The $8,733.12 Price Tag of Silence: Hannah Liedkie’s Self-Dealing, Threats, and Obstruction Exposed
Nez Perce County Commissioner Hannah Liedkie likes to talk about “transparency.” She preaches it on her campaign page. She promises it on the dais. She even wrote a lengthy Facebook post in April 2026 assuring the public she holds herself to the “highest standards of integrity.”
But the paper trail—and the court dockets—tell a very different story.
Behind the polished public persona is a politician who used her elected office to funnel grants to her own nonprofit, threatened a whistleblower with government surveillance, and signed off on a staggering **$8,733.12 invoice** to prevent a single batch of emails from seeing the light of day.
This is the story of how Hannah Liedkie tried to price transparency out of existence—and why she has become the central impediment to investigating the $554,000 embezzlement at Travelland RV.
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I. The Self-Dealing Cycle: Voting on Grants, Then Cashing the Checks
Hannah Liedkie’s financial arrangement is a textbook case of conflict of interest.
While serving as **President of the Lewiston City Council**, Liedkie simultaneously held the position of **President/CEO of Opportunities Unlimited, Inc. (OUI)** —a nonprofit that provides services to individuals with disabilities.
During her tenure on the Council, OUI received hundreds of thousands of dollars in government grants. According to city records and IRS filings, OUI received over $350,000 in city funds during the years Liedkie was in office. In fact, OUI received a HUD grant to replace its HVAC system in 2020, and multiple loans and grants during the COVID-19 pandemic, namely a PPP Grant.
Meanwhile, Liedkie paid herself a salary of approximately $89,000 per year from OUI—a salary that was approved by a Board of Directors she actively participated in selecting.
The math is simple: Liedkie voted on budgets and grants that directly benefited the organization that wrote her paychecks. She claims she “consulted with the legal department” and recused herself from some votes, but public records confirm she remained on the dais during critical funding cycles.
Even after being called out, she remained defiant. In a Facebook message to a constituent, she wrote:
> *“I can tell you that I've had several people reach out to me due to your immature behavior on my social medias, some that are watching closely and have much more power than I to seek out legal ramifications of improper conduct.”*
That wasn’t transparency. That was an intimidation tactic used to silence whistleblowers.
II. The $8,733.12 Extortion: Pay Up or Shut Up
If there is a single document that defines Hannah Liedkie’s contempt for public transparency, it is the June 25, 2025 Public Records Response signed by Liedkie herself as a member of the Board of County Commissioners (BoCC).
In response to a public records request for emails between Prosecutor Justin Coleman, Deputy Prosecutor April Smith, and Justin Coleman's attorney Trae Turner, the County—under Liedkie’s signature—demanded **$8,733.12** to process the request.
Here is the breakdown, directly from the County’s own letter:
- **1,320 emails** from Trae Turner (who isn’t even a county employee) at **2 minutes per email**.
- **3,960 estimated emails** from Coleman and Smith (three times as many, they claimed).
- **176 total hours** of attorney review.
- **$49.62 per hour** (the “lowest paid attorney” rate).
- **Total: $8,733.12**.
The request was denied a fee waiver, with the County claiming the request was “primarily in the individual interest of the requester” and would not “contribute significantly to the public’s understanding.”
Let that sink in. The County argued that emails between the elected prosecutor, his chief deputy, and his personal attorney—all related to the handling of criminal complaints—were not in the public interest. They then slapped a $9,000 price tag on those records, knowing full well that a private citizen cannot afford that.
This was not a fee. This was a **shakedown**. And Hannah Liedkie signed off on it to protect Justin Coleman from investigation.
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III. Protecting the Krueger Network: The Travelland RV Cover-Up
Hannah Liedkie’s obstruction doesn’t end with pricing out public records. She has been a direct impediment to investigating the crimes at **Travelland RV**—the Lewiston dealership owned by the late Tim Krueger, whom Liedkie worked for through the **Calam Shriners**.
When a whistleblower began reporting bribery of police officers and the systematic embezzlement of funds at Travelland RV, Liedkie did not demand an investigation. She did not call for accountability. Instead, she threatened the whistleblower directly.
In a series of Facebook comments, Liedkie responded to Corey Switzer’s reports with threats, stating:
> *“I have screenshot all of these comments - compiling them into a file and taking it forward. ... A copy to OUI's lawyer, Apple Payee's, and also to the family of Mr. Krueger.”*
When Switzer pressed her on her relationship with Krueger, she admitted the connection but dismissed the allegations as “weird emails and recordings that do not prove anything.”
The problem? **They did prove everything.**
On **March 4, 2026**, the State of Idaho indicted Di Ann Geagley for embezzling **$554,000** from Travelland RV between 2021 and 2025. The indictment proved that the crimes Switzer had been reporting for years were real. The tax evasion he flagged resulted in over **40 state tax liens** filed against Travelland RV.
Liedkie knew Krueger.
She knew the Shriners network because she was employed under Tim Krueger, the Pontiff Potentate and Accountant for the Shriners.
She knew the non-profit world that intersected with Krueger’s business as Pat Rogers, the individual Tim Krueger was evading taxes with, sit's on the Opportunities Unlimited Inc Board of Directors.
And when the whistleblower came forward, she didn’t investigate—she **siloed**, **intimidated**, and **extorted**.
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IV. The Renewable Income: Guardian Ad Litem, Apple Payee, Accses Idaho and the Government Gravy Train
Beyond her roles as Commissioner and OUI President, Hannah Liedkie has also positioned herself as a **Guardian ad Litem** for Nez Perce County—a role that provides her with a renewable source of income from the very government system she oversees while taking fees from the pockets of the disabled for "management".
This creates yet another incestuous conflict of interest. She sits on the County Commission that approves budgets for the courts, while simultaneously collecting fees from the court system as a Guardian ad Litem. This funnels payments made to the developmentally disabled through one of two of Hannah Liedkies adjacent businesses, Apple Payee (Washington) and Accses Idaho. It is a closed loop of taxpayer-funded income, entirely insulated from public oversight and protecting her own gravy-train of captured tax revenue while also collecting payment for being the County Commissioner for District 1 of Nez Perce County, Idaho.
Meanwhile, awards the same two officers using her nonprofit while sitting on the City Council.
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V. Why This Matters Now
The Coleman/ Turner complaints with the Idaho State Bar were filed in April, 2025. $8,733.12 invoice for exactly one email to be produced was signed in **June 2025**. The Geagley indictment was unsealed in **October 2025**. For four months, Liedkie and the County Prosecutor’s office knew that a felony indictment was coming—and they still tried to charge a citizen $9,000 to see the emails that would prove they had been covering it up.
The emails between Justin Coleman and Trae Turner—which Liedkie tried to price out of existence reveal exactly what and when the Prosecutor’s Office knew about the embezzlement, and why they failed to act on Switzer’s reports for years.
Hannah Liedkie’s strategy was simple: bury the records in a mountain of paperwork, charge an astronomical fee, and hope the whistleblower goes away.
But the whistleblower didn’t go away. The federal RICO complaint is coming. The Washington State Auditor is investigating. And the public now has the document—signed by Liedkie herself—proving she was willing to trade transparency for a paywall.
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VI. The Network Protects Liedkie in Return
When Liedkie had made the above libelous remarks to me, including the threats to use her position to conduct "Government Surveillance", (a Fourth Amendment Violation, by the way), I contacted the City of Lewiston Police Department. I asked Officer Jessie Rutiger to file criminal charges. Instead, a violation of his oath, hung up the phone instead of taking the police report against the former City Counselor that is actively suppressing the investigation into police department bribery by her former employer.
When filing a Public Documents Request with the City of Lewiston regarding this incident, it was closed without reason or response.
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VII. Conclusion
Hannah Liedkie promised integrity. Instead, she delivered conflicts of interest, threats against whistleblowers, and a nearly $9,000 bill for the truth.
She sits on the County Commission while her nonprofits receive federal and county funds. She votes on budgets and utility increases while she collects salary from the same grant recipients. She signs documents designed to price out transparency while claiming to uphold it.
The Travelland RV embezzlement is now a matter of public record. The IRS filings are public. The Facebook threats are screen-recorded. And the $8,733.12 invoice is stamped with her signature.
The cover-up is no longer viable. The receipts are public. And Hannah Liedkie is no longer just a commissioner—she is a key figure in a multi-state obstruction of justice.
- Tick tock -
Hannah Liedkie,
Justin Coleman,
Joe Gish,
and Doug Havens
--have been reached out to for comment, but have blocked me, a First Amendment Rights Violation.
*Corey Switzer is visually impaired, has no income, and has spent five years documenting a pattern of corruption that crosses state lines.*
*This article is a publication of LCV Blotter, an independent watchdog journalism project. All documents cited are public records and are available upon request.*
That wasn’t transparency. That was an intimidation tactic used to silence whistleblowers.
II. The $8,733.12 Extortion: Pay Up or Shut Up
If there is a single document that defines Hannah Liedkie’s contempt for public transparency, it is the June 25, 2025 Public Records Response signed by Liedkie herself as a member of the Board of County Commissioners (BoCC).
In response to a public records request for emails between Prosecutor Justin Coleman, Deputy Prosecutor April Smith, and Justin Coleman's attorney Trae Turner, the County—under Liedkie’s signature—demanded **$8,733.12** to process the request.
Here is the breakdown, directly from the County’s own letter:
- **1,320 emails** from Trae Turner (who isn’t even a county employee) at **2 minutes per email**.
- **3,960 estimated emails** from Coleman and Smith (three times as many, they claimed).
- **176 total hours** of attorney review.
- **$49.62 per hour** (the “lowest paid attorney” rate).
- **Total: $8,733.12**.
The request was denied a fee waiver, with the County claiming the request was “primarily in the individual interest of the requester” and would not “contribute significantly to the public’s understanding.”
Let that sink in. The County argued that emails between the elected prosecutor, his chief deputy, and his personal attorney—all related to the handling of criminal complaints—were not in the public interest. They then slapped a $9,000 price tag on those records, knowing full well that a private citizen cannot afford that.
This was not a fee. This was a **shakedown**. And Hannah Liedkie signed off on it to protect Justin Coleman from investigation.
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III. Protecting the Krueger Network: The Travelland RV Cover-Up
Hannah Liedkie’s obstruction doesn’t end with pricing out public records. She has been a direct impediment to investigating the crimes at **Travelland RV**—the Lewiston dealership owned by the late Tim Krueger, whom Liedkie worked for through the **Calam Shriners**.
When a whistleblower began reporting bribery of police officers and the systematic embezzlement of funds at Travelland RV, Liedkie did not demand an investigation. She did not call for accountability. Instead, she threatened the whistleblower directly.
In a series of Facebook comments, Liedkie responded to Corey Switzer’s reports with threats, stating:
> *“I have screenshot all of these comments - compiling them into a file and taking it forward. ... A copy to OUI's lawyer, Apple Payee's, and also to the family of Mr. Krueger.”*
When Switzer pressed her on her relationship with Krueger, she admitted the connection but dismissed the allegations as “weird emails and recordings that do not prove anything.”
The problem? **They did prove everything.**
On **March 4, 2026**, the State of Idaho indicted Di Ann Geagley for embezzling **$554,000** from Travelland RV between 2021 and 2025. The indictment proved that the crimes Switzer had been reporting for years were real. The tax evasion he flagged resulted in over **40 state tax liens** filed against Travelland RV.
Liedkie knew Krueger.
She knew the Shriners network because she was employed under Tim Krueger, the Pontiff Potentate and Accountant for the Shriners.
She knew the non-profit world that intersected with Krueger’s business as Pat Rogers, the individual Tim Krueger was evading taxes with, sit's on the Opportunities Unlimited Inc Board of Directors.
And when the whistleblower came forward, she didn’t investigate—she **siloed**, **intimidated**, and **extorted**.
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IV. The Renewable Income: Guardian Ad Litem, Apple Payee, Accses Idaho and the Government Gravy Train
Beyond her roles as Commissioner and OUI President, Hannah Liedkie has also positioned herself as a **Guardian ad Litem** for Nez Perce County—a role that provides her with a renewable source of income from the very government system she oversees while taking fees from the pockets of the disabled for "management".
This creates yet another incestuous conflict of interest. She sits on the County Commission that approves budgets for the courts, while simultaneously collecting fees from the court system as a Guardian ad Litem. This funnels payments made to the developmentally disabled through one of two of Hannah Liedkies adjacent businesses, Apple Payee (Washington) and Accses Idaho. It is a closed loop of taxpayer-funded income, entirely insulated from public oversight and protecting her own gravy-train of captured tax revenue while also collecting payment for being the County Commissioner for District 1 of Nez Perce County, Idaho.
Meanwhile, awards the same two officers using her nonprofit while sitting on the City Council.
_
V. Why This Matters Now
The Coleman/ Turner complaints with the Idaho State Bar were filed in April, 2025. $8,733.12 invoice for exactly one email to be produced was signed in **June 2025**. The Geagley indictment was unsealed in **October 2025**. For four months, Liedkie and the County Prosecutor’s office knew that a felony indictment was coming—and they still tried to charge a citizen $9,000 to see the emails that would prove they had been covering it up.
The emails between Justin Coleman and Trae Turner—which Liedkie tried to price out of existence reveal exactly what and when the Prosecutor’s Office knew about the embezzlement, and why they failed to act on Switzer’s reports for years.
Hannah Liedkie’s strategy was simple: bury the records in a mountain of paperwork, charge an astronomical fee, and hope the whistleblower goes away.
But the whistleblower didn’t go away. The federal RICO complaint is coming. The Washington State Auditor is investigating. And the public now has the document—signed by Liedkie herself—proving she was willing to trade transparency for a paywall.
_
VI. The Network Protects Liedkie in Return
When Liedkie had made the above libelous remarks to me, including the threats to use her position to conduct "Government Surveillance", (a Fourth Amendment Violation, by the way), I contacted the City of Lewiston Police Department. I asked Officer Jessie Rutiger to file criminal charges. Instead, a violation of his oath, hung up the phone instead of taking the police report against the former City Counselor that is actively suppressing the investigation into police department bribery by her former employer.
When filing a Public Documents Request with the City of Lewiston regarding this incident, it was closed without reason or response.
_
VII. Conclusion
Hannah Liedkie promised integrity. Instead, she delivered conflicts of interest, threats against whistleblowers, and a nearly $9,000 bill for the truth.
She sits on the County Commission while her nonprofits receive federal and county funds. She votes on budgets and utility increases while she collects salary from the same grant recipients. She signs documents designed to price out transparency while claiming to uphold it.
The Travelland RV embezzlement is now a matter of public record. The IRS filings are public. The Facebook threats are screen-recorded. And the $8,733.12 invoice is stamped with her signature.
The cover-up is no longer viable. The receipts are public. And Hannah Liedkie is no longer just a commissioner—she is a key figure in a multi-state obstruction of justice.
- Tick tock -
Hannah Liedkie,
Justin Coleman,
Joe Gish,
and Doug Havens
--have been reached out to for comment, but have blocked me, a First Amendment Rights Violation.
*Corey Switzer is visually impaired, has no income, and has spent five years documenting a pattern of corruption that crosses state lines.*
*This article is a publication of LCV Blotter, an independent watchdog journalism project. All documents cited are public records and are available upon request.*
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