Alaska attorney general resigns after disclosure of text messages

[brooklynite]

Source: Anchorage Daily News

Alaska Attorney General Kevin G. Clarkson resigned Tuesday following the publication of an Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica investigation showing he sent hundreds of “uncomfortable” texts to a younger state employee.

Records obtained by the newsrooms found Clarkson sent 558 text messages between March 5 and March 31 to a woman whose job required she sometimes interact with the attorney general. In at least 18 messages he invited the woman to come to his home.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy said in an email Tuesday morning he had accepted Clarkson’s resignation.

“This administration has and always will expect the highest level of professional conduct in the workplace,” a statement from Dunleavy said. “There is nothing more important than the protection of our state employees, and that includes feeling safe when an employee is at worK.

Read more: https://www.adn.com/politics/2020/08/25/attorney-general-resigns-after-disclosure-of-text-messages/

[onetexan]

1. Another republican, no less

[FakeNoose]

2. In 25 days he sends an average of 22 text messages per day?

WTF is he ... like, 15 years old? This guy has a serious problem.
Holy shit biscuits, even Repukes know better than this!

[Polybius]

3. Is that a lot?

I do around 100 a day.

[Indykatie]

5. 100 to How Many People? 22 to a Single Person in This Situation Sounds Excessive and Obsessive.

[Polybius]

6. Usually about 5 or 6 different people daily

The bulk goes to my work buddy, who I text about 50+ times a day, and vice versa.

[Kaleva]

8. I might send about 20 texts in a week.

I haven't sent any in the past 2 days.

[LudwigPastorius]

4. That's beyond sexual harassment, which is horrible enough.

This psycho is a full-blown stalker.

[Dios Mio]

7. What's wrong with these freaks?

[rpannier]

9. expect the highest level of professional conduct

You got caught, so you gotta go