Ammon Bundy released from Gem County Jail after posting bond following weekend arrest

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Ammon Bundy posted $10,000 bond at the Gem County Jail early Sunday, releasing him from custody after his arrest Friday night in Emmett.

Bundy posted bond at 1:30 a.m. Sunday, a Gem County Sheriff’s Office sergeant said in a call with the Idaho Statesman.

The far-right activist was arrested at a fundraiser for his son’s high school football team on an outstanding warrant for contempt of court. An Ada County district court judge issued the warrant in April after Bundy violated an order not to harass or intimidate witnesses in a civil lawsuit filed against him by the St. Luke’s Health System.

Bundy did not respond to a voicemail left on his cellphone by the Statesman Sunday afternoon requesting comment about his arrest.

It’s unclear when Bundy is set to appear in court in Ada County. It will likely be within two weeks, said Gem County Sheriff’s Sgt. Cinco, who declined to provide his first name to the Statesman.

A spokesperson for the Ada County Sheriff’s Office, which is responsible for overseeing the judge’s warrant, did not immediately respond to a Statesman request Sunday morning inquiring about Bundy’s potential court date.

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