Ammon Bundy and associate Diego Rodriguez are not following legal processes in a lawsuit that stems from a child protection case, according to new court filings.
Bundy ignored a court order, and Rodriguez is nowhere to be found, according to motions and affidavits filed this month by St. Luke’s Health System and its fellow plaintiffs — St. Luke’s CEO Chris Roth, the health system’s Boise hospital, and two health care providers.
The lawsuit filed in May accused the men and their closely linked political organizations — People’s Rights Network and Freedom Man PAC — of defamation and harassment.
Rodriguez’s grandson was hospitalized in March at St. Luke’s with severe malnourishment, and was taken into child protection.
Boise residents on Saturday found bookmark-sized fliers in their neighborhoods. A large black box at the top read, “POLITICAL PROSECUTION.” Below it were photos, home addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of two people: 4th District Magistrate Judge Annie McDevitt and Ada County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Whitney Welsh. The flier claimed that McDevitt and Welsh … Continue reading
Rodriguez, Bundy and their followers urged people to protests at St. Luke’s, doxxed health care providers associated with the boy’s medical care and, according to the lawsuit, disrupted operations at the Boise hospital.
The hospital at one point went on lockdown for an hour and was unable to accept patients in ambulances.
Bundy, Rodriguez and their organizations launched “a...
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