The Kentucky Republican has hounded the Bidens over China and business ventures–but state records reveal his own involvement in a hemp import plan gone spectacularly wrong.
has for months used his power as House Oversight chair to assail Hunter Biden’s involvement in a failed business deal with a Chinese energy company.
“There is nothing criminal occurring with the projects,” the memo said. “The program is in compliance with both state and federal regulations; there is nothing to hide.” The shipment arrived on May 23, according to a follow-up email. It was a sensitive time—on May 14, the KDA sued the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration over the seizure of 250 pounds of hemp imported for its pilot program from an Italian supplier,in Congress, the failed “Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2017.
It added: “Murray State University has no knowledge of any concerns or issues regarding this matter.” That year, state campaign finance records show, Dan Caudill and his brother, CEO Pat Caudill, made maximum donations to Comer. Shortly after the hemp tests in 2014, the company hosted a fundraiser for Comer’s gubernatorial bid, netting more max-outs from Dan, Pat, and other Caudills. In 2015, Dan Caudill gifted another $1,000 to Comer’s U.S. House bid.in 2012: “They’ve been to China and other countries and researched what the seed market looks like over there. They want to get in on this.
As agriculture commissioner, Comer built a bipartisan coalition that in 2013 made Kentucky the first state to re-legalize industrial hemp. Comer’s pilot program drew wide support, evenComer worked to get Caudill Seed involved. In a December 2014 email, Brannon, the MSU dean, wrote, “I got involved in the hemp project for one reason.
Gering forwarded that email to a McConnell assistant, Tate Bennett, writing, “China does not require an export permit so this might work, and we might be able to get seed from China.” “FYI—your eyes only,” the email began. “The driver who picked up the hemp seed was scared all the way back from Murray. He stated the odor was very strong and he observed a few truckers pass his truck and snicker. I was told the smell is identical to what maryj smells like...I personally have to take their word for it.”
That evening, Brannon’s emails state, he attended a Comer fundraiser. Kentucky campaign finance records show he donated $250. In one email, he said he “Gave Jamie some Hemp playing cards for rummy games at 1:30 in the morning when he arrives in a motel. Precious.” Gering recommended destroying the hemp and canceling the second harvest, writing: “I feel that Murray will want to eradicate the Chinese seed plots as soon as possible, because of the potential liability.”“I do disagree with your e-mail,” he replied. Caudill said he was suspicious of the results, since the test was carried out by private company Cannavest—a “potential competitor”—even though, as Gering noted, the tests were blind.
When Brannon broke the bad news to Gering, he asked how to proceed. Though Gering and Dan Caudill both noted “variance” in the testing—ElSohly’s readings were generally lower, the two highest strains testing at 2.33 and 2.36 percent—they decided to destroy the plants. They also made clear that the fewer people who knew, the better.
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