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We spoke to Taegar - Panton today because she wanted to clear her name after a fake news facebook post which went viral this weekend.  

It alleged that John Saldivar had supposedly snitched on his colleagues and disclosed which of them he was funneling Lev Dermen's campaign financing to.  It named Tracey Panton, Boots Martinez and Edmond Castro - as having received proceeds.  It further alleged that their names and text messages also came out in that Utah courtroom - which we can confirm is bogus and baseless.  

Since then, Saldivar and Tear Panton have put up their own posts dismissing the fake news story.  But, Anthony Boots Martinez doesn't have a facebook page, so we spoke to him in person.  We asked him if he ever received political financing from John Saldivar:

Hon. Anthony "Boots" Martinez - UDP Port Loyola Area Rep
"None of the people involved in that fire, I know none at all. They could pass me up and down, I know none at all. No kind of contact with they people they at all. At no time in my life, I have been in contact and furthermore to that, I am certain that the media have been paying keen attention to that case, you all as media houses spend thousands of dollars to get reporters out there. I think you have gotten every single thing that got B-E-L-I-Z-E inna it."

Jules Vasquez
"The text messages quote your colleague as saying that he was getting support for 4 of his colleagues. Did you receive any assistance from Mr. Saldivar for campaign financing?"

Hon. Anthony "Boots" Martinez
"Not at all. If you, as far as what I saw on the text messages, something to the effect that 4 candidates have passed convention, I never had no convention leading to the 2015 election. In all of my political career, I have never received financial donation from Minister Saldivar for anything in regards to privately or in regards to campaigning."