OREGON STANDOFF:  FEDS WANT 46 MONTH SENTENCE FOR JASON PATRICK WITH 'TERRORISM ENHANCEMENT'

"Prosecutors are seeking extra time for Patrick's leadership role, and his possession of a gun on the refuge and a terrorism enhancement for the conspiracy conviction"

Maxine Bernstein "OregonLive" Story  2/14/2018

Sentencing for Jason Patrick is set before US District Judge Anna J. Brown in Portland this morning at 9 am.

Jason Patrick was convicted in the second rigged Oregon Standoff trial last year of conspiracy to impede federal workers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.   US District Judge Anna J. Brown limited defense lawyers ability to present a case to the jury on the felony charges and held a bench trial on misdemeanor charges tacked on by the prosecutors for the second trial.   She convicted him on three misdemeanors.

Patrick turned himself in after the trial and has been jailed for some ten months, with Judge Brown refusing to release him when he requested release.

Defense lawyer Andrew Kohlmetz has written his objections to the prosecution, saying:  "This case does not involve terrorism"......"Mr. Patrick's intent in participating in the occupation was to draw attention to the plight of the Hammond family and to a lesser degree to support a lawsuit concerning the constitutionality of the federal government's ownership of lands."

It's worth noting that the US Attorney in Oregon in charge of the prosecution demanding the 'terrorism enhancement", Billy Williams, first appointed by the Obama Administration in December 2015, has now been nominated in President Trump's name as permanent US Attorney in Oregon.

An Assistant US Attorney in the Oregon office, Ryan Bounds, has been nominated in President Trump's name to a seat on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  Bounds helped the prosecution in one instance approaching a reporter for Oregon Public Broadcasting to use his interview with Ryan Bundy to help the prosecution's case in the first Oregon Standoff trial.

If I were a US Senator, the Williams and Bounds nominations would be on hold until pardons are issued and justice served in connection with the Oregon Standoff and Bunkerville Standoff protests including pardons for Dwight and Steven Hammond, jailed as terrrorists for lighting a backfire to protect their land.


Link below......

Oregon Live Story 2/14/2018