A big investigation has been opened into Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) and his fiancée, Cylvia Hayes by a federal grand jury in Portland, Oregon.
The investigation, which covers a broad swath of topics including Oregon’s 10-year budget plan and a proposed Port of Morrow coal terminal, was reported by The Oregonian on Friday evening.
Earlier in the day Kitzhaber announced that he would resign from office in response to a bubbling ethics scandal surrounding him and Hayes. The couple face allegations that aides to Kitzhaber helped Hayes find lucrative jobs at public policy organizations in the state, with some of those jobs paying as much as six figures, while she was also in a formal advising role for the governor.
Investigators delivered the three-page subpoena as part of the investigation to Oregon’s Department of Administrative Services on Friday, according to The Oregonian.
The subpoena orders state officials to hand over records concerning a number of Kitzhaber’s initiatives related to the climate and the economy. Investigators, according to The Oregonian, are looking through state records for mentions of Hayes and her consulting business, and her role as advising the governor. They’re also after Hayes’ personal tax returns going back to 2009.
