A judge just held Ammon Bundy in contempt for not completing public service he was sentenced to after a 2020 trespassing conviction. Bundy submitted work for his own campaign for governor as the 40 hours of public service.
"The whole point of pubic service is to give back to the community in ways that do not serve yourself," the judge told him. "Clearly, working for your own campaign is self-serving work."
The prosecutor is now showing videos of Bundy clashing with workers at the SWDH building and with ISP at the state Capitol in 2020, which she called "our own little mini January 6."
Bundy has objected to two of the videos so far, but was overruled.
"He does not obey laws with which he does not agree," Prosecutor Whitney Welsh said.
She's going through all the trespassing cases, Bundy no-showing at his jury trial, threatening two troopers after his arrest.
She's going through all the trespassing cases, Bundy no-showing at his jury trial, threatening two troopers after his arrest.
"I'll come after you,each one of you personally," Bundy says from the back of the cop car, talking to the troopers.
He tells them he will find out where they live.
"You will not be protected, you have been forewarned," he says in the video.
He tells them he will find out where they live.
"You will not be protected, you have been forewarned," he says in the video.
Now, prosecutors are showing a new video of Bundy talking to his supporters, saying that police didn't have the authority to arrest him and Capitol officials did not have the authority to trespass him from the Statehouse.
Welsh now talking about Bundy directing his supporters last month to protest outside the home of a judge who presided over a child custody case involving his family friend. He reads out the judge's address, tells people to go to her house.
Welsh is asking for 10 days in jail and a $3,000 fine, saying Bundy should be taken into custody immediately.
The court should "hold him accountable," she says.
The court should "hold him accountable," she says.
Bundy, acting as his own lawyer, says he has not been late to court and that he has been respectful to judges and bailiffs.
Says there is a flaw in Idaho's trespassing law that he wants to take to the U.S. Supreme Court. He's arguing again that he should not have trespassed from the Capitol way back in Aug. 2020.
Bundy: "What if I'm a black person and he just doesn't like black people? He could trespass me any time for any reason."
He's now talking about what time committee rooms close and why he shouldn't have gotten kicked out/trespassed.
"Do I go around breaking the law everywhere, do I go around disrespecting the courts?" he asks. "No, I don't."
"Do I go around breaking the law everywhere, do I go around disrespecting the courts?" he asks. "No, I don't."
Judge Annie McDevitt says the videos shown make one thing "abundantly clear:"
"You repeatedly violate lawful orders to suit your own agenda.," she says.
"You repeatedly violate lawful orders to suit your own agenda.," she says.
Bundy didn't just blow off his community service - which happens with defendants sometimes - but instead blatantly defied the instruction, "making a mockery of the sentence you received," McDevitt said.
#BREAKING Bundy sentenced to ten days in jail and a $3,000 fine. He is being taken into custody now.
Bundy was handcuffed, led away by jail deputies.
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