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Cash for Hemp Licenses: A Different Kind of Drug Deal

The Texas Rangers Public Integrity Unit investigated the allegations and reported their findings in the affidavit. It alleges that Smith committed third-degree felony theft.
House Bill 1325 legalized the production of hemp and amended the Texas Agriculture Code to put the department in charge of regulation.
Andre Vinson wanted to get into the hemp industry, and knew several landowners, farmers and people in the CBD business. A person named Keenan Williams approached Vinson at a social gathering. Williams allegedly told Vinson that they were working with senior leadership at the Texas Department of Agriculture and that only 15 hemp licenses would be issued in the whole state. ....

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Top Texas political aide arrested in alleged hemp licensure scheme

Top Texas political aide arrested in alleged hemp licensure scheme
Top Texas political aide arrested in alleged hemp licensure scheme
Todd M. Smith was arrested Thursday and released from Travis County Jail on Friday, according to the Travis County Sheriff s Office.
Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune
May 7, 2021
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The top political consultant to Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller was arrested Thursday on allegations that he participated in a scheme to solicit money and campaign contributions for state hemp licenses issued by Miller’s Texas Department of Agriculture.
The consultant, Todd Smith, ultimately took $55,000 as part of the scheme, an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by The Texas Tribune says. Smith and others involved in the scheme are alleged in the warrant to have solicited a total of $150,000 to guarantee a license, including a $25,000 upfront cost for a survey that they said was required to get a license in Texas. Some ....

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Top Political Aide to Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Charged in Alleged Scheme to Extort Money For Hemp Licenses

Top Political Aide to Texas Commissioner of Agriculture Charged in Alleged Scheme to Extort Money For Hemp Licenses
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Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller
A top political aide to Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
Sid Miller was arrested this week for allegedly running a scheme to illegally solicit money and contributions in exchange for hemp licenses that are issued by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA).
According to court documents first obtained by the
Texas Tribune, that aide,
Todd Smith, personally received $55,000 as part of a larger scheme that amassed a total of $150,000 by essentially selling access to “guaranteed” hemp licenses. He is now facing charges of third-degree felony theft. ....

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Sid Miller's political aide arrested for role in alleged hemp scheme

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The top political consultant to Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller was arrested Thursday on allegations that he participated in a scheme to solicit money and campaign contributions for state hemp licenses issued by Miller’s Texas Department of Agriculture.
The consultant, Todd Smith, ultimately took $55,000 as part of the scheme, an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by The Texas Tribune says. Smith and others involved in the scheme are alleged in the warrant to have solicited a total of $150,000 to guarantee a license, including a $25,000 upfront cost for a survey that they said was required to get a license in Texas. Some of the money would also go toward funding unnamed political campaigns, according to the affidavit. ....

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Ag Commissioner Sid Miller's political aide arrested for selling access to hemp licenses

Ag Commissioner Sid Miller s political aide arrested for selling access to hemp licenses
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A bill moving forward in North Carolina would put hemp on stronger legal footing in the state, by explicitly allowing it to be used not just for ropes and clothing but also for human consumption, in smokable or edible forms. (Dreamstime/TNS)Handout, HO / TNS
A political consultant for Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller was arrested Thursday in Travis County on allegations that he collected cash and campaign donations in exchange for access to
state licenses for growing hemp, which is used to make CBD oil. ....

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