Antigovernment activist Bundy sentenced to 10 days in jail
Ammon Bundy glances toward the prosecution table during a pause in his trial to clarify a line of questioning with the jury dismissed in Ada County Magistrate Judge Kim Dale's courtroom Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in Boise, Idaho. A major Boise hospital went on lockdown for about an hour Tuesday after far-right activist Bundy urged supporters to go the facility in protest of a child protection case involving one of his family friends. Bundy, who is well-known for participating in armed standoffs with law enforcement, was arrested on Saturday on a misdemeanor trespassing charge after he protested…
BOISE (AP) — Idaho gubernatorial candidate and antigovernment activist Ammon Bundy on Thursday received a $3,000 fine and 10 days in jail for contempt of court.
Bundy was immediately handcuffed in Fourth District Court in Boise and taken to the Ada County Jail.
Judge Annie McDevitt ruled Bundy failed to perform 40 hours of community service following a 2020 trespassing conviction at the Idaho Statehouse.
Bundy argued his work for his own campaign as governor counted toward the 40 hours of community service.
McDevitt disagreed, telling Bundy that he “took the time and effort to blatantly disrespect the court's order, making a mockery of the sentence you received.”
Bundy was arrested Aug. 25, 2020, after refusing to leave a Statehouse auditorium after officials ordered the room to be cleared. He was there with others protesting coronavirus pandemic legislation during a special session of the Idaho Legislature called because of the pandemic.
Bundy, who is running as an Independent candidate to be Idaho’s next governor in a crowded race, is well-known for participating in armed standoffs with law enforcement, notably at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in 2016, which left one man dead, and on federal land near his family’s ranch in Nevada in 2014.