This may well open a can of worms all over the country.
There are plenty of individuals from both sides of the aisle in states US wide who have mixed and matched the public and the private
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Two Oregon state senators last week sent a letter to U.S. Attorney for Oregon Natalie K. Wight asking that she open a formal investigation into corruption in the state capitol related to campaign donations from cannabis operators in the state.
The letter, sent to Wight by Sen. Brian J. Boquist (I) and Art Robinson (R), describes the donations made to state Sen. Rob Wagner (D), Gov. Tina Kotek (D), and former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan and others, as “large cash donations” in excess of $10,000 from “federally illegal drug operations.”
Fagan earlier this month resigned from her position after reports emerged that she was also serving as a consultant for a cannabis company that had also contributed funds to her campaign. Fagan ultimately resigned from that position and announced a day later that she would step down as secretary of state.
The claims in the letter hinge on a May 10 Willamette Week report that outlines the campaign donations made by Rosa Cazares and Aaron Mitchell, the operators of La Mota, the dispensary that Fagan had worked as a consultant for, to Kotek and Wagner.
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Oregon Lawmakers Call for Investigating Alleged Campaign Donation Corruption by Cannabis Operators
