Jeff Selle of the Coeur d'Alene Press produced the following investigative article:

Despite discouraging words from the chairman of Idaho’s Republican Party, it appears a handful of elected precinct committeemen may be involved in the formation of a controversial political action committee. Political action committees, or PACs, are formed to raise and spend money on behalf of a cause or candidate.

... An email obtained by The Press this week appears to indicate that several elected Republican precinct committeemen may be involved with a relatively new controversial PAC called the Kootenai County Republican Concerned Citizens, which coincidentally shares the same acronym as the body they were elected to, the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee.

... The email, dated March 24, 2014, contains two attachments that are endorsement fliers for candidates in Legislative Districts 2 and 3. The email sent by precinct committeewoman Jennifer Locke went to six precinct committee members, and two others including Brent Regan, who was the PAC’s primary financial donor. It appears the members were being asked to review the fliers prior to them being mailed out.

The precinct committee members who were included in the email are Tina Jacobsen, former chairman of the committee; John Cross, the regional chairman for the state party; his wife, Angela Cross, the third district chair of the state party; Tom Robinson, a precinct committeeman; David Crane, a precinct committeeman; and Neil Oliver; the current chairman of the county central committee. None of those committeemen returned phone messages on Friday except for Chairman Oliver, who denied any involvement in the PAC. More here.

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