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05-07-2021, 12:25 PM
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.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/07/sid-miller-todd-smith/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1620407227&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR39QuBwlVV1mEsvPXOQKIr3Y4ZCYGsz7WYr01kNn 4QNZzIqHTD__rNfNl0
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.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/07/sid-miller-todd-smith/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1620407227&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR39QuBwlVV1mEsvPXOQKIr3Y4ZCYGsz7WYr01kNn 4QNZzIqHTD__rNfNl0