states/
