Marijuana consulting job places OR secretary of state under fire due to conflict of interest
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Republican leaders are pressuring the Oregon secretary of state to resign over a possible ethics violation. Fagan, who took a marijuana consulting job, recused herself from an audit.
"I am relieved that the Governor has asked DOJ and the Government Ethics Commission to engage in fact finding because the facts will restore trust in our audits division and in me as your Secretary of State," Fagan said.
The matter came to a head Friday after Fagan’s office released an audit of the state’s marijuana regulators, the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission. The audit called for the OLCC to "reform" some rules for marijuana businesses, saying they are "burdens" when combined with federal restrictions on interstate commerce, banking and taxation.
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