Draining the CO Swamp: $30B Corruption Trails & Tax Overhauls with Scott Bottoms

Draining the CO Swamp: $30B Corruption Trails & Tax Overhauls with Scott Bottoms

June 25, 2026 · 1h 27m

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Will Carr interviews Scott Bottoms about corruption in Colorado's state budget and legislative practices.

Is the $20 billion increase in Colorado’s state budget over the last few years a sign of true public investment, or a massive trail of state-sanctioned money laundering? In this episode of Will Carr Speaks, host Will Carr sits down with Colorado State Representative and Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Bottoms to pull back the curtain on deep institutional rot, legislative weaponization, and hidden financial trails. Scott shares his perspective on transitioning from a 35-year pastoral background into the unyielding battlefield of the House of Representatives. He outlines serious allegations of systemic fraud, the protection of trafficking rings, and the quiet redirection of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars into unaccountable non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and shadow operations. From detailing his active collaboration with federal investigators to his strategic plans to dismantle the permanent bureaucratic class via strict term limits, Scott provides a raw, unfiltered blueprint for completely auditing the state, permanently wiping out property and income taxes, and breaking what he describes as a Marxist ideological stronghold over the Centennial State. MAIN…

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