Perhaps the best investigative journalist in the western U.S. speaks on uncovering fraud by self-enrichers

Alysha V. Scarlett
Law & Transparency
Published in
4 min readMay 14, 2018

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It very much has to do with the Freedom of Information Act.

When Rone Tempest started reporting in Wyoming, he did a “financial scrub” on politicians including Sen. Mike Enzi.

“He looked like the Presbyterian elder that he is,” Tempest initially said. “He seemed to be … one of the politicians who could not enrich himself while in office.”

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Alysha V. Scarlett
Law & Transparency

Alysha's won 13 writing awards. Formerly of B/R, Screen Rant, Patch. Author, “Re-finding Yourself in the Age of Trump.” “Big-city cousin.” --rural, rival paper