Author: Leah Sottile
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FBI agent indicted, charged with lying about shooting during encounter with Oregon refuge occupier
PORTLAND, Ore. — A special agent with the elite FBI Hostage Rescue Team has been indicted and accused of trying to cover up the firing of gunshots during an encounter with a member of an armed groupwho occupied an Oregon wildlife refuge last year. The indictment — filed last week and made public Wednesday — does not accuse…
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Right-wing free speech rally draws massive counter-protests in Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. — In a city splintered by protest, acrimony and the fresh pain of a pair of killings on a commuter train, demonstrators gathered again — and clashed again — here Sunday afternoon, with a right-wing rally drawing thousands of counter-protesters in the heart of downtown. The planned, permitted free-speech and pro-President Trump rally…