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Trump grants clemency to father and son fire starters involved in stnad off

Today it was announced President Donald Trump exercised executive authority in granting  clemency to a father and son from Oregon who  were sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for starting a fire on federal land.  Dwight and Steven Hammond ended up in a stand off with law enforcement and both served the majority of their time.    Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders in a statement called their sentencing under the Obama Administration "unjust." Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding Executive Clemency for Dwight and Steven Hammond     Today, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Grants of Clemency (Full Pardons) for Dwight Lincoln Hammond, Jr., and his son, Steven Hammond.  The Hammonds are multi-generation cattle ranchers in Oregon imprisoned in connection with a fire that leaked onto a small portion of neighboring public grazing land.  The evidence at trial regarding the Hammonds’ responsibility for the fire was con...