Gov. Kristi Noem tried to avoid ethics hearing, seal records
Source: AP
By STEPHEN GROVES
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem asked a state ethics board to dismiss a complaint against her without a public hearing and to seal off certain records, documents released Friday by the states Government Accountability Board show.
The Republican governor, who is widely seen as eyeing a 2024 White House bid, argued in an April motion that the states attorney general, a fellow Republican who filed the complaint, was out for political retribution and should be removed from the complaint. Noem had pushed former Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg to resign and later for his impeachment over his involvement in a fatal car crash.
The attorney generals complaint was sparked by a report from The Associated Press last year that Noem had taken a hands-on role in a state agency. Shortly after the agency moved to deny her daughter, Kassidy Peters, a real estate appraiser license in July of 2020, Noem held a meeting with Peters and key decision-makers in her licensure. Days after the meeting, Peters signed an agreement that gave her another opportunity to meet the licensing requirements.
The South Dakota Legislatures audit committee, controlled by Republicans, unanimously approved a report in May that found Noems daughter got preferential treatment.
FILE - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks on Feb. 25, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. A South Dakota ethics boards finding that Noem may have engaged in misconduct by intervening in her daughters application for a real estate appraiser license is likely not the last word on the matter. But exactly how much more comes out on the episode may be up to the Republican governor herself. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)
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peppertree
(21,639 posts)As well as woman of, well, ill-repute.
erronis
(15,303 posts)dchill
(38,505 posts)rubbersole
(6,702 posts)dchill
(38,505 posts)rubbersole
(6,702 posts)I wish she'd long-haul ass...into obscurity.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Then I foresee millions of Democrats fighting all sorts of tickets and summons based on political persecution by the law and order right.
hibbing
(10,098 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,229 posts)Sky Jewels
(7,113 posts)Well, color me shocked!
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)More than an official pleading to have records sealed without an investigation or trial. This is laughable.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Sweeping the sweep of the sweep, seriously sister?
Evolve Dammit
(16,743 posts)Daughter needed help getting past the application process?? Hmm.
TeamProg
(6,145 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,901 posts)officially ignored and buried in plain sight. It's a badge of proof within the party that you are corrupt enough and can manipulate the levers of power to insulate yourself to deserve higher office which you can in turn use to insulate other fellow GOP members and donors.
Grins
(7,218 posts)What did you expect?
Hassler
(3,379 posts)Novara
(5,844 posts)4Q2u2
(1,406 posts)This is why she and other Republicans turned on the AG after drunk driving killed that man. He was going after her hard on ethics violations. He also wanted to be Governor.