Brand Thornton, 63, was photographed at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge with the Citizens For Constitutional Freedom militia holding a spiral-shaped shofar, a kind of trumpet made from an animal horn.

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He appeared at the 2014 Bundy ranch standoff in Nevada blowing the horn with a rifle strapped to his shoulder.

Public records put Thornton in the Las Vegas area.

His Facebook page says he owns Just Companies Inc., identified on Angie's List as a heating and air conditioning company.

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