Jeff Cogen Took Second Atlanta Trip with Sonia Manhas

Manhas confirms second trip, paid for by Multnomah County.

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

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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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