Jeff Cogen Took Second Atlanta Trip with Sonia Manhas

Manhas confirms second trip, paid for by Multnomah County.

Multnomah County Chair Jeff Cogen (center)
By Nigel Jaquiss and Aaron Mesh

County Chair Jeff Cogen did not tell the truth last week about the extent of his use of county resources to conduct an affair with a county health department employee named Sonia Manhas.

In an interview one week ago today, Cogen said he had traveled with Manhas to Atlanta in 2012 for a Center for Disease Control conference and twice to Salem during the 2013 legislative session.

Asked if there were other trips, Cogen said, "Not that I can think of right now."

a second trip to Atlanta in 2013
rebooked a $249 room at the Loews Atlanta Hotel six blocks away
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an interview to KGW's Laural Porter
Manhas confirmed to WW that she was with him in Atlanta
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UPDATE, 4:35 pm:
admitted the second trip
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