Scheme to divert Pappy Van Winkle’s bourbon could cost Oregon liquor officials their jobs

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Top officials at Oregon’s liquor commission had sought-after bourbons diverted for their personal use — including the Pappy Van Winkle offerings that most Oregonians can get only if they win a lottery, an internal investigation found.

Commission Executive Director Steve Marks and the other implicated officials now stand to lose their jobs. Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday asked the agency’s board of commissioners to remove them, alleging they “abused their position for personal gain.”

The investigation by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission, obtained by The Associated Press via a public records request Wednesday, found that the officials used their connections to obtain rare whiskeys at

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