An employee of the drug recovery center that Vice President Mike Pence abruptly withdrew from visiting agreed to plead guilty last week to federal drug trafficking charges
Jeff Hatch, who is listed as the chief business development officer at Granite State Recovery Centers, is accused of moving 1,500 grams of fentanyl, an extremely potent synthetic opioid, from Massachusetts to New Hampshire, where he then handed some of it off to an alleged area drug dealer, according to a plea agreement.Two people familiar with Pence's cancellation said the reason for the sudden decision -- which went unexplained for weeks -- was a federal law enforcement investigation.
Later, Trump described the reason for the cancellation as"very interesting" but also declined to specify the reason.The abrupt change prompted a last-minute scramble -- and caused complaints among staffers about how the situation was handled.As Air Force Two was idling on the tarmac with staff and the vice president on board, the trip was suddenly scrapped, though aides back at the White House weren't immediately informed.
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