Maine Gov. Janet Mills ignored questions about alleged past cocaine use in a video obtained by Fox News.

“Janet Mills, did cocaine give you the courage to stand up to President Trump at the governor’s breakfast?” Mills was asked, referring to the confrontation between her and Trump over allowing biological males to compete in female sports.

“Have you ever been under the influence while making critical decisions for the state of Maine?” the questioner asked.

“Will you apologize to the law enforcement officers that you smeared during their investigation of you?” the questioner continued.

The questions refer to an investigation into Mills for alleged cocaine use while she worked as a district attorney.

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Fox News explained:

In early 1990, the U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) in Maine, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Maine’s Bureau of Intergovernmental Drug Enforcement (BIDE) investigated Mills, then a sitting district attorney in Maine, after a drug suspect accused her of using cocaine.

The investigation was eventually dropped without charges being filed. Mills has maintained that the investigation never had any merit and that she was politically targeted for her Democratic affiliation and criticism of BIDE. In 1990, she and two other district attorneys in Maine criticized BIDE for inflating arrest numbers through excessive enforcement of low-level drug offenders.

“It’s scary,” Mills told the Portland Press Herald in November 1991. “Maine apparently has a secret police force at work that can ruin the reputation of any who opposes it.”

A March 1995 memorandum from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility (DOJ/OPR), addressed to the deputy attorney general – Merrick Garland was serving as the principal associate deputy attorney general – and unearthed by Fox News Digital, refutes Mills’ claim. It revealed that there was no misconduct by federal or state authorities investigating her case.

According to the DOJ memo, WCSH-TV reported in December 1990 that Mills was being investigated by a federal grand jury for drug use, citing law enforcement sources. Mills later sued that reporter for libel and slander. The report also prompted Mills’ attorney to demand a grand jury investigation, arguing that “the press received leaks from BIDE law enforcement officials.”

“This Office has completed its investigation of Janet Mills’ charge that the United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) in Maine conducted an abusive and unwarranted investigation into allegations that she bought and used cocaine. We conclude that the Mills investigation was conducted properly in accordance with Department of Justice policies and procedures. We also find Ms. Mills’ specific allegations of misconduct to be unsubstantiated,” the memo read.

“Many of Ms. Mills’ allegations have previously been addressed by various state and federal offices. Special Investigatory Counsel for the State of Maine concluded that no member of the Bureau of Intergovernmental Drug Enforcement (BIDE) — whose agents conducted the bulk of the Mills investigation — committed any misconduct. The Drug Enforcement Administration’s Office of Professional Responsibility (DEA/OPR) likewise determined that none of its agents acted improperly. In addition, this Office also reviewed Ms. Mills’ allegations on a prior occasion and determined that they were not sufficiently specific to warrant further inquiry,” it continued.

“What the f***,” Mills responded when asked if sniffing cocaine at work is a human right earlier this month.

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Fox News noted earlier this month:

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In January 1992, then-Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., stepped in and requested the DOJ/OPR investigate allegations that Maine’s USAO had “refused to investigate the grand jury leak” and that attorneys had engaged in “intimidation and coercion of witnesses” during the investigation.

Those concerns were initially raised by Patrick Paradis and N. Paul Gauvreau, the House and Senate chairs of the Judiciary Committee of the Maine Legislature, in a letter sent to then-Sen. George Mitchell, D-Maine. The letter suggested that the allegations involving Maine’s USAO “go far beyond the state agency involved.”

Ultimately, no charges were filed against Mills.

But the Department of Justice (DOJ) also found that all of Mills’ claims were “unsubstantiated,” including allegations that she was politically targeted, that investigators solicited false testimony, that witnesses were coerced or threatened and that BIDE agents leaked grand jury information to the press.

 

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