SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - A prosecutor has abandoned a plan to call a Sioux Falls Argus Leader reporter as a witness in a trial related to a marijuana operation that the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe attempted to start.
Argus Leader Media reported (https://argusne.ws/2rkGXDA ) Monday that a subpoena issued to reporter Dana Ferguson has been withdrawn.
Ferguson had joined lawmakers on a tour of the facility in October 2015, when the tribe was planning to open a recreational marijuana resort. The tribe ended the project under fire from state officials.
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The state attorney general’s office charged Eric Hagen and Jonathan Hunt, two officials with Monarch America, a Colorado-based company in the marijuana industry, for assisting the tribe. Hunt last year pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy. Hagen pleaded not guilty. His trial is May 22.
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Information from: Argus Leader, https://www.argusleader.com
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