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Oregon: Judge Says He’ll Bill Militia $70,000 Per Day for Refuge Occupation

HeadlineJan 13, 2016

And in Oregon, Harney County Judge Steve Grasty says he’ll bill the right-wing militia members who have occupied a federal wildlife refuge up to $70,000 a day for their cost to the public. Grasty says shuttered schools and closed government offices as well as increased security are costing taxpayers. The militants have torn down a fence and say they have been going through government documents at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. They occupied the refuge earlier this month in support of two ranchers sentenced to prison for setting fires that burned federal land.

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