BOISE, Idaho — An Ada County prosecutor on Monday told a seven-person jury that Ammon Bundy, a gubernatorial candidate in Idaho and far-right activist, disrespected authority when he entered the Idaho Capitol in April. It was about four months before his ban from the building would have expired.
Ada County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Whitney Welsh kicked off Bundy’s trial with her opening statement. She said the public has established governmental systems — police, politicians and other agencies — to carry out the people’s business.
“They can take that agency and exercise the authority that we grant them to exercise on our behalf,” said Welsh, who was the lead prosecutor on Bundy’s last trial. “This case is about one person — Ammon Edward Bundy — who chose on one day, April 8, 2021, to not respect that authority.”
