Last Straw:They dragged a woman out of a meeting and threatened her with pepper spray

The record

• Three Lear Asset Management employees dragged Teresa Borrenpohl out of the KCRCC town hall.¹
• Sheriff Bob Norris had repeatedly asked her to leave before she was removed.²
• Regan said of Norris: "Nothing was done without him being aware."¹
• Video shows Norris telling Borrenpohl "Get up or be arrested," then grabbing her before security dragged her out.³⁴
• He threatened her with pepper spray and pulled her arm before ordering the security team to remove her.³
• His office first said no sheriff's personnel were involved.⁵
• He later said he was only there to lead the Pledge of Allegiance. The video shows him giving commands.³
• He refused to speak with detectives about his own actions.³
• The Attorney General declined criminal charges, citing Idaho's higher bar for charging police officers.⁶
• Regan said the Lear employees "weren't hired but volunteered." Police said the firm had been hired by the organizers.²
• Coeur d'Alene police found no contract and no legal authority to remove anyone from the building.⁷
• According to the police report, Regan told investigators the footage was corrupted, incomplete or did not exist. Police recovered 14 raw video files with a search warrant.⁷⁸
• The KCRCC's videographer, Jeremy Lokken, stopped answering police calls, then asked officers to turn off their body cameras when they served the warrant.⁹
• A jury convicted Lear's owner, Paul Trouette, of battering two people.¹⁰
• Trouette was sentenced to 10 days in jail and 200 hours of community service.¹¹
• The city attorney dropped the battery citation against Borrenpohl "in the interest of justice."²
• In a February 2025 column, Regan wrote of Borrenpohl: "Biting, spitting, kicking and screaming she was moved to the lobby."¹²
• In April 2025 he quoted a detective's affidavit saying Norris told Lear's employees to remove her, and wrote that "Video shows this is EXACTLY what happened."¹³
• In December 2025 he wrote of the dragged-from-a-meeting account: "None of the claims were true."¹⁴
• Borrenpohl's federal lawsuit names Norris, Regan and Trouette. It alleges they collaborated on removing critics.¹⁵¹⁶

Who

• Paul TrouetteConvicted of battery over the town hall.
• Jeremy LokkenThe town hall videographer.
• Bob NorrisSheriff at the town hall; named in the lawsuit.
• Brent ReganKCRCC chair; named as a defendant, which he disputes in court.

Sources

1. North Idaho woman forcibly removed from Kootenai County Republican town hallIdaho Capital Sun · February 2025 (archive)
2. Prosecutor drops charges against woman dragged out of Kootenai County Republican town hallKHQ · February 2025 (archive)
3. Bob Norris: the full recordRigged Red Card
4. Legislative town hall in Kootenai County turns chaoticKREM · February 2025 (archive)
5. Confusion over Kootenai Sheriff's involvement in chaotic town hallKXLY · February 2025 (archive)
6. AG: No charges against NorrisCoeur d'Alene Press · November 2025 (archive)
7. Coeur d'Alene police recommend criminal charges for town hall security teamCoeur d'Alene Press · April 2025 (archive)
8. City attorney files charges in North Idaho town hall incidentPolitical Potatoes · April 2025 (archive)
9. What happened after the town hall should alarm every honest RepublicanPolitical Potatoes · April 2025 (archive)
10. Town hall battery trial ends in mixed verdictCoeur d'Alene Press · December 2025 (archive)
11. Trouette gets community service for town hall batteryCoeur d'Alene Press · March 2026 (archive)
12. OPINION: WARNING! New Portland aheadCoeur d'Alene Press, by Brent Regan · February 2025 (archive)
13. OPINION: The truth will keep you freeCoeur d'Alene Press, by Brent Regan · April 2025 (archive)
14. OPINION: Justice delayedCoeur d'Alene Press, by Brent Regan · December 2025
15. Borrenpohl sues over town hall removalCoeur d'Alene Press · May 2026 (archive)
16. Federal civil rights complaint, Borrenpohl v. Norris et al., Case 2:26-cv-00301-DKG (PDF)U.S. District Court · May 14, 2026