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Chief to ex-Rep. Sean Duffy heads to pot group

Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 17, 2019

The chief of staff to Sean Duffy (R-Wis.), who resigned from the House in September, has moved to a company producing marijuana.

Pete Meachum is now senior director for government affairs at the Cronos Group, which bills itself as "an innovative global cannabinoid company." The Canada-based group has not disclosed a U.S. lobbying presence at this time.

Meachum had served as Duffy's chief since 2013, briefly taking leave from the office to head Donald Trump's 2016 campaign efforts in Wisconsin. He has also worked for then-Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and for ex-Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-Fla.).