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This June 13, 2016, file photo shows Drug Enforcement Administration agents in Florida. Jorge Hernández is expected to play a key role in the October 2023 Manhattan federal trial of two veteran DEA agents charged in a $73,000 bribery conspiracy involving leaked information about ongoing drug investigations. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

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Shadowy snitch takes starring role in bribery trial of veteran DEA agents
By JOSHUA GOODMAN AND JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Wed,10/11/23-9:08AM , 78 Reads
NEW YORK (AP) — In his two decades as a professional drug snitch, Jorge Hernández was a master of the double cross.
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DEA Principal Deputy Administrator Louis Milione, right, stands behind Attorney General Merrick Garland during the announcement of an international law enforcement operation targeting fentanyl and opioid traffickers on the Darknet during a news conference at the Department of Justice, Tuesday, May 2, 2023, in Washington. In September 2023, Milione, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s recently departed second-in-command returned for a new stint with Guidepost Solutions, the high-powered consulting firm where he previously advised Purdue Pharma and a drug distributor fighting sanctions over a deluge of suspicious painkiller shipments. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)

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Revolving door redux: The DEA's recently departed No. 2 returns to a Big Pharma consulting firm
By JOSHUA GOODMAN AND JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Wed,09/20/23-12:07PM , 43 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s revolving door kept spinning this week as the Drug Enforcement Administration’s recently departed second-in-command returned for a new stint with the high-powered consulting firm where he previously advised Purdue Pharma and a drug distributor fighting sanctions over a deluge of suspicious painkiller shipments.
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In this image from video provided by C-SPAN, Louis Milione, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's deputy administrator, speaks during a hearing held by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health in Washington on Dec. 2, 2021. Milione, the DEA’s second-in-command, quietly resigned in 2023, amid reporting by The Associated Press that he previously consulted for a pharmaceutical distributor sanctioned for a deluge of suspicious painkiller shipments and did similar work for the drugmaker that became the face of the opioid epidemic: Purdue Pharma. (C-SPAN via AP, File)

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Revolving Door: DEA’s No.2 quits amid reports of previous consulting work for Big Pharma
By JOSHUA GOODMAN AND JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Wed,07/19/23-7:41AM , 152 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.
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In this image from video provided by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram speaks during a meeting with the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, April 27, 2023. During the session, lawmakers questioned Milgram over millions of dollars in no-bid contracts that are the subject of a watchdog probe into whether the agency improperly hired some of her past associates. (U.S. House Appropriations Committee via AP)

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DEA chief grilled over probe into no-bid contracts, hiring
By JOSHUA GOODMAN AND JIM MUSTIAN - Associated Press
Thu,04/27/23-11:38AM , 84 Reads
Lawmakers grilled U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram on Thursday over millions of dollars in no-bid contracts that are the subject of a watchdog probe into whether the agency improperly hired some of her past associates.
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