Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Must be something in SD's water. Now a killer is investigating the actions of the corrupt.

From The Hill -

SD attorney general reviewing Noem meeting with official as daughter sought license


South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg (R) announced on Tuesday that he will review a meeting Gov. Kristi Noem (R) held with her daughter and two state employees last year as her daughter was seeking a real estate appraiser license from the state. 

Ravnsborg reportedly said that citizens and state lawmakers have voiced concern about the meeting.

The "killer" part?

From NPR -

An Attorney General Won't Serve Any Jail Time For A Crash That Killed A Pedestrian

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg pleaded no contest Thursday to a pair of misdemeanor traffic charges over a crash last year that killed a pedestrian, avoiding jail time despite bitter complaints from the victim's family that he was being too lightly punished for actions they called "inexcusable."

Circuit Judge John Brown had little leeway to order jail time. Instead, he fined the state's top law enforcement official $500 for each count plus court costs of $3,742. Brown also ordered the Republican to "do a significant public service event" in each of the next five years near the date of Joseph Boever's death — granting a request from the Boever family. But he put that on hold pending a final ruling after Ravnsborg's attorney objected that it was not allowed by statute.

From The Hill -

Noem draws scrutiny for meeting with official as daughter sought state license


South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) called the head of the state agency that oversees appraiser certifications to her office after the agency allegedly denied her daughter’s application to become a certified residential appraiser last year. 

The meeting, which was reported on Monday by The Associated Press, also included Noem’s daughter Kassidy Peters and South Dakota Labor Secretary Marcia Hultman. 

 

Of course, Ravnborg may be "investigating" her because Noem criticized him when he skated on killing someone.


From a press release from Noem -

Today, following South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg’s plea of “no contest” to charges against him regarding the death of Joseph Boever, Governor Kristi Noem issued the following statement: 

 

“With today’s plea, Jason Ravnsborg’s legal proceedings have concluded.  Like many South Dakotans, I am not only disappointed in how this process was handled by prosecutors, but outraged at the result of today’s plea hearing and sentencing.  Ravnsborg has not accepted responsibility for the death of Joseph Boever and did not even appear in court today to face the charges or the Boever family.

 

Ravnborg may want to be quick about it because he may lose his job soon.

From the Argus (SD) Leader -

South Dakota House leaders call for special session to consider impeachment of Attorney General Ravnsborg

A bipartisan group of leadership members in the South Dakota House of Representatives are calling for a special legislative session to consider whether to pursue impeachment of the state's attorney general.

House Majority Leader Kent Peterson, R-Salem, in a news release Thursday announced he is formally requesting lawmakers return to the capital in November to "evaluate the matter of Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg," convicted of a pair of misdemeanor traffic charges last month stemming from his role in a vehicle crash that killed a pedestrian a year earlier.


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