Militant far-right leader Ammon Bundy out on bail after arrest for outstanding contempt charge; supporters rally

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

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 on March 15, 2022, in Boise, Idaho. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP, File)

The militant, anti-government, right-wing provocateur Ammon Bundy was arrested — again — this time on an outstanding warrant for contempt charges he faced after failing to attend trial proceedings for a defamation lawsuit filed against him by St. Luke’s Health System.

Bundy was arrested by the Gem County Sheriff’s Office on Friday night while attending his son’s football fundraiser at Emmett High School. A warrant had been outstanding since April when a judge in Ada County, Idaho found him in contempt of court for boycotting the civil trial.

Idaho jurors sided with St. Luke’s in the civil case and awarded the state’s largest health network provider $52.5 million for damages they said Bundy inflicted on the hospital, staff, patients and even taxpayers after he organized angry protests stemming from the false claim that the hospital had “medically kidnapped” the 10-month-old grandchild of his friend and associate, Diego Rodriguez. Rodriguez was also named in the complaint and found liable for damages because he also falsely suggested children were stolen from the hospital and passed off to international child sex traffickers.

In truth, the child known as “Baby Cyrus” was determined to be malnourished and returned to his family within a week.

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