GOP South Dakota AG Has Likely Escaped Impeachment After Fatally Running Over Man And Leaving The Scene

The Daily Beast reports:

More than a year and a half after he ran down and killed a man, South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg may be done with facing any consequences. A special investigative committee of the South Dakota House of Representatives emerged from a closed-door meeting Monday to recommend against impeaching Ravnsborg. It would have been the first impeachment trial in the state’s 133-year history.

A group of Republican legislators sent a letter to Ravnsborg earlier in the day, asking him to seek guidance from the state Supreme Court to challenge Gov. Kristi Noem for her use of federal COVID funds. Noem, in a response issued by her re-election committee, said legislators were more interested in “protecting one of their own” instead of holding Ravnsborg responsible for the fatal crash.

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Special investigative committee of the South Dakota House of Representatives recommends against impeaching Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg after he killed a man https://t.co/W6O976p0TP

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 29, 2022

The question before this committee was, should the Attorney General should continue to be the top law enforcement officer in the state of South Dakota. It is clear that he should not be. My hope is that the House of Representatives as a whole will do the right thing. (2)

— Governor Kristi Noem (@govkristinoem) March 29, 2022