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Commissioner of Agriculture Sid Miller speaks to press during a Trump Rally at Million Air in Austin on Oct. 25, 2024.

Former Sid Miller allies told police the ag commissioner feared the DEA, told a friend to get rid of marijuana

Miller denies wrongdoing after allegations surfaced during an investigation into one of his aides, who pled guilty to bribery. The agriculture commissioner has not been charged with a crime.


“I said, ‘Sid, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I told you I'd never lie to you, and I never hold anything back from you. … I've heard that there's been a DEA agent that is inquiring on your hemp program.’”

— Freddy Vest, former Texas Department of Agriculture administrator

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