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POTUS 45 issues pardons in case that inspired armed occupation of Malheur National Wildlife Preserve

POTUS 45 has pardoned Dwight and Seven Hammond who were convicted in 2012 of setting firs on public lands. A successful prosecutorial appeal that resulted in a longer prison sentence for the Hammond brothers. That decision sparked the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Preserve from January 2 to February 11, 2016. Articles concerning the pardon appeared in the American Bar Association Journal and High Country News.