Ammon Bundy arrested at an Emmett High School football fundraiser

BOISE, Idaho — UPDATE- A post on the Facebook page for the Emmett School District has confirmed that Ammon Bundy was arrested during a fundraiser event for Emmett High School football.

The post explains that neither the district nor the fundraiser's organizers were notified about the arrest before officers arrived on the scene for Bundy. A video of the arrest at the fundraiser was later posted to Ammon Bundy's X (Twitter) profile.

Idaho News 6 has confirmed that Ammon Bundy has been arrested and is currently in the Gem County jail.

The Gem County Sheriff’s Office tells us they made the arrest Friday on an outstanding warrant and he is being held on a $10,000 bond.

Bundy's arrest comes on the heels of last month's decision by a jury in the suit between St. Luke’s Health System and Bundy, where they awarded the hospital system more than $50 million in damages for defamation.

That case relates to protests that Bundy and Diego Rodriguez helped orchestrate outside of St. Luke's Hospital in March of 2022 and defamation on the part of Bundy and his network surrounding the situation. The demonstrations came as a response to the separation of Rodriguez's grandchild from his family by police. Officers found the child in "imminent danger" after his family had been unresponsive to medical professionals reaching out to check on the infant's potential malnourishment.

Friday's arrest is in relation to an April arrest warrant for Bundy regarding the civil defamation case in which Bundy is accused of violating a court order barring him from intimidating or harassing witnesses.

Since news of the arrest has spread, protesters have been at the Gem County Sheriff's Office, they claim Bundy's rights are being infringed upon.

Doug Lock-Smith

This is a developing story.