Ray Holmberg, North Dakota’s longest-serving state senator, will resign after a report revealed he texted with a man jailed on child pornography charges.
North Dakota’s longest-serving state senator will be resigning after a report revealed the lawmaker exchanged text messages with a man jailed on child pornography charges.
Morgan-Derosier has been behind bars on charges of possessing several thousand images and videos depicting sexually abused children. He is also accused of taking two children under the age of 10 from Minnesota to his home in Grand Forks with the intent to sexually abuse them. He said the texts were about “a variety of things” including patio work Morgan-Dosier did for him. He told the paper he no longer has the texts.Holmberg has not been charged with any crime, and his lawyer Mark Friese said there is no indication that he will be.
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