Removed South Dakota AG presses ethics case against Noem
2 years, 6 months ago

Removed South Dakota AG presses ethics case against Noem

Associated Press  

— Former South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, in his first public comments since being removed from office last week, appeared before a state ethics board Monday to press for an investigation of fellow Republican Gov. As attorney general, Ravnsborg last year filed a pair of complaints against Noem to the state’s Government Accountability Board alleging she abused the powers of her office by interfering in a state agency as it evaluated her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license and by misusing state airplanes. Ravnsborg appeared at the Government Accountability Board’s meeting for the first time since he initiated the complaints last year and said he was ready to provide additional information. But the agency’s former director, Sherry Bren, told the legislative committee last year that she felt “intimidated” at the July 2020 meeting, where she said Peters’ unsuccessful application was discussed in detail and a plan was formed to give her an unprecedented, additional chance to show she could meet federal standards.

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South Dakota prosecutor: No charges for Noem’s airplane use
2 years, 2 months ago

South Dakota prosecutor: No charges for Noem’s airplane use

Associated Press  

— A South Dakota prosecutor who was overseeing an investigation into Gov. Kristi Noem’s use of state government aircraft announced Tuesday that the investigation found nothing to support a criminal prosecution. Hughes County State’s Attorney Jessica LaMie said in a short statement that there was “no basis to pursue” any actions on the allegations that the Republican governor had misused …

South Dakota prosecutor: No charges for Noem's airplane use
2 years, 2 months ago

South Dakota prosecutor: No charges for Noem's airplane use

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Kristi Noem's use of state government aircraft announced …

Board: SD Gov. Kristi Noem may have ‘engaged in misconduct’
2 years, 4 months ago

Board: SD Gov. Kristi Noem may have ‘engaged in misconduct’

Associated Press  

— A South Dakota ethics board on Monday said it found sufficient information that Gov. Kristi Noem may have “engaged in misconduct” when she intervened in her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license, and it referred a separate complaint over her state airplane use to the state’s attorney general for investigation. The three retired judges on the Government …

South Dakota ethics board pushes ahead in Noem investigation
2 years, 5 months ago

South Dakota ethics board pushes ahead in Noem investigation

Associated Press  

— A South Dakota government ethics board on Wednesday pressed forward with its investigation of two complaints against Gov. Noem, a potential 2024 White House contender, is under scrutiny from the state’s Government Accountability Board for allegations that she misused the powers of her office by interfering in her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license and flying on …

South Dakota AG convicted on 2 impeachment charges, removed
2 years, 6 months ago

South Dakota AG convicted on 2 impeachment charges, removed

Associated Press  

— The South Dakota Senate on Tuesday convicted Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg of two impeachment charges stemming from a 2020 fatal crash, removing and barring him from future office in a stinging rebuke that showed most senators didn’t believe his account of the crash. Nick Nemec, Boever’s cousin who has been a constant advocate for a severe punishment for Ravnsborg, …

South Dakota AG Jason Ravnsborg removed from office after killing a constituent: report
2 years, 6 months ago

South Dakota AG Jason Ravnsborg removed from office after killing a constituent: report

Raw Story  

The South Dakota Senate sustained the impeachment of Attorney General and removed him from office on Tuesday, the Rapid City Journalreported. Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg fatally ran over Joe Boever on Sept. 12, 2020. The crimes and malfeasance all stem from a September 12, 2020, crash where Ravnsborg’s private car struck and killed Joe Boever, who was walking on the …

South Dakota ethics board grinds forward on Noem complaints
2 years, 8 months ago

South Dakota ethics board grinds forward on Noem complaints

Associated Press  

— A South Dakota ethics board on Monday moved to hire an outside attorney as it considers a pair of ethics complaints against Gov. Kristi Noem, delaying its decision on whether to investigate allegations the governor interfered in a state agency evaluating her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license and misused state airplanes. “We have not yet made …

Ethics complaints against Noem to be discussed in May
2 years, 8 months ago

Ethics complaints against Noem to be discussed in May

Associated Press  

— A board that investigates complaints against South Dakota officials is scheduled to take up a pair of ethics complaints against Gov. Noem had until last Friday to respond to complaints alleging she misused state airplanes for personal use and that she improperly interfered with a state agency that was evaluating her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license. …

South Dakota attorney general impeached over fatal crash
2 years, 8 months ago

South Dakota attorney general impeached over fatal crash

Associated Press  

— The South Dakota House on Tuesday impeached state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg over a 2020 car crash in which he killed a pedestrian but initially said he might have struck a deer or another large animal. In narrowly voting to impeach the state’s top prosecutor, the Republican-controlled House charged Ravnsborg with committing crimes that caused someone’s death, making “numerous …

South Dakota AG insists no wrongdoing during crash probe
2 years, 11 months ago

South Dakota AG insists no wrongdoing during crash probe

Associated Press  

— South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg on Thursday insisted he had done nothing wrong in using his position overseeing the state’s Division of Criminal Investigation to make inquiries about what out-of-state criminal investigators could find on his phone during the investigation of his 2020 fatal car crash. The Republican attorney general is facing a House impeachment probe as lawmakers …

South Dakota ethics board wants response from Noem by April
2 years, 11 months ago

South Dakota ethics board wants response from Noem by April

Associated Press  

— A South Dakota government accountability board on Thursday set an April deadline for Gov. One is whether Noem’s use of state airplanes broke the law, and the other is whether she improperly interfered with a state agency that was evaluating her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license. Ravnsborg declined to discuss the specifics of the complaints Thursday, …

Investigators say South Dakota AG was untruthful about crash
2 years, 11 months ago

Investigators say South Dakota AG was untruthful about crash

Associated Press  

— Criminal investigators on Wednesday told South Dakota lawmakers that they didn’t believe the state’s attorney general when he told them he never saw the body of the man he fatally struck on the night of the 2020 crash. Investigators said they doubted Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg’s insistence, both in public and in law enforcement interviews, that he initially thought …

EXPLAINER: New ethics board thrust into Kristi Noem inquiry
3 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: New ethics board thrust into Kristi Noem inquiry

Associated Press  

— The four retired judges who make up South Dakota’s Government Accountability Board usually meet just a handful of times a year, almost entirely unnoticed by the public, and have never advanced a complaint to a public hearing. Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg — a Republican like Noem, but no ally of the governor’s — referred two matters to the board. …

South Dakota AG reviewing Noem’s meeting with daughter
3 years, 3 months ago

South Dakota AG reviewing Noem’s meeting with daughter

Associated Press  

— South Dakota’s attorney general said Tuesday he is reviewing concerns from state lawmakers over a meeting Gov. Kristi Noem held last year that included both her daughter and a state employee who was overseeing her daughter’s application to become a certified real estate appraiser. The Associated Press reported Monday that Noem held the meeting shortly after the state agency …

South Dakota governor sends AG crash investigation to House
3 years, 4 months ago

South Dakota governor sends AG crash investigation to House

Associated Press  

— South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Wednesday renewed her efforts to force the state’s attorney general from office after he hit and killed a pedestrian last year, delivering to the House speaker an external hard drive containing the crash investigation file. “The remarkable detail in this investigation file will assist the House in its important work of considering whether …

Trump-loving attorney general to take plea deal in fatal crash that divided South Dakota Republicans
3 years, 4 months ago

Trump-loving attorney general to take plea deal in fatal crash that divided South Dakota Republicans

Raw Story  

Jason Ravnsborg, the pro-Trump Republican attorney general of South Dakota, will take a plea deal in his criminal case stemming from a crash last year in which he killed a man walking along a rural highway. Kludt's in-depth story, published hours before news broke of Ravnsborg's plea deal, notes that the case "has consumed South Dakota's political class" and "caused …

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