MN: Senate ethics committee delays action on complaint against DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell
A bipartisan Senate ethics committee on Tuesday voted to delay taking action on a complaint filed against Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, who last month was charged with first-degree burglary, a felony.
Senate Republicans filed an ethics complaint arguing that Mitchell had violated the Minnesota Senate’s standards of ethical conduct when she allegedly broke into her stepmother’s Detroit Lakes home intending to take several sentimental items belonging to her late father on April 22.
The committee voted to reconvene on June 12 — two days after Mitchell’s next scheduled court appearance and well after the session ends on May 20.
Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy, DFL-St. Paul, removed Mitchell from her committee assignments and said she will no longer participate in caucus meetings, though she’s still a member of the caucus and voting on bills.
https://minnesotareformer.com/2024/05/07/senate-ethics-committee-delays-action-on-complaint-against-dfl-sen-nicole-mitchell/
