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Ammon Bundy

2022 independent candidate for governor · Endorsed by Idaho Freedom PAC
Documented Record

Owes St. Luke's $60.2 million for defamation

March 2022 - September 2025
  • In March 2022 he led protests at St. Luke's hospitals after a baby was placed in state care.
  • Protesters tied up the hospital's phone lines. The hospital said staff were doxxed.
  • St. Luke's Boise went into lockdown for about an hour. Four patients were taken by ambulance to other hospitals.
  • He claimed St. Luke's trafficked and kidnapped children to make money. Boise State Public Radio called the accusation false.
  • The hospital's security director testified he ordered the lockdown over fear of a "Pizzagate-style attack."
  • A nurse practitioner testified she is still doxxed online and called a pedophile.
  • Bundy skipped the trial. A jury awarded St. Luke's and its staff $52.5 million in July 2023.
  • A federal bankruptcy judge ruled in August 2025 that he cannot wipe out the judgment.
  • The judge found he acted in a "willful and malicious manner" in defaming the hospital.
  • With interest, he owed $60.2 million by September 2025.
Sources (4)

Jailed for contempt of court

August 2020 - November 2023
  • He was arrested Aug. 25, 2020, for refusing to leave a closed Statehouse auditorium. A court convicted him of trespassing.
  • His sentence included 40 hours of community service. He reported time spent on his governor campaign instead.
  • Judge Annie McDevitt jailed him for 10 days and fined him $3,000 in April 2022.
  • She said he made "a mockery of the sentence you received."
  • An Ada County judge later held him in contempt for skipping hearings in the St. Luke's case for nearly a year.
  • Gem County authorities arrested him on that warrant in August 2023. Bail was $10,000.
  • In November 2023 he skipped the first day of his contempt trial.
  • The judge issued a new warrant and raised his bond to $250,000.
  • He emailed the court: "My entire life has been consumed by political prosecutions."
  • The charges say he ignored orders to remove defamatory posts and not to harass witnesses.
Sources (3)

Idaho Freedom PAC endorsed him against Gov. Little

October 2022
  • Idaho Freedom PAC endorsed Bundy for governor on Oct. 27, 2022, eleven days before the election.
  • He was running as an independent against Republican Gov. Brad Little.
  • The PAC's post called him "a courageous man who has stood up to government bullies."
  • The Idaho Press reported that the Idaho Freedom Foundation, Idaho Freedom Action and the PAC "share leaders, donors and messaging."
  • A coalition of retired sheriffs and police chiefs asked candidates the network had endorsed to disavow the endorsement.
  • Former Ada County Sheriff Gary Raney said Bundy has "not respected the rule of law."
  • Bundy said he was "not surprised" the PAC endorsed him.
  • He drew about 90,000 votes in November, NPR reported.
Sources (1)

KCRCC's 2022 cards listed no Republican for governor

May - November 2022
  • The KCRCC's May 2022 primary card recommended Janice McGeachin for governor. Gov. Little is not on it.
  • Its November 2022 general election card is headed "Vote for your favorite Republicans."
  • That card lists no statewide race at all.
  • It also omits Raúl Labrador, whom the May card recommended for attorney general.
  • The Idaho Capital Sun identified Brent Regan as the Idaho Freedom Foundation's board chairman while he led the KCRCC.
  • Six North Idaho Republicans wrote in 2026 that after Little won the 2022 primary, the KCRCC "refused to recommend him."
  • In 2026 the KCRCC again recommended a challenger, Mark Fitzpatrick, over Little.
Sources (2)

Went to a police officer's home

March 2020 - April 2022
  • In March 2020 Bundy said of "bad actors": "We need to go to his house and act in that way."
  • In April 2020 he joined dozens outside a Meridian police officer's home after a protester's arrest at a closed playground.
  • The Idaho Freedom Foundation posted the officer's name and photos on Facebook. President Wayne Hoffman said the post was later deleted.
  • The Meridian Police Employee Association said releasing officers' home addresses to intimidate them "stepped over the line."
  • Republican state Rep. Greg Chaney told Bundy, "Go home, Ammon."
  • Bundy told the Idaho Press he is not opposed to weapons where "physical defense" is needed.
  • InvestigateWest reported that Bundy supporters used doxxing in the 2022 St. Luke's campaign.
Sources (3)

Says the left is right on immigration

November 2025 - February 2026
  • Bundy published an essay in November 2025 defending immigrants and blasting the federal crackdown.
  • After an ICE agent killed Renee Good in Minneapolis, he said ICE's conduct "looks like tyranny."
  • He told The Atlantic the left "has it much more correct than the nationalist right" on the humanitarian side.
  • He called Democrats "communist-anarchists" and Republicans "nationalists."
Sources (1)

Arrested after refusing deputies' orders

October 2026
  • Utah deputies stopped Bundy on Interstate 15 on Oct. 7, 2026, over a registration expired for two years.
  • The sheriff said Bundy had been warned before. Bundy confirmed it.
  • Bundy refused orders to leave the truck. Deputies removed him.
  • The booking record lists failure to obey an officer and interfering with a peace officer.
  • Bundy said he objects to registration and license rules because travel is a "God-given right."
Sources (1)

Tied to KCRCC-endorsed candidates

2016 - 2023
  • Bundy's 2022 campaign paid $30,000 to Revere Media, an ad firm linked to Dave Reilly.
  • InvestigateWest reported Reilly also posed as a leftist online to claim Bundy might be "too tough on groomers."
  • Bundy led the 2016 Malheur refuge occupation, CBS reported.
  • HuffPost reported that Heather Scott was part of the Malheur standoff, using the codename "greenbean."
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