Wed Jun 6, 2018, 11:32 PM

Trump considers pardon for ranchers who inspired Malheur refuge occupation, report says

The matriarch of the Hammond ranching family said Wednesday she hasn't heard if President Donald Trump is considering pardons for her husband and son, whose imprisonment led to the 2016 armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

But Susie Hammond said, "I have a sense that things are moving forward and I have faith in our president. If anyone is going to help them, he'd be the one."

Hammond said she's getting a lot of questions about it. "Something must have just broke loose because I have three phones ringing," she said.

A Washington Post reporter contacted her Tuesday and said he understood that the White House was considering the pardons and wanted to learn what she knew.

Read more: http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/06/trump_considers_pardon_for_ran.html

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Trump considers pardon for ranchers who inspired Malheur refuge occupation, report says (Original post)	TexasTowelie	Jun 2018	OP
It's like the toddler just got a new toy.	unblock	Jun 2018	#1
He has created a new very dangerous weapon.	pangaia	Jun 2018	#4
He got bored with	murielm99	Jun 2018	#7
Dotard wants a civil war.	MontanaMama	Jun 2018	#2
OK, this is to tell people	DonCoquixote	Jun 2018	#3
Yes. I feared this was coming. But i did not want to believe it.	pangaia	Jun 2018	#5
He is trying to start a race war.	SamKnause	Jun 2018	#6
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jun 2018	#8
.	ret5hd	Jun 2018	#9
But them's good peoples.	3Hotdogs	Jun 2018	#10