Right-wing activist Ammon Bundy was reportedly arrested on Monday after refusing to wear a mask to enter a court, which caused him to lose his own trial and resulted in the charge of not appearing.
NBC News reported that Bundy remained in prison on Monday afternoon in lieu of a $ 10,000 bail and will continue to face charges related to his refusal to leave the Idaho state legislature last year after a hearing he was due to attend was moved.
“Mr. Bundy today refused to wear a mask to enter the court and therefore was not admitted,” a court spokesman told NBC News.
If Bundy is released, he will have to comply with state orders by requiring masks within the court or face new charges.
The 41-year-old activist was involved in several high-profile difficulties with the law, including a stalemate in 2016 between land use activists and federal officials in a wildlife reserve.
He fell out of favor with some other right-wing activists in 2018, when he broke with thePresident Trump
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“It’s like being in a room full of people here, trying to teach, and no one is listening,” said Bundy of the right-wing “patriotic groups” movement at the time. “The vast majority seemed to cling to what appeared to be hatred, fear and almost instigation of war, and I don’t want to associate with warmakers.”