A South Dakota House committee investigating whether the state’s attorney general should be impeached for his conduct surrounding a 2020 fatal car crash is set to finish its work this week
FILE - South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg speaks in Sioux Falls, S.D. on Feb. 23, 2014. A South Dakota House committee investigating whether the state's attorney general should be impeached for his conduct surrounding a 2020 fatal car crash is set to finish its work this week. House lawmakers are wrapping up a monthslong investigation that has splintered the state's Republicans over the fate of Ravnsborg. SIOUX FALLS, S.D.
“The public deserves the truth and this family, this poor family deserves some justice,” she said in January.laid out an argument for impeachment House Speaker Spencer Gosch, the Republican leading the impeachment committee, said its final report would include details on how Noem has tried to “influence the investigation.”
Even if the committee doesn't recommend action, there will likely be a separate push to impeach him. Republican Rep. Will Mortenson, who introduced articles of impeachment last year, said his argument for doing so has only been confirmed by testimony from law enforcement officers who investigated the crash.If the House impeaches Ravnsborg, he would be removed from office at least temporarily.
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