Wednesday, June 21, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Former Oregon governor cleared
By Steven Dubois
Associated Press
PORTLAND (AP) —
Former Oregon Gov. John
Kitzhaber insisted he broke
no laws, and federal prosecu-
tors backed him up Friday,
announcing that no criminal
charges will be filed against
Kitzhaber or his live-in fian-
cee over allegations she used
their relationship to win
contracts for her consulting
business.
Kitzhaber surrendered to
political pressure in February
2015 and resigned over alle-
gations that Hayes used their
relationship to win contracts
for her green-energy con-
sulting business and failed
to report the income on her
taxes.
The U.S. Attorney’s office
in Portland said in a brief
statement that the criminal
investigation that began more
than two years ago is over and
that no federal charges will
be sought. Oregon Attorney
General Ellen Rosenblum
previously announced the
state would not bring charges.
“As I have said from the
beginning, I did not resign
because I was guilty of
any wrongdoing but rather
because the media frenzy
around these questions kept
me from being the effective
leader I wanted and needed
to be,” Kitzhaber said in a
statement. “Then there was
the real investigation, not by
reporters, but people with
subpoena power and the abil-
ity to look at everything in
context. They decided there
was nothing to pursue.”
A series of newspa-
per reports beginning 2014
chronicled Hayes’ work for
organizations with an inter-
est in Oregon public policy.
As she was being paid by
advocacy groups, she played
an active role in Kitzhaber’s
administration, a potential
conflict of interest.
Media outlets dug fur-
ther, learning that Hayes
accepted about $5,000 to
illegally marry a man seek-
ing immigration benefits
in the 1990s. Hayes also
confirmed a report that she
bought land in a remote part
of Washington state in 1997
to grow marijuana.
Despite the reports,
Kitzhaber won re-election
in November 2014 to an
unprecedented fourth term as
Oregon governor.
It turned into an unprec-
edented short term as
the Hayes scandal domi-
nated headlines for weeks.
Secretary of State Kate
Brown assumed Oregon’s
highest office after Kitzhaber
ended his four-decade politi-
cal career in inglorious fash-
ion and resigned just over a
month into his fourth term.
Brown is still Oregon’s
governor. Brown spokesmen
Bryan Hockaday and Chris
Pair did not immediately
respond to phone and email
messages seeking comment.
Kitzhaber met Hayes
before the 2002 election,
when he was governor and
she was a candidate for
the state Legislature. She
lost her race, but they con-
nected romantically after
Kitzhaber’s term ended.
After eight years out of
office, Kitzhaber became
governor again in 2011.
Hayes used the term “first
lady,” even though the couple
never married.
The former emergency
room doctor remained quiet
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for months after leaving
office, but slowly emerged
with public appearances,
Facebook posts, and an
attempt to do consulting
work in his area of expertise
— health care.
A Facebook post from
March, marking his 70th
birthday, shows his view of
the 21st century media land-
scape has not softened.
“Fully two years before
the 2016 election normalized
this phenomenon, I got to be
a pioneer (or maybe that was
a guinea pig) in this brave
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Hayes still has her con-
sulting business. She also
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written a humorous book
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be a Great President,” is 150
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In his statement Friday,
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“I intend to continue to
do what I’ve been doing for
most of my adult life: trying
to help Oregon deal with the
challenges we face in a way
that moves us beyond the cur-
rent division and polarization
and brings us back together
as a community.”
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