Malheur defendant O'Shaughnessy pleads guilty to conspiracy #BundyTeaParty
STEVEN DUBOIS
Associated Press
Monday, August 1st 2016
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Arizona man who took part in a pair of armed standoffs over federal land policy has pleaded guilty to a charge in Oregon and is expected to do the same in Nevada.
Joseph O'Shaughnessy, 44, acknowledged in court Monday that he conspired to prevent U.S. Interior Department employees from doing their jobs after ranchers and others took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge this winter near Burns, Oregon.
O'Shaughnessy said he didn't participate in the occupation led by Ammon Bundy but felt a duty to provide security for those protesting federal control of public lands and the imprisonment of two Oregon ranchers.
"I did support their message," he said, becoming the 10th of 26 defendants to plead guilty in Oregon ...
http://katu.com/news/local/malheur-natl-wildlife-refuge-defendant-oshaughnessy-pleads-guilty-to-conspiracy
