Post by Logan on Jan 29, 2016 23:15:31 GMT -6
Remaining Oregon militants want pardons before leaving while Ammon Bundy ordered to stay in jail
One of the armed militants still holding an Oregon wildlife refuge Friday said his ragtag group of four holdouts wants pardons for everyone involved before it would agree to end the month-long standoff.
"Why can't they pardon all of us? I think before we leave, every single one of the people involved in this operation should be pardoned," occupier David Fry said in a video posted on YouTube.
He said FBI negotiators told him a pardon wasn't possible without a conviction first, but he disputed that, arguing that wealthy businessman Mark Rich received his pardon from President Bill Clinton after only an indictment.
"That's our current demand. Everybody's got to be pardoned. We all gotta go free. We all get to go home. Other than that, (we) don't know what's going to happen next," he said ominously.
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/news/national/remaining-oregon-militants-pardons-leaving-article-1.2514398
One of the armed militants still holding an Oregon wildlife refuge Friday said his ragtag group of four holdouts wants pardons for everyone involved before it would agree to end the month-long standoff.
"Why can't they pardon all of us? I think before we leave, every single one of the people involved in this operation should be pardoned," occupier David Fry said in a video posted on YouTube.
He said FBI negotiators told him a pardon wasn't possible without a conviction first, but he disputed that, arguing that wealthy businessman Mark Rich received his pardon from President Bill Clinton after only an indictment.
"That's our current demand. Everybody's got to be pardoned. We all gotta go free. We all get to go home. Other than that, (we) don't know what's going to happen next," he said ominously.
Read more: www.nydailynews.com/news/national/remaining-oregon-militants-pardons-leaving-article-1.2514398