“We are just so excited,” Angie Bundy, Ryan’s wife, told the Guardian after the verdict was announced. “We’ve been praying hard, and we knew they hadn’t done anything wrong.”In a statement, federal officials said they accepted the decision. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Shawna Cox, a key figure in the Oregon occupation, was also acquitted on conspiracy charges. During the trial, federal prosecutors argued that the protesters organized a “dangerous” invasion and conspired to stop refuge workers from doing their job. A separate trial, involving Ammon, Ryan, Cliven and two other Bundy men, is planned for next year in Nevada on charges stemming from the 2014 standoff.

Source: The Guardian October 27, 2016 23:33 UTC