The White House had been mum about the sudden cancellation of a vice presidential trip to New Hampshire earlier this month.
Vice President Mike Pence was one short plane ride away from shaking hands with an alleged interstate drug dealer.
Jeff Hatch, who agreed in federal court Friday to plead guilty and will face up to four years in prison, works for an opioid addiction treatment center in southern New Hampshire that Pence was set to visit. A former New York Giants player, he has spoken publicly for years about his own challenge with drug and alcohol addiction, which ended his football career.
Story continuesEarlier that year, federal, state and local police began an investigation into a supplier of drugs flowing into Manchester, N.H, an area hit hard by the opioid epidemic. More than 500 people a year have been dying in New Hampshire for the last several years and the crisis does not appear to be abating.
He was charged with a single count of using a telephone to help commit a crime, according to court records.
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