Ex-Oregon Gov. Spotted Dumping Trash At Landfill Amid Federal Investigation

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2015 file photo, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, middle, is joined by his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, as he is sworn in for an unprecedented fourth term by Senior Judge Paul J. De Muniz in Salem, Ore.... FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2015 file photo, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, middle, is joined by his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, as he is sworn in for an unprecedented fourth term by Senior Judge Paul J. De Muniz in Salem, Ore. Big political scandals are rare in Oregon, but there's a huge one swirling around Kitzhaber and Hayes as she faces allegations that she used her access to the governor's office to secure contracts for her consulting business and that she hasn't reported all of her income to tax authorities. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, file) MORE LESS
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Police were called to an Oregon landfill on Feb. 20 after the state’s former Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) and his fiancee were spotted there dumping trash amid a federal investigation surrounding his time in office, The Oregonian newspaper reported on Friday.

Kitzhaber and his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes, had rarely been seen in public since his resignation on Feb. 18 when the couple left Salem, Ore., the paper reported.

Both Kitzhaber and Hayes have been the subjects of a federal investigation, the Oregonian reported.

On Feb. 20, the couple was seen at the Knott Landfill near Bend, Ore. throwing away trash, the director of the Deschutes County Solid Waste Department told the Oregonian.

Due to a credit card processing error, the landfill’s system was reportedly locked and a supervisor was forced to reset it. However, during the incident, law enforcement officials were alerted and deputies from the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office arrived at the landfill, the paper reported.

According to the Oregonian, deputies sorted through the couple’s trash, but the director of the landfill couldn’t tell the paper whether they’d confiscated anything. The director, Timm Schimke, told the paper he’d seen surveillance of the dumping.

“I’ve seen the videotape,” Schimke said. “They just came in and dumped garbage and left.”

The Oregonian said the sheriff’s office could not be reached for comment.

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  1. That’s a pretty sloppy and half-assed coverup/evidence destruction attempt if it is one. I’m gonna go with no, it isn’t one, but I suppose we’ll see.

  2. You shred, then burn, paper.

    Morans.

  3. Jeeze - doesn’t he have a fireplace for this stuff?

    ETA: Being Oregon, shouldn’t he re-pulp it and do some artisinal craft paper from it to use for his correspondence with the authorities? A little ironic/hipster covering of the tracks there.

  4. A nothing burger.

  5. or make fuel pellets for the Micro-brewery

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