By Maxine Bernstein
Wesley Kjar, personal bodyguard for Ammon Bundy during the initial days of the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, sought forgiveness Wednesday during his sentencing for federal conspiracy, saying he made a grave mistake. Kjar said he left the refuge after five days because he objected to the direction the occupation was headed, and drove straight to Salt Lake City, Utah, to try to meet with leaders of the Mormon church to convince them to help negotiate a peaceful resolution. When that failed, he said he urged occupation spokesman Robert "LaVoy" Finicum to at least get rid of the firearms at the refuge, a plea made two days before Finicum was shot and killed by police after speeding away from a police stop on Jan. 26, 2016. Kjar, 33, was among the first group of defendants to plead guilty to conspiracy to impede federal officers, a felony, on June 24, 2016, and the last of the less culpable defendants to be sentenced. He's agreed to pay $3,000 in restitution...more
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