Wyoming leg scandal: handing out checks on the legislature floor
This is probably just about the most corrupt thing I can imagine…and yet…it doesn’t actually seem to be illegal:
Political storm in Wyoming as far-right activist caught handing checks to lawmakers
Photograph shows conservative activist handing slip to Darin McCann and Marlene Brady holding a similar paper
“The political storm started on 9 February, when Karlee Provenza, a Democratic lawmaker, took a photo showing Rebecca Bextel, a conservative activist and committeewoman for the Teton county Republican party, handing a check to Darin McCann, a Republican representative, on the legislative floor. Marlene Brady, another Republican representative, stands in the photo’s background, a similar piece of paper pinched between her fingers. … Questions around the checks were soon swirling, and answers weren’t forthcoming. When asked what Bextel gave to her, Brady told a reporter for local outlet WyoFile: “I can’t remember.”
Then Bextel herself addressed the incident. “I raised $400,000 in the last election cycle for conservative candidates, and I will be doubling that amount...
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