Oregon Standoff Latest: Seventh Guilty Plea in the Case

A seventh guilty plea was offered Thursday related to the 41-day armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

Blaine Cooper pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy in Federal Court in Portland.

He is expected to also plead guilty to charges in Nevada in the coming weeks.

Along with several of his co-defendants in Oregon, Cooper is charged in Nevada in connection with the 2014 armed standoff with Bureau of Land Management officers in Bunkerville.

Cooper helped recruit people to travel to the refuge.

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If the current deal is accepted there, he will be sentenced to six years with credit for time served.

He's currently been in custody for five months and is expected to receive a sentence of six months in prison.

Cooper's sentencing is scheduled for November 18th.

He will be transferred to Nevada sometime after that.

Cooper is the seventh of 26 people indicted in connection with takeover to plead guilty.

On Wednesday, the judge overseeing the case denied several defense requests to delay the trial.

The trial is scheduled to start September 7.