In the Multnomah County jail
Les Zaitz reporting at The Oregonian/Oregon Live:
Cliven Bundy, the Nevada rancher who touched off one armed showdown with federal authorities and applauded another started in Oregon by his sons, was arrested late Wednesday at Portland International Airport and faces federal charges related to the 2014 standoff at his ranch.
Bundy, 74, was booked into the downtown Multnomah County jail at 10:54 p.m.
He faces a conspiracy charge to interfere with a federal officer — the same charge lodged against two of his sons, Ammon and Ryan, for their role in the Jan. 2 takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns. He also faces weapons charges.
Finally!
The Bundy Ranch Facebook page reported Cliven Bundy was surrounded by SWAT officers and detained after his arrival from Nevada.
He was arrested at 10:10 p.m., authorities said.
And booked by 10:50.
The Bundy patriarch had traveled to Portland with plans to go on to Burns, where four occupiers had been the remaining holdouts of the refuge occupation.
The “patriarch” has delusions of grandeur.
Bundy has been under federal scrutiny since his ranch standoff with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. He has not paid grazing fees on federal land and he owes the agency $1 million in unpaid fees and penalties. He and militia supporters confronted federal agents who had impounded Bundy’s cattle that were found on federal property.
To avoid bloodshed, the federal agents retreated and Bundy’s supporters turned loose the cattle.
He’s a thief and a violent bully. He’s stolen a million dollars of taxpayer money. He breaks the law and defies legitimate law enforcement at gunpoint.
The last four occupiers, who have camped alone since Jan. 28 at the headquarters compound, agreed Wednesday night to surrender in the morning. They did so after FBI tactical teams infiltrated refuge buildings undetected overnight Tuesday and into Wednesday. The FBI then hemmed in the occupiers with armored vehicles and negotiated with them for five hours to reach the surrender agreement.
Last I heard three have surrendered and the remaining one is still sulking and saying no.
Finally!
Did it take Clive landing in a rather liberal city for the FBI to feel safe enough to arrest him?
I think there’s some validity to the tactic of arresting him when you know exactly where he’s going to be and you know he’s unarmed (because of airline security) rather than trying to storm his compound full of heavily armed idiots. It looks like the FBI has been operating on a baseline of “Remember Waco? Let’s not do that again.” Currently the Bundys are all in federal custody and facing federal charges, having been arrested in circumstances which make them look very, very stupid.