GILLETTE (WNE) — The Wyoming Secretary of State investigated a complaint made against the former Campbell County clerk and found she did nothing wrong.

In early December, the Coal Country Conservatives political action committee filed a complaint with the state against then-County Clerk Susan Saunders for her “biased and unethical statements and actions.”

This was a response to Saunders filing a complaint with the state in the fall because the PAC did not file reports with her office about where it was getting its money from or how it spent its money. Due to a loophole, the PAC was not in violation of any state laws.

Laura Cox of the PAC said Saunders was in violation of state statute because she didn’t notify the PAC of the complaint before filing it.

The Wyoming secretary of state initially passed on investigating the complaint, Cox said. She submitted the complaint again in late January, and the secretary of state ended up conducting an investigation.

“I asked for an answer, they gave me an answer, and it wasn’t exactly the answer I’d hoped for,” Cox said. “I’m all right with it.”

It determined that the Wyoming statute cited did not apply to the situation, because it involved a complaint and not a criminal charge. This means Saunders was not required by law to notify the PAC that she was filing a complaint.

If civil or criminal charges were pursued, the statute would apply, Cox said.

“Unless you intend to go to the sheriff and press charges, nothing is to be done,” she said.

That’s not a route that the PAC wants to go down, Cox added.

“It’s not something that we’re going to pursue,” she said. “That’s the end of it.”