It sounds like the plot of a political thriller: two conservative operatives are recruited to spy on Democratic activists in the West. Their mission: infiltrate these circles and gather potentially damning information on Democrats and moderate Republicans to weaken their chances in 2020. The thing is: this really happened. The story of Beau Maier and Sofia LaRocca’s attempts to undermine Wyoming politics ran in the New York Times and has Colorado connections. Pulitzer Prize-winner Adam Goldman is one of the reporters who wrote the story.
