IdahoCabal — Follow the evidence

Research finding · 2026-09-17

Documented upstream routing layer: Western Futures Fund → Way Back PAC → Idaho committees → Redbird

Recorded status: Routing structure verified at source-index level; direct primary-row reconciliation and legal significance unresolved.

Connection research · 2026-09-17

Way Back PAC funded the same Idaho PAC network that paid Redbird; exact-address match is negative

Recorded status: Verified common funding/vendor pattern; exact-address identity bridge disproved; source-of-funds and control remain unresolved.

Connection research · 2026-09-17

Sixteen Thirty Fund and New Venture Fund financed Western Futures before Way Back’s Idaho spending

Recorded status: Verified multi-stage funding chain; dollar-level tracing, earmarking, and coordination unproven

Connection research · 2026-09-17

Way Back PAC directly financed three PACs in the Hometown network

Recorded status: Verified common upstream funding and direct funder-recipient contact; expenditure coordination unproven

Connection research · 2026-09-15

Way Back’s current funding scale shows about $1.2M in Western Futures receipts and $650K from Toolbox before major Idaho PAC disbursements

Recorded status: Current FEC summary and FEC-bulk aggregation verified; one $125K WFF row is primary reproduced and WFF connected-organization status is primary verified. Remaining large WFF/Toolbox receipt rows still require raw-row reproduction before transaction-level finality.

Research finding · 2026-09-15

Way Back’s $75K payment to Western Futures is an 'other disbursement'; official FEC summary reports zero refunds

Recorded status: OFFICIAL FEC + FEC-DERIVED VERIFIED: $75K is an 'Other Disbursement'; committee summary reports zero contribution refunds. Exact purpose/economic substance unresolved; do not call it refund, reimbursement, circular funding or wrongdoing without the raw memo/transaction context.

FEC — Way Back PAC committee overview

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Documented upstream routing layer: Western Futures Fund → Way Back PAC → Idaho committees → Redbird

Way Back PAC funded the same Idaho PAC network that paid Redbird; exact-address match is negative

Sixteen Thirty Fund and New Venture Fund financed Western Futures before Way Back’s Idaho spending

Way Back PAC directly financed three PACs in the Hometown network

Way Back’s current funding scale shows about $1.2M in Western Futures receipts and $650K from Toolbox before major Idaho PAC disbursements

Way Back’s $75K payment to Western Futures is an 'other disbursement'; official FEC summary reports zero refunds