Donny "Do‑Nothing" Hayhurst

I’ll start with a confession: I have a **particular disdain for Republicans, cops, and lawyers**. Not because of their job titles – because of what they *do* with them. And in Nez Perce County, what they’ve done for the past five years is bury evidence, protect bribe‑taking detectives, and treat whistleblowers like radioactive waste. Enter **Donald “Donny Do‑Nothing” Hayhurst**. Republican candidate for Nez Perce County Clerk‑Auditor. Winner of the March 19, 2026 primary for running on an unopposed Republican Party Ticket. And a man whose entire campaign platform appears to be: *“I’m unknowledgeable about any wrongdoings, but trust me, I’ll be transparent later.”* Spoiler: he won’t. ## The Block Heard ‘Round the Valley Two weeks ago, I asked Donny a few simple questions – the kind any voter should be able to ask a candidate for county clerk. You know, basic stuff: - Do you still support Hannah Liedkie, the county commissioner who pays herself $89,000 from a nonprofit she controls while voting on grants to that same nonprofit? - Do you think the $554,000 embezzlement indictment against Travelland RV’s bookkeeper proves I was telling the truth about the crimes I reported years ago? - Will you call for an independent investigation into the Nez Perce County Prosecutor’s Office – the same office that called me “delusional” while sitting on that indictment for three months? Donny’s response? **Blocked.** On Facebook. On what is clearly a government‑official page. Just like Nez Perce County Prosecutor Justin Coleman did. Just like State Representative Brandon Mitchell did after taking campaign donations from the Fraternal Order of Police – the same union whose president, Officer Andrew Fox, was one of the cops I watched take cash bribes from Tim Krueger in 2020. So not only is Donny Do‑Nothing *not answering*, he’s violating my First Amendment rights while doing it. (Thanks for the tutorial, Patty Weeks – maybe include that in your next candidate packet.) ## Who Is Donny Protecting? Let’s follow the money – or rather, the lack of it. Hayhurst endorsed **Keith Havens** for county commissioner. Havens is the brother of Doug Havens, the current commissioner who sat on his hands while I filed report after report about Travelland RV’s tax evasion, embezzlement, and police bribery. Keith Havens refuses to say whether he’d investigate any of it. So Donny is running on a ticket of *“more of the same obstruction.”* But the real star of this sewer is **Hannah Liedkie**. She’s the former Lewiston City Council President who, while in office, voted to shovel $350,000 in city grants to **Opportunities Unlimited Incorporated (OUI)** – a nonprofit where she conveniently sat on the board and paid herself an $89,000 salary. That’s self‑dealing so blatant it would make a mob accountant blush. And who is Hannah Liedkie’s brother‑in‑law? **Curtis Liedkie**, the Asotin County prosecutor who unlawfully used public funds to defend Judge Brooke Burns before the Washington State Supreme Court. That case is now under audit by the Washington State Auditor (SAO Hotline H‑25‑795). The paper trail I obtained via PDR #26‑01 shows Judge Burns herself forwarding my complaint to private attorney Amanda Daylong within *two hours* of my filing – then redacting the whole thing under a bogus “privilege” claim. Donny Do‑Nothing wants to be the clerk who oversees elections and records in the same county where this web of corruption runs from the police department to the prosecutor’s office to the bench. And he can’t even answer an email ## Nick Woods: From Bribe‑Taker to Republican Chair Let’s not forget Donny’s primary co‑winner: **Nick Woods**. You might know him as the chair of the Nez Perce County Republican Committee. You might also know him as a current detective in the Nez Perce County Prosecutor’s Office – the same office that ignored my bribery reports for years. But here’s what the local paper won’t print: I watched Nick Woods take cash from Tim Krueger. Three times. In 2020. He even grabbed my lower jaw to look in my mouth after I was assaulted by Krueger’s employee, Troy Munstermann. I had dates. I had recordings. And what did Woods do? He and his buddies **buried the investigation**. Now Woods wants to be a county commissioner. He wants to sit next to Hannah Liedkie and Doug Havens – the very people who benefited from that cover‑up. And Donny Do‑Nothing Hayhurst? He’s running alongside Woods, smiling for the camera, posting memes about gun safety and flag‑saluting nostalgia, while pretending he “hasn’t met” Liedkie and knows “nothing about any wrongdoings.” ## The $554,000 Elephant in the Room On March 4, 2026, the State of Idaho indicted Di Ann Geagley for embezzling **$554,000** from Travelland RV. That’s the same company whose owner, Tim Krueger, I reported for bribing Lewiston police captains Rick Fuentes, Andrew Fox, and Nick Woods. The same company whose tax liens now number more than 40 – all filed by the Idaho State Tax Commission after I sent auditor Mariel Gates a folder full of evidence. The Nez Perce County Prosecutor’s Office – led by Justin Coleman, with deputy April Smith and Trae Turner as outside counsel – sat on that indictment for three months. Then, when I had my bar hearings against them in January 2026, they called me “delusional.” They never mentioned the indictment. The bar dismissed my complaints anyway. Hearing chair Carole Wesenberg – who was already under a grievance filed by me, now sealed before the Idaho Supreme Court (Docket No. 53669‑2026) – signed the dismissal order on February 6, 2026, just eight hours after I notified the bar of my emergency stay motion. That’s not a coincidence. That’s a **cover‑up**. ## The Question Donny Won’t Answer So let me ask Donny Do‑Nothing Hayhurst again – this time in print, on a website he can’t block: 1. Do you deny that Nick Woods took cash bribes from Tim Krueger? 2. Do you support Hannah Liedkie’s self‑dealing with OUI grants and her $89,000 salary? 3. Will you call for an independent investigation into the Nez Perce County Prosecutor’s Office’s handling of my reports – including the three‑month delay in prosecuting the $554,000 embezzlement? 4. Why did you block me for asking these questions, and do you believe government officials have the right to silence critics on public social media pages? Donny’s answer so far: **blocked, deleted, and “unknowledgeable.”** That’s not transparency. That’s not leadership. That’s a man who knows exactly what he’s protecting – and hopes you won’t look too closely. But I’ve got five years of receipts. Forty tax liens. A felony indictment. A sealed Supreme Court grievance. And a growing pile of public records from Washington State that prove this conspiracy stretches across state lines. You can block me on Facebook, Donny. You can’t block the truth. **Tick tock.** --- *Corey Switzer is visually impaired, has no income, and is still more transparent than the entire Nez Perce County Republican ticket.*