Ammon Bundy Jailed for 10 Days After Arguing His Campaigning Counts as Community Service

Anti-government extremist and Idaho gubernatorial candidate Ammon Bundy was sentenced to 10 days in jail on Thursday after a county judge found him in contempt of court.

Ada County Magistrate Judge Annie McDevitt hit Bundy with the jail sentence and a $3,000 fine for refusing to do the 40 hours of community service he’d been ordered to complete when he was convicted of trespassing last year in connection with his COVID protest at the Idaho State Capitol in 2020. . .

Bundy had tried to argue that he did complete his community service — by making public appearances around the state as part of his campaign for governor.

His campaign treasurer, Aaron Welling, told Idaho’s 4th District Court on Nov. 29 that the candidate had done “1,621 hours of public service” on the campaign trail by encouraging Idahoans to “become more active in holding public officials accountable to the people of Idaho.” (Read more from “Ammon Bundy Jailed for 10 Days After Arguing His Campaigning Counts as Community Service” HERE)

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