Tuesday, July 10, 2018

BREAKING: Trump Has Given FULL PARDONS to Oregon Ranchers who Clashed with Federal Officials Over Land



President Trump has given FULL PARDONS to the Oregon ranchers who clashed with federal officials over land: Dwight Lincoln Hammond, Jr., and his son, Steven Hammond. 


This is a developing story. Return to this post for updates.

UPDATE 1

Via Chicago Tribune:

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, but a sympathetic federal judge, on his last day before retirement, decided the penalty was too stiff and gave the father and son much lighter prison terms.

Prosecutors won an appeal and the Hammonds were resentenced in October 2015 to serve the mandatory minimum.

The decision sparked a protest from Ammon Bundy and dozens of others, who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near the Hammond ranch in southeastern Oregon from Jan. 2 to Feb. 11, 2016, complaining the Hammonds were victims of federal overreach.

UPDATE 2

In a statement, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders called the decision to resentence the Hammonds "unjust."

"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," she said. "Justice is overdue for Dwight and Steven Hammond, both of whom are entirely deserving of these Grants of Executive Clemency."

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    1. Apparently you haven't heard about the tariffs.

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  2. The first good call the Cheeto in Chief has made!

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  3. And yet somehow Hillary would still have been a better choice even though she would probably give these guys the death penalty if she could.

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