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An Occupation In Eastern Oregon
FBI Agent Accused Of Lying In Finicum Shooting Found Not Guilty
After less than a day of deliberation, a jury found FBI special agent Joseph Astarita not guilty of lying about a high-profile police shooting during the Malheur refuge occupation.

An Occupation In Eastern Oregon
Whose Shots? Attorneys Deliver Closing Remarks In Finicum Shooting Case
Closing arguments took place Thursday in Portland in the trial of an FBI agent accused of lying an obstruction of justice.

An Occupation In Eastern Oregon
FBI Agent On Trial Says He Never Fired Weapon During Finicum Shooting
An FBI agent charged with lying to investigators testified Wednesday that he never fired his gun at a 2016 traffic stop that left a Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation leader dead.

An Occupation In Eastern Oregon
The Hammonds Are Home And Harney County Searches For Its New Normal
Many in Harney County suspect ranchers Dwight and Steven Hammond would have come home sooner if not for the Bundys and their followers.

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Democratic Challenger Says Walden Is Playing Politics With Hammonds Pardon Request
Democratic congressional candidate Jamie McLeod-Skinner says Rep. Greg Walden is playing politics by urging President Trump to pardon two Eastern Oregon ranchers serving prison terms for arson.

Walden Calls On Trump To Pardon Oregon Ranchers At Heart Of Malheur Occupation
Speaking on the floor of the U.S. House on Tuesday, Rep. Greg Walden called on President Trump to pardon two Oregon ranchers convicted of arson in 2012.
Nuclear Weapons, Waco And The Radicalization Of Cliven Bundy
Many people know the story of the Bundy-led standoffs in 2014 and 2016 against the federal government. But most people do not know where the Bundys first developed their anti-government ideology.

The Place Where The Bundys' Movement All Began
It's time to go back to where this all started, to return to the scene of the crimes — or not-crimes, as it turned out. We're on our way to Bundy Ranch.

How Cliven Bundy Found A Following
In many ways, the Bundy story in Nevada actually begins in Arizona — in a ghost town that was once called Bundyville.
The Book Behind The Bundys' Fringe Religious Beliefs
A part of what drives the Bundys to take actions against the government is rarely touched on in press coverage of them: their fringe religious beliefs.