In another big move against the enemies of President Donald Trump for the crimes they thought they could get away with, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is looking at the Governor of Maine with renewed scrutiny over her alleged use of cocaine while a prosecutor in the 1990s, an allegation that could lead not only to her prosecution but the dismissal of perhaps thousands of convictions she secured. The DOJ has reviewed her case and her allegations about what happened, leading to some speculation that the case could be renewed and lead to serious problems for the woke governor.
As background, Gov. Mills is alleged to have used the hard drug frequently while she was still a prosecutor in the 1990s. The DOJ had dropped its investigation into that alleged drug use, but now appears to be gearing up to reopen it, or at least review it, in the wake of renewed scrutiny surrounding the allegations that was sparked by opponents of Gov. Mills who were furious with her attacks on President Trump.
Particularly, Gov. Mills has faced renewed scrutiny from critics over her alleged use of the drug ever since she won national headlines from approving mainstream media outlets when she attacked President Trump for his threats of suing her over her state’s transgender athlete policies, which he said conflict with new guidance from the federal government.
For example, when the Maine governor was giving a campaign speech at Brodis Blueberries in early July, she laughed off an angry question from an attendant over whether she had used the drug as a public official. The attendant shouted, referencing her furious spat with Trump at the February National Governors Association meeting, “Janet Mills, did cocaine give you the courage to stand up to President Trump at the governor’s breakfast?”
Gov. Mills didn’t answer the question. Instead, she just chuckled and tried to walk past the attendant. Instead of giving up, he tried again, asking more generally whether she has used the drug while working in an official capacity for the state. He yelled, “Have you ever been under the influence while making critical decisions for the state of Maine?” Mills again refused to answer.
Similarly, back in June, a reporter with Fox News asked Gov. Mills about her alleged cocaine use with a very pointed question that caused her to freak out. That reporter asked if “sniffing cocaine at work” is a “human right.” Mills reacted with anger and surprise, exclaiming, “What the f**k?” Watch that incident here:
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So, with all that in the news, the DOJ appears to be looking once again at the decades-old case into her. Particularly, it reviewed the details of allegations she made regarding the 1990 investigation into her conduct and found that, in contrast to what she claimed, the investigation had been properly conducted.
The original case came in early 1990, when the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) in Maine worked with both the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Maine’s Bureau of Intergovernmental Drug Enforcement (BIDE) to investigate Mills, who was then a sitting district attorney in Maine. The basis of the investigation was that a drug suspect accused her of using cocaine.
The investigation was dropped, and Mills claimed that it was rooted in politics surrounding her leftism and criticism of BIDE. Then the DOJ geared things back up in June and found that there was no merit to her claims, as was confirmed by a March 1995 memorandum from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility (DOJ/OPR). The DOJ’s renewed attention to that memo, renewed scrutiny of the old charges and claims, indicates it is reviewing the case again and could be considering a new investigation.
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