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NATION/WORLD Thursday, April 28, 2016 East Oregonian Page 7A February court date set for Bundy standoff case in Nevada By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS — A federal magistrate judge in Las Vegas set a Feb. 6 trial date for rancher Cliven Bundy and 18 other defendants in an armed confrontation with government oficers two years ago. In a written order iled Tuesday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen declared the case “complex” for tracking purposes, and agreed that it will take time to prepare for a trial involving 19 defendants, more than 30 government witnesses and an exceptionally large amount of evidence. Last week, she canceled a May 2 trial date as unrealistic. Leen’s order came after a scheduling hearing last Friday in Las Vegas that put all 19 defendants and their lawyers in one courtroom for the irst time. It could mean many months in jail ahead of trial for each man, although Bundy attorney: Feds turned down proposed plea deal PORTLAND (AP) — Lawyers for Ammon Bundy say the leader of the Oregon wildlife refuge occupation offered after his arrest to plead guilty if charges against other defendants were dismissed, but the deal was rejected. The assertion is made in a pre-trial motion iled in federal court on Wednesday. Bundy was arrested by FBI agents and Oregon state troopers on Jan. 26. More than two dozen people have been arrested for the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge that began Jan. 2 and ended with surrender of the last four on Feb. 11. Bundy attorney Mike Arnold says his client offered on Jan. 29 to plead guilty to a federal conspiracy charge if charges against the others were dropped, and the proposal was rejected a day before the last occupiers gave up. several are challenging and appealing detention orders. The conspiracy, obstruc- tion, weapon, threats and assault charges could get each the equivalent of life in prison for the tense gunpoint standoff in April 2014 near Bundy’s ranch outside Bunkerville, about 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Leen noted that seven defendants, including Bundy sons Ammon Bundy and Ryan Bundy, face trial Sept. 7 in federal court in Portland, Oregon. The seven are among 26 people accused of taking part in a 41-day armed occupation of a U.S. wildlife refuge this year. The Bundy brothers have been returned in custody to Oregon, where Ammon Bundy’s attorneys have iled documents contesting the authority of the federal government to prosecute him for the takeover the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. In an argument echoed by states’ rights advocates, he maintains that the federal government largely lost the right to own land inside Oregon once statehood was achieved. His father argues in Nevada that the federal government doesn’t have jurisdiction over the public land surrounding the Bundy homestead, where family cattle have grazed for decades. The federal Bureau of Land Management moved to round up cows on the ranch, obtaining court orders with arguments that Bundy racked up more than $1 million in unpaid grazing fees and ines. BRIEFLY Former speaker Hastert sentenced to more than year in prison CHICAGO (AP) — Dennis Hastert, the Republican who for eight years presided over the House and was second in the line of succession to the presidency, was sentenced Wednesday to more than a year in prison in the hush-money case that revealed accusations he sexually abused teenagers while coaching high school wrestling. The case makes the former speaker one of the highest-ranking American politicians ever sentenced to prison. The visibly angry judge repeatedly rebuked the 74-year-old before issuing the 15-month sentence, telling him that his abuse devastated the lives of victims and would probably make it harder than ever for parents to trust other adults with their children. “If Denny Hastert could do it, anyone could do it,’” U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin said. “Nothing is more stunning than to have the words ‘serial child molester’ and ‘speaker of the House’ in the same sentence.” As he did for much of the hearing, Hastert sat unmoving in a wheelchair, peering over the top of his eyeglasses, his hands folded before him. Earlier this month, prosecutors went into graphic detail about the sex-abuse allegations, even describing how Hastert would sit in a recliner in the locker room with a direct view of the showers. The victims, prosecutors said, were boys between 14 and 17. Hastert was in his 20s and 30s. When the judge asked if Hastert wanted to make a statement, Hastert pushed himself up, grabbed a walker and moved slowly to a podium. “I am deeply ashamed to be standing here,” he said, reading from a statement. “I know why I am here ... I mistreated some of the athletes that I coached.” He added: “They looked up to me, and I took advantage of them.” when we go to Philadelphia in July we’re going to have the votes to put together the strongest progressive agenda that any political party has ever seen.” Yet the implication of Tuesday’s losses was evident Wednesday, when the campaign said it was laying off “hundreds” of ield staffers and other aides to focus on winning the California primary on June 7. The campaign will have gone from a staff of more than 1,000 in January to about 325-350, spokesman Michael Briggs said. Sanders’ bid reaches turning point after Northeast losses Trump struggles to explain ‘America irst’ foreign policy WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders’ movement for a political revolution is reaching a crossroads even as he promises to campaign against Hillary Clinton through the June primaries and into the Philadelphia convention. The Vermont senator said in an interview with The Associated Press after losses to Clinton in Tuesday’s primaries in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and Connecticut that he would now seek as many delegates as possible to “ight for a progressive party platform,” acknowledging that he had only a “very narrow path” to the nomination. Sanders said at a rally at Purdue University in Indiana on Wednesday that he was “in this campaign to win and become the Democratic nominee,” adding, “If we do not win, we intend to win every delegate that we can so that WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump strained to lay out a clear vision of his “America irst” foreign policy on Wednesday, vowing to substitute hard- headed realism for what he called a post-Cold War era replete with U.S. national security failures. Yet the Republican presidential front-runner outlined no strategy for how he’d make the United States at the same time a “consistent” and “unpredictable” force in the world. And he didn’t appear to allay the concerns of U.S. and international critics — Republicans at home as well as Democrats — who see him as unit for the responsibilities of commander in chief. “’America irst’ will be the major and overriding theme of my administration,” Trump declared, echoing motifs from his campaign that is now close to sealing the May 8th Let your mother know how much she is appreciated & loved! Publishes in the Hermiston Herald May 4th Publishes in the East Oregonian May 7th SAMPLE Happy Mother’s Day For a very special mother! Your Name Turn in a photo & short message for your mom. Runs in EO & the HH for only $25 per spot Contact: Stephanie Newsom 541-278-2687 • snewsom@eastoregonian.com Your Name: Phone Number: Mother’s Name: Message: GOP nomination. Delivering his lines in a more sober, restrained manner than usual to cast himself as presidential material, the billionaire businessman and reality TV star toned down or omitted several of his most explosive — and oft-repeated — barbs. He made no reference to forcing Mexico to pay for a wall across the nation’s Southern border. He also didn’t revisit the idea of allowing Japan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia or any other country to develop nuclear weapons for self-defense purposes. “My foreign policy will always put the interests of the American people and American security above all else,” he said. “It has to be irst. Has to be. That will be the foundation of every single decision that I will make.” AP Photo/Michael Conroy Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz joined by former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina waves during a rally in Indianapolis on Wednesday. Ted Cruz taps Carly Fiorina to serve as running mate INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In need of momentum after a ive-state shutout, Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Wednesday tapped former technology executive Carly Fiorina — a woman he said has repeatedly “shattered glass ceilings” — to serve as his running mate. The Texas senator announced his pick for vice president nearly three months before his party’s national convention, an unusual move for an underdog candidate that relects the increasing urgency for the iery conservative to reverse his downward trajec- tory. Cruz praised Fiorina’s path from secretary to CEO and her past willingness to challenge GOP front-runner Donald Trump. “Carly isn’t intimated by bullies,” he declared at an Indianapolis rally, adding, “Over and over again, Carly has shattered glass ceilings.” The 61-year-old Fiorina, a former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, has been a prominent Cruz ally since shortly after abandoning her own presidential bid earlier in the year. She was the only woman in the Republican Party’s crowded 2016 ield. “This is the ight of our time. And I believe Ted Cruz is the man to lead that ight,” Fiorina said at the Wednesday announcement. “And I am prepared to stand by his side and give this everything I have, to restore the soul of our party, to defeat Donald Trump, to defeat Hillary Clinton, and to take our country back.” Fiorina’s selection marked another extraordinary devel- opment in the 2016 Repub- lican campaign, particularly for a candidate who is far from becoming his party’s presumptive nominee. Cruz was soundly defeated by GOP front-runner Donald Trump in all ive primaries contests on Tuesday, and he’s been mathematically eliminated from winning the nomination before his party’s national convention in July. Some Cruz allies praised Fiorina’s selection, but privately questioned if it would change the trajectory of the race. Trump has won 77 percent of the delegates he needs to claim the nomi- nation, and a win next week in Indiana will keep him on a irm path to do so. Cruz appeared with Fiorina in Indiana’s capital city, having staked his candi- dacy on a win in the state’s primary contest next Tuesday. Fiorina’s California ties could also prove valuable in that state’s high-stakes primary on June 7. “Carly has incredible appeal to so many people, especially in California,” said Doug De Groote, a fundraiser for Cruz based near Los Angeles. “She can really help him here.” Her irst major foray into politics was in 2010, when she ran for Senate in Cali- fornia and lost to incumbent Sen. Barbara Boxer by 10 percentage points. She has never held elected ofice. INSIDE SALES POSITION We are looking for a motivated, self-conident individual to join our inside sales team at East Oregonian in Pendleton. he right candidate will have a desire to learn and grow their skills, understand how to handle rejection while maintaining a persistent, positive attitude, and work well in a team environment. 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