The audit led to Fagan's resignation in May 2023. Fagan had a $10,000-a-month contract as a consultant for La Mota, a cannabis company, at the same time the Secretary of State's Office was auditing the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission. Willamette Week first reported on the contract.

Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read announced his decision on Wednesday to remove a 2023 audit of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission from a public database following ethics concerns under former Secretary of State Shemia Fagan.

Secretary of State Tobias Read on Wednesday announced that he has withdrawn an Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission audit associated with the scandal that ended a predecessor’s political career. He said he made the decision in the interest of protecting the integrity of the state audits division.

My team and I concluded that the selection of the audit, the framework for the audit, and potential predetermination of its conclusions imperiled the audit from the outset.” By Julia Shumway, Oregon Capital Chronicle New Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read (D) on Wednesday withdrew the scandal-marred audit of the state’s liquor and cannabis commission

New Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read on Wednesday withdrew the scandal-marred audit of the state’s liquor and cannabis commission that ended a predecessor’s political career.