Standoff leader offered to ‘capture a hit for the team’ in exchange for charges being dropped against all other protesters at the wildlife refuge,a court filing saysOregon standoff leader Ammon Bundy offered to plead guilty in January in exchange for federal prosecutors dropping charges against all other protesters who occupied a wildlife refuge, a new court filing revealed. Bundy, or the 40-year-aged activist who spearheaded the anti-government occupation of the Malheur national wildlife refuge,offered to “capture all responsibility for the protest” and enter a plea agreement with prosecutors on 29 January – three days after his arrest, his attorney Mike Arnold wrote in a motion on Wednesday. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com