Long before rising Democratic star Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) broke into politics, she had an itch to get in the booming business of marijuana.
But a shocking new report claims that Crockett’s ties to drugs expand way beyond the legal marijuana business.
Years before being elected to Congress, Crockett was reportedly listed as a 20% owner and chief operations officer of Black Diamond Investments, an LLC that applied in 2018 to open medical marijuana dispensaries in Ohio. She was named as the primary contact on its filing.
According to a report by The Washington Free Beacon, the 148-page Ohio dispensary application listed Crockett as a principal responsible for day-to-day operations and compliance — detailing security plans, staffing, and financials — as the firm sought a license under the state’s tightly regulated medical program.
The filing lists “Jasmine Crockett” as contact and affirms ownership percentages, according to the document.
However, while that business deal played out, Crockett was also reportedly tied up in a drug deal case that involved a murder.
Crockett, who is a lawyer and worked as a public defender before entering politics, appeared in Bowie County court in 2018 as defense counsel for Tyvon Montrel Gullatt.
Gullatt was later convicted of murder and sentenced to life for shooting a man during a marijuana-related encounter, according to local courtroom reporting.
“This is a ‘drug deal gone bad,’ that’s what it is,” Assistant District Attorney Kelley Crisp told the judge at an April 10, 2018 bond hearing where Crockett argued for a lower bail for her client.
Months later, a Bowie County jury found Gullatt guilty of murder in the Feb. 10, 2018 shooting of Carlos Clark and assessed a life sentence and $10,000 fine, the local outlet Texarkana Today reported.
As a Texas state lawmaker, Crockett introduced bills to decriminalize marijuana and expand medical access.
Her ties to the marijuana business continued.
Crockett came under fire after she failed to disclose ownership in at least 25 companies, including marijuana firms, during her first congressional run in 2022 and again after taking office in 2023, according to records obtained by The Beacon.
Caitlin Sutherland, executive director of Americans for Public Trust, said Crockett’s failure to disclose her financial interests raised “major conflict of interest concerns.”
“Personal financial disclosure rules are in place to make sure Members of Congress do not engage in conflicts of interest while working for the American people,” Sutherland said.
“The concerns surrounding the extreme discrepancies between Representative Crockett’s state and federal financial disclosures are certainly legitimate.”
Since becoming a member of Congress, Crockett has backed federal efforts to roll back marijuana prohibitions.
Crockett is listed among the co-sponsors of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act introduced in August, which would decriminalize and deschedule cannabis at the federal level and channel resources toward communities affected by drug enforcement.