Oregon audits division urged to pull OLCC report after inquest into potential influence from former secretary of state’s cannabis ties

After a draft version of the audit was done, then-Secretary of State Shemia Fagan recused herself to take consulting work from a prominent cannabis company.

SALEM, Ore. — A newly released report dives into the role that Oregon’s former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan played in an audit of the state’s cannabis regulatory agency, completed just before Fagan stepped down amid ethical concerns due to her moonlighting work in the cannabis industry.

Oregon’s audits division, like its election division, is overseen by the elected secretary of state. In April, Willamette Week broke the story that Fagan had taken a consulting job with a subsidiary of prominent

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