A jury on Friday convicted two men of conspiracy to impede federal officers during last year’s high-profile armed occupation of a wildlife refuge in Oregon. “Life goes on, I was there at the refuge and I rode my horse on the game refuge,” Ehmer said after the trial ended. They had faced the same primary charge as the Bundy defendants – conspiring to impede interior department employees from doing their jobs at the refuge. Stung by their defeat in the Bundy trial, prosecutors hired an outside consultant to help with jury selection for the latest trial. Defense lawyers said the men dug trenches at the wildlife refuge for their protection because they feared rumors the FBI might storm the refuge.

Source: The Guardian March 10, 2017 22:37 UTC