What Is Riley Gaines Hiding? We Investigated | PTFO
She notoriously parlayed a tie for fifth against transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into star turns on Fox News and at the White House. But who’s funneling money into the radicalization of Riley Gaines? And what’s the dark past she keeps swimming around, while she’s busy trolling Simone Biles? In partnership with Pablo Torre Finds Out, Madison Pauly from The Center for Investigative Reporting spent six months down the rabbit hole of a grift that keeps on giving… and might wash up at the Supreme Court.
• Read the full Riley Gaines article in Mother Jones magazine: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/11/riley-gaines-anti-trans-lia-thomas-ncaa-trump/
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