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Dossiers

Inside the network.

Primary-source dossiers on the operators who run Idaho's extreme-politics network and the legislators and candidates aligned with it. Each dossier is a focused exposure: who they are, who pays them, what they have done, how they fit into the apparatus — with receipts. New dossiers publish on a continuous cadence as the substrate clears review.

Idaho Falls· Operative
Bryan Smith
IFF Board Member · Idaho Falls Attorney

Idaho Falls attorney. IFF board co-architect alongside Doyle Beck. Together they're the brains and money the public-facing IFF presidency reports to.

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Idaho House D32 (former) · D35A (current candidacy)· Operative
Chad Christensen
Former Idaho House D32 (R) · IFF 98.6% Lifetime

98.6% IFF Freedom Index lifetime. Documented Oath Keepers member. Sued his own constituent for defamation. The full court-record archive lives at chadchristensen.org.

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Senate D8· Gang of 8
Christy Zito
Idaho State Senator · District 8 · Idaho Freedom Caucus founding member

Founding member of the Idaho Freedom Caucus. I2AA Political Director and Board Member in Greg Pruett's network. Six Pruett surfaces promote her. No other Idaho legislator has it.

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National (funds Idaho)· Operative
Cliff Maloney
CEO, Citizens Alliance of America · Owner, Mobilize the Message LLC

CAA paid him $195K in 2024. CAA paid Virginia state delegate Nicholas Freitas $161K. CAA's PAC arm is 72%-funded by a Pennsylvania gambling-machine company. Maloney was fired from YAL in January 2021.

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House D24 · Twin Falls· Gang of 8
Clinton Hostetler
Idaho House Representative · District 24 · Twin Falls

$881 federal tax lien filed against him in November 2025 — while sitting in office and voting the IFC fiscal-restraint script. Magic Valley Miracle Four. Voted against HB 445 water stewardship.

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House D25 · Magic Valley· Gang of 8
David Leavitt
Idaho House Representative · District 25 · Magic Valley

Magic Valley Miracle Four. 2024 freshman, paired-vote partner with Sen. Josh Kohl. Voted against HB 445 water stewardship in his irrigated-ag district.

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Senate D28· Candidate
David Worley
Idaho State Senate Candidate · District 28

Relieved of command by the Idaho National Guard for 'counterproductive leadership.' Sued claiming Christian persecution. Federal court dismissed the suit. Then announced for Senate.

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Idaho Falls· Operative
Doyle Beck
IFF Board Member · Citizens Alliance Donor · Construction & Investment Empire

IFF board. Citizens Alliance donor. $1M Idaho Supreme Court judgment. AG misdemeanor on hidden PAC funds. Federal fraud at his firm. Brazilian MPF investigation on his son's company.

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Idaho· Operative
Dustin Hurst
IFPAC Treasurer · Honor Idaho Registered Agent · Former IFF VP / Comms

An Idaho judge granted a three-year civil stalking injunction against him after finding sufficient evidence he had engaged in stalking. He still moves the money for Idaho Freedom PAC.

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House D8B· Gang of 8
Faye Thompson
Idaho House Representative · District 8B

House D8 counterpart to Sen. Christy Zito. Votes with the Idaho Freedom Caucus bloc on contested floor calls. Same district, same script, same Citizens Alliance funding pipeline.

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Idaho Senate · Jerome County· Gang of 8
Glenneda Zuiderveld
Idaho State Senator · Jerome County

Six federal and state tax liens. $127,000 in unpaid taxes between 2006 and 2013. And a current voting record built on the rhetoric of fiscal restraint and lower taxes for everyone else.

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Rigby, Idaho· Operative
Greg Pruett
Idaho Dispatch · ISAA / Honor Idaho · Keep Idaho Free · Propaganda Network Operator

Operates six Idaho-focused content surfaces under one identity. Admitted under oath to publishing an article under his own name that someone else wrote. Admitted under oath to lying in proceedings.

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Canyon County, Idaho· Operative
John Heida
Stop Idaho RINOs PAC · Liberty Idaho PAC · Canyon County GOP

His PAC fabricated a Playboy cover with the face of a sitting Republican legislator who chaired the House Education Committee. Distributed it at primary scale. She lost.

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Senate D25 · Magic Valley· Gang of 8
Josh Kohl
Idaho State Senator · District 25 · Magic Valley

One of the Magic Valley Miracle Four. 2024 freshman elected by the Citizens Alliance / Young Americans for Liberty pipeline. Paired-vote signature with House D25 Rep. David Leavitt.

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House D31 · Eastern Idaho· Candidate
Karey Hanks
Idaho House Candidate · District 31 · Eastern Idaho

Founding member of the Idaho Freedom Caucus. Former House Republican running a District 31 rematch against the incumbent budget-writer. Backed by Citizens Alliance of Idaho.

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House D11A · Caldwell· Gang of 8
Kent Marmon
Idaho House Representative · District 11A

Lost 4 elections (2010, 2012, 2014, 2022). Won in 2024 against incumbent Yamamoto with 3x more money raised. Now scores 94.8% on IFF's own loyalty index. The playbook in action.

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House D11B · Caldwell· Gang of 8
Lucas Cayler
Idaho House Representative · District 11B · Caldwell

Caldwell House D11B Republican who votes near-identically to running-mate Kent Marmon. Same district, same Idaho Freedom Caucus script, same external whip from the SFCN.

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Idaho · National Network· Operative
Maria Nate
Director, State Freedom Caucus Network

Caught on a 2024 secret recording, covered by InvestigateWest, Idaho Press, East Idaho News, Spokane Public Radio, and others, trying to keep Rep. Heather Scott 'in lockstep' with the agenda.

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Statewide· Governor Candidate
Mark Fitzpatrick
Candidate for Idaho Governor

Eagle saloon owner. Hosted a festival where featured speakers called Idaho's Jewish population 'far too high' and Boise 'clean — no black people.' Rewarded a GOP officer for weaponizing ICE.

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Idaho· Operative
Ron Nate
President, Idaho Freedom Foundation

Public face of the IFF. Husband of Maria Nate, who runs the State Freedom Caucus Network, the entity that tells Gang of 8 legislators how to vote.

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Senate D1 · North Idaho· Freedom Caucus Leader
Scott Herndon
Former Idaho State Senator · District 1 · Idaho Freedom Caucus Chair · 2026 candidate

Called a teenage incest-rape victim's required pregnancy 'an opportunity to have a child.' His own Republican-led committee rejected the bill 1-8. His own Senate Pro Tem reprimanded him.

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