PORTLAND — The U.S. Attorney’s office in Oregon has taken a beating since a jury acquitted seven defendants of conspiracy and weapons charges in an armed takeover at a federal wildlife refuge — and government prosecutors still have a long road ahead.
Seven more defendants are set for trial in February in a second high-stakes airing of the same evidence and the same witnesses.
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