Jasmine Crockett Quietly Tried to Launch Marijuana Empire — While Defending Killer in Weed Deal: REPORT
Texas Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett quietly worked to break into the legal marijuana business years before coming to Congress — even as she defended a Texas man who was later sentenced to life in prison in a “drug deal gone bad,” court records and reports showed Monday.
Crockett was reportedly listed as a 20% owner and chief operating officer of Black Diamond Investments, an LLC that in 2018 applied to open medical marijuana dispensaries in Ohio, naming her as the primary contact in its filing, documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. While that deal was unfolding, Crockett appeared in Bowie County Court in 2018 as the defense attorney for Tyvon Montrel Gullatt, who was later convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison for shooting a man during a marijuana-related encounter, according to local court reports. (RELATED: Far-Left ‘Squad’ Member Jasmine Crockett Thinks She Shot at Higher Office)
“This is ‘a drug deal gone bad,’ is what it is,” Assistant Prosecutor Kelley Crisp told the judge during an April 10, 2018, bond hearing in which Crockett argued for a lower bond for his client, according to Texarkana Today.
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 4: U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) speaks at the We Choose To Fight: Nobody Elected Elon rally at the U.S. Department of the Treasury on February 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for MoveOn)
The Ohio dispensary’s 148-page application identifies Crockett as one of the key people responsible for day-to-day operations and compliance — detailing safety plans, personnel and finances — as the company sought licensing under the state’s tightly regulated medical program, the Beacon reported. The filing lists “Jasmine Crockett” as a contact and asserts ownership percentages, according to the document.
Months later, a Bowie County jury found Gullatt guilty of murdering Carlos Clark on Feb. 10, 2018, and gave him a life sentence and a $10,000 fine, the local news outlet reported. Separate coverage of the December 2018 sentencing hearing confirms the life sentence.
Crockett has since supported federal efforts to overturn marijuana prohibitions. She is among the co-sponsors of the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act introduced in August, which would decriminalize and declassify cannabis at the federal level and channel resources to communities affected by the war on drugs.
