South Dakota AG barred from future office after impeachment

[Nevilledog]

https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/breaking-senate-sustains-ravsnborg-impeachment-remove-him-from-office/article_4398361d-4e86-55ec-ae87-134041bb800e.html


PIERRE | South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has been barred from holding future office following his conviction on impeachment charges in a 2020 crash that killed a pedestrian.

The Republican-controlled Senate voted Tuesday to bar Ravnsborg from future office after earlier convicting him on one/both of two charges stemming from the crash that killed 55-year-old Joseph Boever. Those convictions had already triggered his automatic removal from office.

Ravnsborg told a 911 dispatcher the night of the crash that he might have struck a deer or other large animal, and has said he didn’t know he struck a man — 55-year-old Joseph Boever — until he returned to the scene the next morning. Criminal investigators said they didn’t believe some of Ravnsborg’s statements.

Ravnsborg, a Republican, was impeached in the House on charges of committing a crime that caused someone’s death and with malfeasance, for allegedly misleading law enforcement and abusing the powers of his office.

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[Novara]

1. GOOD

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Did he get his 15 minutes of drama in the sunshine? /nt

[Nevilledog]

4. He got this: "We've heard better lies from 5-year-olds," said the lead prosecutor.

Link to tweet

[gratuitous]

3. Boever's glasses were found inside Ravnsborg's vehicle

But who can say? Maybe South Dakota deer wear corrective lenses.

Okay, so for Republicans, shooting someone on Fifth Avenue in broad daylight is probably still okay. But they draw a line at running down a man and fleeing the scene.

[dalton99a]

5. He embarrassed them too much

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Okay Texas, you're up next

[yonder]

7. Excellent news