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‘It looks bad’: Checkgate investigation reverberates around Wyoming

A criminal inquiry examines whether $1,500 campaign checks given on the Wyoming House floor by a conservative activist to Freedom Caucus lawmakers violated bribery laws.

Summary by Oil City News
By Greg Hirst, Oil City News; Joseph Beaudet, The Sheridan Press; Jonathan Gallardo, Gillette News Record; Hannah Romero, Green River Star; Ivy Secrest, Wyoming Tribune Eagle; and WyoFile A growing controversy around a conservative activist handing out $1,500 checks on the House floor has dominated the legislative session now underway in Cheyenne. The blowback isn’t confined to Wyoming’s Capitol.  The checks originated with a Jackson donor, but …

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Oil City News broke the news in on Thursday, February 19, 2026.
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