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[quote=Anonymous][twitter]https://x.com/michaelarothman/status/2042447959133138999?s=12[/twitter]

𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐆𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐄𝐘 𝐋𝐄𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐎𝐊 — 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐓𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐙𝐙𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 $𝟐𝟓𝟑,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐃𝐄𝐌 𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐏 𝐙𝐎𝐎𝐄𝐘 𝐙𝐄𝐏𝐇𝐘𝐑 — 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐁𝐈 𝐀𝐓 𝐁𝐎𝐙𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐀 𝐋𝐔𝐗𝐔𝐑𝐘 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐁𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐍 𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐈𝐒𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐒𝐍’𝐓 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐁𝐄 𝐎𝐍.

You could not script this. Per 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴, the 𝘉𝘰𝘻𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦, and the 𝘋𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯, here is what happened.

𝐀𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐲 𝐋𝐞𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤 was, until 2024, one of the most plugged-in Democratic campaign operatives in Montana — campaign treasurer for multiple Dem candidates, PACs, and political committees. In August 2025 she pled guilty to federal charges of 𝐰𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐳𝐳𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 totaling 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 $𝟐𝟓𝟑,𝟎𝟎𝟎 stolen from her own clients’ campaigns. She transferred campaign funds into private accounts and falsified campaign finance records. Among her victims: Missoula 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐙𝐨𝐨𝐞𝐲 𝐙𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐫 — the transgender legislator who became a national Democratic hero in 2023 — who alleges Cook stole 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 $𝟓𝟎,𝟎𝟎𝟎 from her 2024 campaign alone.

Cook was released pending a September 2026 sentencing on strict conditions: no travel without notifying her probation officer, no alcohol. Instead, she flew to Miami and boarded the 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘓𝘢𝘥𝘺, a 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐕𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, where she proceeded to drink on the high seas. When her probation officer caught her on return, she admitted it. FBI agents detained her at the Bozeman airport jetway.

A federal magistrate has now ordered her jailed until sentencing.

Let that sink in. A Democratic operative stole a quarter million dollars from Democratic candidates — including the trans state legislator the party paraded as a civil rights icon — then spent the waiting period before sentencing on a 𝐥𝐮𝐱𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐞 she was legally barred from taking. And the people she stole from are the same people who run the party that lectures the country about 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲’𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝. 𝐙𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬. 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫.[/quote]

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