Connection research · Research date 2026-09-17
Autosort processed mail for both Idaho Liberty Defense and Defend and Protect Idaho, but is a broad commercial vendor
Recorded status: Verified vendor overlap; evidentiary significance limited
This is a dated research record. Its qualifications and open questions are part of the account. Association alone does not establish wrongdoing or control.
A compiled Idaho campaign-finance payee index reports $39,935.12 from Idaho Liberty Defense and $12,124.43 from Defend and Protect Idaho to Autosort Commercial Mailing Services. This is a verified vendor overlap between the A.K. Lienhart-Minnick-controlled 2024 operation and one of the 2026 Republican-primary PACs. The overlap is low-probative by itself: Autosort is a general Boise commercial mailing/printing house, and the same payee index shows clients across ideological lines, including Idaho Chooses Life and Republican candidates. Defend and Protect Idaho's official Idaho Sunshine profile also identifies several much more strategic vendors—Redbird Strategies ($587,852), Hulsen Media Services ($174,564), ESP Print and Mail ($162,919.81), Esto Perpetua Group ($90,427), Right Insight ($17,562.36), and El Toro IP Targeting ($16,750). The next higher-value test is whether any of those creative, targeting, or strategy vendors overlap with Idaho Liberty Defense, Stronger Idaho, or Accountable Idaho. Do not characterize Autosort alone as evidence of coordination.
Source references
- Autosort Commercial Mailing Services — Idaho Payee — Payee overview, data through 06/30/2026
- Defend and Protect Idaho — Idaho Sunshine committee profile — Expenditures tab, Top Vendors panel
- Autosort Commercial Mailing Services — Homepage service descriptions and contact section