SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that an Idaho anti-government activist could not file for bankruptcy to pay a multi-million-dollar defamation bill.

In March 2022, a baby was being transported to St. Luke's Health System emergency room in Meridian, Idaho due to severe malnourishment. Soon after, anti-government activist, Ammon Bundy, spread narratives that the hospital was attempting to kidnap and traffic the baby, a lawsuit claims.

Bundy's group, the People's Rights Network, joined him in attempting to remove the child, leading to a large protest outside the hospital on March 15, 2022, despite there being no evidence of child trafficking or kidnapping.

The suit even alleged that multiple armed individuals entered the building during lockdown while the protest was o

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