Bundy offered to plead guilty to federal conspiracy, three days after arrest, lawyer says

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By Maxine Bernstein | The Oregonian/OregonLive
on April 27, 2016 at 1:53 PM
updated April 27, 2016 at 2:37 PM

Three days after his arrest, Ammon Bundy offered to plead guilty to the single federal conspiracy charge he faced stemming from his takeover of the federal wildlife refuge in Harney County - as long as the government dismissed charges against others in custody and let those who remained at the refuge leave without arrests or violence, according to his lawyer.

Federal prosecutors rejected the offer ...

In his most recent motion, Arnold blasts the federal prosecution of defendants in the takeover of the Malheur Wildlife National Refuge, calling it a "misguided'' prosecution on "glorified criminal trespass'' charges ...

http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/04/ammon_bundy_offered_to_plead_g.html

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1. Wrong plain old armed criminal trespass.

Trespassers do not usually dig a trench and dump in the yard.