FBI: ‘These Individuals Have Chosen to Threaten and Intimidate’ America

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
"I will say that the armed occupiers have been given ample opportunity to leave the refuge peacefully. They have been given opportunities to negotiate as outsiders to Oregon, they've been given the opportunity to return to their families and work through the Normal legal process to air their grievances. Instead, these individuals have chosen to threaten and intimidate the America they profess to love and through criminal actions bring these consequences upon themselves. Yesterday, the FBI with our partners took the first steps to bring this occupation to a conclusion. We worked to ensure we could do so peacefully and safely out of harm's way of the citizens here in the county. Removing the threat of danger from anybody who might be present. We continue to work to empty the refuge of those who continue to illegally occupy the refuge and remove them in the safest way possible."