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Fully KeptPublic Safety / Criminal Justice

Add a new prosecutor in North Idaho dedicated solely to prosecuting drug traffickers.

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Fully KeptFact-checker reviewConfidence: 85%

All three cited sources are reachable and support the FULL rating. (1) The Idaho Governor's Office press release (PRIMARY, dated Jan 6, 2025) contains the promise verbatim: "Governor Little's KEEPING PROMISES plan adds a new prosecutor in North Idaho focused solely on putting away drug traffickers." (2) Prism News (published April 22, 2026, after the promise) confirms the delivered outcome: Julia Zimny was named the first North Idaho Special Assistant U.S. Attorney (SAUSA) dedicated to prosecuting drug-trafficking cases along the I-90/U.S. 95 corridors, with the funding quote confirmed verbatim: "Funding comes from local governments, the State of Idaho through Operation Esto Perpetua, and a federal Oregon-Idaho High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area grant." (3) Dailyfly confirms the employment structure verbatim (Shoshone County Prosecuting Attorney's Office employee assigned full-time to the U.S. Attorney's Office to prosecute federal drug crimes) and the three funding channels including State of Idaho via the governor's Esto Perpetua initiative and a HIDTA grant. The promised substance — a new North Idaho prosecutor dedicated solely to drug traffickers — now exists and is operational, funded in part by state money through Little's own initiative, so FULL is warranted. FULL (not CHAMPIONED) is the correct ceiling: the reporting frames the position's creation and appointment as a coalition effort led by the U.S. Attorney's Office (Bart Davis) and local governments with the state as one of three funders, and there is no evidence Little personally authored/sponsored/led the implementation beyond proposing and helping fund it. The delivered mechanism (a federally-structured SAUSA in Shoshone County) differs from the originally floated ~$85k state prosecutor in Coeur d'Alene, but satisfies the promise as worded. No sources unreachable, no fabricated quotes, and the outcome does not overstate the evidence.

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