Members of the media are fleeing the occupied Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday after the FBI told them it was not safe to stay there, suggesting that a raid on the compound was imminent.
Lauren Martinez, a reporter at Oregon's KTVZ News Channel 21, tweeted a video showing her driving away from the area. "Leaving refuge. @FBI warns media no protection," she wrote. A second video shows her car approaching an FBI checkpoint.
John Sepulvado, a reporter at Oregon Public Broadcasting who's covered the standoff, also pulled out from the building's entrance, noting he was joined by journalists with KGW, KOIN, Fox 12 Oregon and several others. "We determined it's not safe," he said. "OPB was told by FBI that we were on our own," he added in a tweet. "Essentially stuff is going down and we need to move." Read more...
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