--- description: The leader of the standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge issued his statement from jail title: Ammon Bundy Calls on Elected Officials to Aid His Supporters image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [oregon](/tag/oregon/) ## oregon Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Ammon Bundy Calls on Elected Officials to Aid His Supporters by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 8, 2016 7:57 PM CUT by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 8, 2016 7:57 PM CUT Ammon Bundy, who led the armed standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Oregon, issued a statement from jail calling on elected officials in 8 states to come to the aid of his supporters. Bundy’s audio statement was issued February 6\. In it, he called for leaders in Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Ohio, and Washington to voice their support for their constituents who remain in federal custody for their occupation of the wildlife reserve. Bundy and 15 other militants were [indicted on counts of conspiracy and threatening officers](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/04/465599499/indictment-details-charges-against-ammon-bundy-other-militants "undefined") throughout their armed insurrection. Transcript of the audio, provided by [Oregon Live](http://www.oregonlive.com/oregon-standoff/2016/02/ammon%5Fbundy%5Fissues%5Fnew%5Fstateme.html "undefined"), can be found below: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4212563/ammon-bundy-new-statement-oregon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4212563/ammon-bundy-new-statement-oregon/"},"headline":"Ammon Bundy Calls on Elected Officials to Aid His Supporters","datePublished":"2016-02-08T19:57:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:52:46.790Z","description":"The leader of the standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge issued his statement from jail","url":"https://time.com/4212563/ammon-bundy-new-statement-oregon/","keywords":["oregon","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/oregon/","name":"oregon"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4212563/ammon-bundy-new-statement-oregon/","name":"Ammon Bundy Calls on Elected Officials to Aid His Supporters"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME Raw: FBI Releases Video of Violent Confrontation With Oregon Protesters","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Fzhw1yUe/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-01-29T15:45:51.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Fzhw1yUe.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4212563/ammon-bundy-new-statement-oregon/","duration":"PT1M50S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4212563/ammon-bundy-new-statement-oregon/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```