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Feb 1, 2016 · Shawna Cox, 59, is facing federal felony charges of conspiracy to impede federal officers from discharging their official duties through the use of force, intimidation or threats. She was...
Oct 27, 2016 · Their five co-defendants — Jeff Banta, Shawna Cox, David Fry, Kenneth Medenbach and Neil Wampler — have all been found not guilty as well. Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on Ryan Bundy's...
Oct 13, 2016 · Oregon standoff defendant Shawna Cox testified Thursday that she didn't emerge immediately from Robert "LaVoy" Finicum's truck when police stopped them Jan. 26 on U.S. 395 because she was afraid...
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Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy and five others were charged with conspiracy to impede federal employees from doing their jobs by force, threat or intimidation. "It's a favorite charge of prosecutors," said Portland defense attorney Kevin Salibefore the trial began. "When people are involved in a conspiracy they can be liable … for things their co-conspira...
Some described the prosecution's caseas a "slam dunk." In basketball, a slam dunk is a show of force. Mike Arnold, Ammon Bundy's previous attorney, told OPB's Anna Griffinhe thinks the prosecution brought felony charges to make a powerful statement with "serious prison time." “Their goal is to prevent any sort of activity like this in the future fr...
Matt Schindler, Medenbach's hybrid counsel, delivered a thunderous closing argumenton Oct. 19. The charge all seven occupiers faced was conspiracy to impede federal employees from doing their jobs by threat, force or intimidation. “I just sat through five weeks of a trial about threatening federal employees without hearing a single threat,” Schindl...
Defense attorneys expressed shock at the verdict; even they did not expect such a result. It came despite scrutiny from U.S. District Court Judge Anna Brown and prosecutors for lack of organization. Defendants and their supporters erupted into tearful celebration outside the federal courthouse in downtown Portland (and streamed it live online, just...
The mood was jubilant among occupiers and their supporters, who grilled, milled and posed for cameras in downtown Portland on the Friday following the verdict. Many people have said they fear the verdict will embolden defendants and their supporters. Cox and Fry both said they would participate in protests like the Oregon Standoff again. “If I have...
Ammon and Ryan Bundy are still in federal custody, despite an animated effort by Marcus Mumford to win his client’s release upon receiving the verdict. After arguing with Judge Brown for Ammon Bundy to be let go, Mumford was tackled by U.S. Marshals, allegedly tased, briefly detained and later released. The Bundy brothers still face charges for the...
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Oct 3, 2016 · Cox, one of seven defendants currently on trial for the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, filed a motion Friday, requesting that the charge of carrying a firearm in a federal...
Mar 8, 2016 · Here's Shawna Cox's cell phone footage of the Oregon Standoff. It was released today during a FBI conference to discuss the conclusion of their investigation...
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Federal judge admonished Shawna Cox she's not to speak publicly about Oregon standoff case. A federal prosecutor said Shawna Cox had gone on Youtube earlier this month talking about the case...
