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Former Michigan House Speaker Rick Johnson, two lobbyists and the owner of a marijuana company signed guilty pleas in a bribery scheme that took place while Johnson chaired a state licensing board. Read the plea agreements here.

The former head of a Michigan medical marijuana licensing board has agreed to plead guilty to accepting $110,000 in bribes when he led the panel over a two-year

Former Michigan Medical Marihuana Licensing Board chair Rick Johnson is pleading guilty to federal bribery charges. Johnson came to the board directly from the lobbying industry, causing concerns dating back to when then-Governor Rick Snyder appointed him to the post. Before that, Johnson, a Republican, served as Michigan House Speaker from 2001 through 2004.

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LANSING — The former head of a Michigan medical marijuana licensing board has agreed to plead guilty to accepting $110,000 in bribes when he led the panel ov

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The U.S. attorney's office charged former Michigan House Speaker Rick Johnson on Thursday in a bribery scheme involving the state's medical marijuana business.

In Michigan, the smell of legal marijuana came with the stench of corruption, according to federal investigators. Rick Johnson, former speaker of the Michigan House and former...

Prosecutors say former Michigan Medical Marihuana Licensing Board chair Rick Johnson took more than $100,000 in cash bribes.