Commissioner of Political Practices Employee Testifies About Deleted Evidence in Wittich Pre-Trial Hearing By John S. Adams, Montana Free Press 03/11/16 District Judge Ray Dayton on Monday heard more than three hours of testimony in his Anaconda courtroom as he considers competing pre-trial arguments in a high-profile political corruption lawsuit. Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl is […]
Wittich Case Going to Trial
Wittich Claims Selective Targeting, Commissioner of Political Practices Says No BY ROGER ROOTS 03/11/16 Montana Commissioner of Political Practices, John Motl, has launched a series of civil lawsuits against some of Montana’s most prominent Republicans, alleging they received undisclosed campaign support from conservative nonprofit corporations during the 2010 Primary elections. While several targeted Republicans have shrugged […]
The Honor of a Cheyenne Chief
“After I Got to Montana, My Sympathies Was With the Indians” BY TEDDY BLUE ABBOTT It was just about the time of the big chinook that came in March 1884, and a few snowdrifts still showed up, when a Cheyenne named Black Wolf and his immediate family of seven lodges came over from Tongue River […]