Do Twitchy readers remember Cylvia Hayes, the fiancée of Oregon’s Democratic Governor John Kitzhaber? She’s the upstanding citizen who admitted back in October to marrying an illegal immigrant from Ethiopia in a sham marriage for cash. Prosecutors declined to bring charges against Hayes for the marriage, but maybe they’ll get another shot.
Hayes is under fire after admitting to taking over $100,000 in undisclosed consulting fees from a clean energy non-profit that benefited from Oregon taxpayers. Hayes, who runs an environmental consulting firm, advises the state and the governor on clean-energy policy:
A nonprofit's state funding spiked eightfold when it employed First Lady Cylvia Hayes. http://t.co/N12f6Ks5EG pic.twitter.com/WmHpeIJASu
— Willamette Week (@wweek) January 30, 2015
@wweek reporting Eugene-based nonprofit @rdiinc landed big tax dollars after hiring First Lady Cylvia Hayes. Latest #LiveonKMTR at 11.
— Ty Steele (@KCRATySteele) January 30, 2015
Lars Larson: Cylvia Hayes profiting from ‘low carbon fuel’ pillow talk http://t.co/ovc372EwpK Girlfriend of Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber
— Jerry L Williams (@JLWill8199) January 30, 2015
sharing #suaju Hayes admits to previously undisclosed $118K consulting contract – Statesman Journal #consulting http://t.co/ghQuCsb6WR
— Suaju (@Suaju) January 30, 2015
And there is talk that Hayes could face Federal fraud charges with additional questions if she properly disclosed the undisclosed funds on her tax returns:
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Cylvia Hayes Could Face Federal Fraud Charges, Legal Experts Say http://t.co/s3qzzIWRDH #orpol pic.twitter.com/Os3l9rwu1B"
— Oregon GOP (@Oregon_GOP) January 30, 2015
Some of Oregon 1st Lady Cylvia Hayes' add'l $118k from advocacy group doesn't appear on her IRS return w/@LGunderson http://t.co/C0Hsp5TTAw
— Nick Budnick (@NickBudnick) January 29, 2015
Did Oregon First Lady Cylvia Hayes file a false tax return with the IRS?http://t.co/a47qUVvHFr pic.twitter.com/VUW1XK0UBN
— Willamette Week (@wweek) January 28, 2015
Gov. Kitzhaber will speak at a surprise Friday news conference (10 a.m. PST) where it’s expected that he’ll address issue.
Stay tuned…
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WTF: Oregon’s First Lady admits she had a sham marriage with an immigrant for money