Feds say medical marijuana dealer mulled bribes

HELENA — Federal agents claim in inadvertently released court documents that a former University of Montana quarterback caught up in a medical marijuana raid contemplated bribing police and politicians.

But Jason Washington of Missoula told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Tuesday that the allegation is "ridiculous" and blown out of proportion by agents overhearing a running joke among friends.

Drug Enforcement Agency agents said they were monitoring Washington's communications before raiding his and two other medical marijuana businesses in November, a multi-month investigation i...