Ex-cabinet member Jim Thorsen tells his side of Philadelphia story

By: Nancy Lavin

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: March 17, 2026

Words: 1,466

Last Updated: 3 days, 15 hours ago

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Former state administration director Jim Thorsen swore under oath to the Rhode Island Ethics Commission Tuesday that he never saw the croissants and cold Diet Coke his counterpart, David Patten, demanded a Philadelphia development firm have ready when they arrived for a work trip in March 2023.

Thorsen said didn’t hear Patten, the former state properties director, make inappropriate, sexual remarks to Scout Ltd.’s female founder because Thorsen was talking to another Scout representative at …

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