08/26/2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, August 26th, 2026
Hilgers Tries to Distract From His Own Conflicts, Turns Back to Attacking Medical Cannabis
LINCOLN, NE - Mike Hilgers spent today reminding Nebraskans exactly who he is: an Attorney General who is ruthless when attacking ordinary people, but when scrutiny reaches his own political allies, he’s nowhere to be found.
For years, Hilgers has waged a taxpayer-funded vendetta against Nebraska’s medical cannabis campaign. He investigated us. Subpoenaed us. Sued us. Smeared volunteers. Dragged patients and families through the mud. And even after 71% of Nebraska voters approved medical cannabis, he refused to accept that he lost.
Today, he was still at it, calling our petition drive “the most corrupt” in Nebraska history.
But when questions shifted to him and whether he should step aside from the ongoing fraud investigations involving his closest political advisors, suddenly Mike Hilgers discovered the importance of restraint.
When patients and volunteers were involved, Hilgers was happy to use every tool at his disposal. Mistakes became scandals. Allegations became press conferences. Petition integrity became one of his favorite talking points.
This is what Mike Hilgers does. He decides who is guilty before the investigation begins. He decides which petition drives deserve subpoenas and lawsuits as he continues to waste the tax dollars of hardworking Nebraskans chasing a narrative that has been disproven in court time and time again. And when the investigation gets too close to his own political circle, suddenly there is no conflict to see.
There is something deeply disturbing about watching the most powerful law-enforcement official in the state continue using the authority and resources of his office against ordinary Nebraskans simply because they successfully changed a law he opposed. These were not political operatives sitting in a boardroom. These were parents of sick children.
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NMM (Nebraskans for Medical Ma*****na) is a 501 c(4) organization dedicated to advancing safe, voter approved access to medical cannabis for patients in Nebraska through education, advocacy, and civic engagement.
