Freedom Caucus vs. Freedom Caucus
By Daniel Walters
InvestigateWest
From the beginning, conflict has been embedded in the Freedom Caucus brand.
During the past decade, the House Freedom Caucus, made up of the most right-wing …
By Daniel Walters
InvestigateWest
From the beginning, conflict has been embedded in the Freedom Caucus brand.
During the past decade, the House Freedom Caucus, made up of the most right-wing …
By Daniel Walters
InvestigateWest
Two similar versions of legislation to narrow Idaho’s “Terrorist Control Act” to only apply to those connected to foreign terrorist organizations failed to find enough support …
By Daniel Walters
InvestigateWest
The 2014 photos, snapped by a Reuters photojournalist, had turned Idaho’s Eric Parker into a kind of legend on the far right: They showed Parker, in …
By Daniel Walters
InvestigateWest
Nearly two years ago, police in North Idaho had the leader of America’s largest white nationalist group and 30 of his followers unmasked, zip-tied and in …
By Daniel Walters
InvestigateWest
This story was first published by InvestigateWest on Dec. 11, 2023.
In the months leading to the infamous 2017 Unite the Right tiki-torch rally in Charlottesville, …
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