that they reported themselves in October 2016. From the link included in the story you posted:
Before the court’s lunch break, Bundy addressed a Jan. 1 video in which he called on people to come to Burns. Bundy said he didn’t have a plan to occupy the refuge at that time, nor was he conspiring with anyone to prevent federal employees from doing their jobs.
Bundy and the six others currently on trial are charged with conspiring to prevent federal workers from doing their jobs through the use of force, intimidation or threats.
“I had a mind that we would go to Burns and make a hard stand,” Bundy said of the video.
But after lunch, Bundy’s testimony differed.
He testified that on Jan. 1 — a day before the occupation began — he did, in fact, have a plan to take over the refuge. Bundy said on Jan. 2 he held a meeting with Brian “Booda” Cavalier, Ryan Payne, Ryan Bundy and others at a restaurant in Burns. Bundy testified that during this meeting he shared with the group his idea of occupying the refuge. After that meeting, Bundy said, the first group of occupiers went out to the refuge.
http://www.opb.org/news/series/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates/ammon-bundy-oregon-standoff-trial-testimony-day-2/