Dictionary Definition Of, “This Sh^% Is Getting Real.”

On Sunday, I mentioned that Ammon Bundy had been arrested and was jailed over the weekend for contempt of court.


I kind of figured that this would be the end of this, and that Bundy would use of it as a way to enhance his highly lucrative American revolutionary act, so I figured that a couple of days in lockup would as much amusement as I would find.

Thankfully, I was wrong about this, because the judge who Bundy dissed just froze his accounts, because Bundy has been aggressively concealing assets.

Going after his money is kind of the definition of it getting real, at least in the United States:

Just days after St. Luke’s Health System filed a new lawsuit against far-right activist Ammon Bundy — accusing him of hiding assets to avoid paying damages a jury awarded in a defamation case — an Idaho judge has restricted the failed gubernatorial candidate’s finances.

Third District Judge Brent Whiting issued a verbal restraining order during a Monday afternoon hearing restricting Bundy and his wife — as well as entities he controls — from transferring ownership of any properties, companies or other significant assets, attorney Erik Stidham, who is representing St. Luke’s, told the Idaho Statesman.

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“The individual gets to, of course, pay his bills, feed his family, those kinds of things,” Stidham said.

Ammon, need some ointment for that burn?

In July, a 12-person jury ordered Bundy and Diego Rodriguez, his former campaign adviser and close associate, and their organizations to pay a total of $52.5 million in damages to St. Luke’s and other plaintiffs, the Idaho Statesman previously reported. Bundy and Rodriguez led protests at the St. Luke’s hospitals in Meridian and downtown Boise in March 2022 over a child welfare case involving Rodriguez’s 10-month-old grandchild, leading to the defamation case.

St. Luke’s filed a 22-page complaint Friday asking the 3rd Judicial District to void any transfers of property or assets made by Bundy and his wife, including what the plantiffs called the “sham transaction” of their 5-acre, 4,760-square-foot Emmett home, which St. Luke’s claims was done to avoid paying millions in damages.

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The defendants, including Bundy’s People’s Rights Network, Bundy for Governor and White Barn Enterprises, are also prevented from transferring ownership of any assets, Stidham said. White Barn is controlled by Aaron Welling, a former gubernatorial campaign treasurer for Bundy and his longtime friend, according to the lawsuit.

According to the Idaho Capital Sun, which first reported on Monday’s hearing, the defendants are also restricted from spending more than $5,000 for the next two weeks.

Once again I feel the need to quote Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) from the movie Trading Places, "The best way you hurt rich people is by turning them into poor people." 

I am amused.