- Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan apologized Monday for taking a consulting job for a marijuana company that her office recently audited.
- Fagan made public the job paid $10,000 a month and that included bonuses three times that amount if she helped the company get licensed in other states.
- Fagan, a Democrat and the state’s second-highest ranking official, indicated she wants to keep her elected position despite Republican calls for her resignation.
- Gov. Tina Kotek, also a Democrat, has requested investigations into the matter by the state’s Government Ethics Commission and Justice Department.
- “I am sorry for harming the trust that I and so many others have worked so hard to build with you over the last few years,” Fagan said.
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Oregon Secretary Of State Apologies For Taking $10K A Month Marijuana Co. Consulting Job
BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 13: An participant smokes as activists demonstrating for the legalisation of marijuana march in the annual Hemp Parade (Hanfparade) on August 13, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. So far owning, cultivating and selling cannabis in Germany is still illegal, though the current coalition government campaigned on cannabis legalisation and is scheduled to begin debating corresponding legislation in coming months. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)
