Ammon Bundy

Idaho militia leader Ammon Bundy is due back in court. But will he show up?

5:00am July 10, 2023

by Kirk Siegler

The antigovernment militant is scheduled to appear in a Boise, Idaho, court Monday on charges stemming from a tense protest that led to the lockdown of one of the state's large hospitals.

In January 2016, armed militants led by Ammon Bundy, seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in an attempt to control US public lands.

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Roots Of U.S. Capitol Insurrectionists Run Through American West

8:58am January 12, 2021

by Kirk Siegler

Violent acts of insurrection like the U.S. Capitol mob have been incubating in the western U.S. for years, where self-described "patriots" have led armed uprisings, often with few legal consequences.

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Cliven Bundy listens to other speakers before giving the keynote address to the state convention of the Independent American Party of Nevada, in February 2018.

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Cliven Bundy Armed Standoff Case Going Back To Court

6:13am May 29, 2020

by Kirk Siegler

A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Friday will hear the government's appeal for a retrial in the case against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy.

Libertarian activist Ammon Bundy (second from right) prays during an Easter Sunday church service he organized despite concerns over the coronavirus outbreak in Emmett, Idaho.

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In Idaho, Far-Right Republicans Defy Coronavirus Health Restrictions

1:42pm April 13, 2020

by Kirk Siegler

In the rural Northwest, far-right elected officials and the militia movements they're aligned with are calling for defiance of stay-at-home orders like the one issued by Idaho's Republican governor.

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The Jan. 26, 2016, shooting incident at the center of Joseph Astarita's trial was captured on an FBI video.

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FBI Agent Heads To Trial, Accused Of Lying About Deadly Malheur Shooting

1:30pm July 24, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

W. Joseph Astarita was part of a team that was trying to capture leaders of the militia that launched the 41-day occupation in Oregon. Prosecutors say he fired his weapon but said he hadn't.

The imprisonment of Dwight Hammond Jr. (pictured here at his Oregon ranch in early 2016) and his son Steven Hammond inspired the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation. President Trump pardoned both men on Tuesday.

Trump Pardons Ranchers Dwight And Steven Hammond Over 2012 Arson Conviction

3:39pm July 10, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The president signed full pardons for the Oregon cattle ranchers whose prison terms inspired the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation in 2016.

Ammon Bundy (from left), Ryan Payne and Ryan Bundy on the day a mistrial was declared last month. They were joined by Jeanette Finicum, widow of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum, and Ryan's wife and daughter.

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Judge Dismisses Federal Case Against Cliven Bundy And Sons, Bars Retrial

4:18pm January 08, 2018

Less than a month after declaring a mistrial, Judge Gloria Navarro said there can be no retrial against the Nevada rancher and three other men, who led an armed standoff with federal agents in 2014.

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2 Convicted Of Conspiracy In Trial Of Second Group Of Oregon Occupiers

4:36pm March 10, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Two of the men who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last year have been convicted on felony conspiracy charges, while two others were convicted on lesser charges.

Supporters of rancher Cliven Bundy camp near his ranch on in Bunkerville, Nev., in April 2014. Bundy and the Bureau of Land Management have been locked in a decades-long dispute after Bundy stopped paying grazing fees, which led to an armed standoff again

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1st Trial Over Nevada Standoff Begins For Cliven Bundy Followers

12:52pm February 06, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

Bundy refused to pay federal grazing fees and led an armed standoff against federal agents in 2014. The trials against him and his followers are happening in several stages, beginning Monday.

Ammon Bundy, the leader of an anti-government militia, carries a copy of the U.S. Constitution in his pocket.

Bundy Militia Not Backing Down Following Oregon Trial Acquittal

12:15pm November 04, 2016

by Kirk Siegler

Ammon Bundy and his followers are back with fervor, saying that constitutionally, the government does not have the right to Western lands. But scholars disagree.

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