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shanti

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Mon Oct 14, 2019, 08:59 PM Oct 2019

FBI investigating whether Sacramento pot businesses paid bribes to public officials

This involves Giuliani's Ukrainian buddies. Follow the money...


The FBI has been investigating whether Sacramento-area marijuana businesses have made payoffs to public officials in the region in exchange for favorable treatment and license approvals, The Sacramento Bee has learned.

Three sources with direct knowledge of FBI questioning of area marijuana business figures say the investigation began in the past few months and predates the disclosure that one of Sacramento’s major marijuana dispensary owners had ties to a Ukrainian man indicted last week along with two associates of Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal attorney.

The FBI’s Sacramento field office declined to comment Monday.

Read more here: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article236200593.html#storylink=cpy

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