Ammon Bundy refuses to wear a mask in court, arrested for missing trial – By David K. Li (NBC News) / Mar 15 2021
This latest incident involving the anti-government activist comes five months after he refused to follow coronavirus protocols at a high school football game.
Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy was arrested in Idaho on Monday after he refused to wear a mask in court, thus preventing him from entering and making him a no-show for his own trial, officials said.
Ammon Bundy was due in a Boise courtroom at 8:15 a.m. for the beginning of his trial on misdemeanor trespassing and resisting arrest charges stemming from an August incident at the Idaho Statehouse.
For nearly a year now, the Idaho Supreme Court has required masks for entry into any courthouses in the state.
“Mr. Bundy today refused to wear a mask to come into the courthouse and thus was not granted admission,” Steven Hippler, administrative judge for the Fourth Judicial District, told NBC News.
