Wednesday, June 28, 2017

FBI agent indicted in Oregon refuge standoff shooting

Via Billy

A year after her husband Robert "LaVoy" Finicum was fatally shot by police after a standoff near Burns, Oregon, his widow Jeanette is continuing her fight against the Bureau of Land Management over grazing rights for the family's cattle herds. (Associated Press)

 Planned killing.
 
An FBI agent has been indicted on accusations that he lied about firing at a rancher in 2016 when officers arrested leaders of an armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in rural Oregon.

Sources familiar with the case say the agent will face allegations of making a false statement with intent to obstruct justice, The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Tuesday.

The indictment stems from more than a yearlong investigation by the U.S. Justice Department inspector general. The agent will be identified when summoned to appear Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Portland.

Authorities moved in on Ammon Bundy and other leaders as they were driving in two vehicles from the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge to a meeting on Jan. 26, 2016.

The Deschutes County sheriff said that as Robert “LaVoy” Finicum left his truck, an FBI agent shot twice at Finicum, though none of the hostage team members said they discharged their firearms. The county sheriff’s office was tasked with investigating the Finicum shooting.

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  1. Phil has left a new comment on your post "FBI agent indicted in Oregon refuge standoff shoot...":

    Going after one guy who was part of an assassination hit squad and lied about who shot what at who.
    This should be followed up very shortly bu murder, attempted murder and conspiracy charges against everyone involved in that ambush but they are throwing out this scrap hoping that it's enough to cover their asses. I'm sure it will be too.

    It's a pathetic miscarriage of justice is what it is.

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    1. they are throwing out this scrap hoping that it's enough to cover their asses. I'm sure it will be too.

      It's a pathetic miscarriage of justice is what it is.

      Absolutely.

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