Ethics board: SD Gov. Noem may have 'engaged in misconduct'
Source: AP
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) A South Dakota ethics board on Monday said it found sufficient information that Gov. Kristi Noem may have engaged in misconduct when she intervened in her daughters application for a real estate appraiser license that it could take action against her.
The three retired judges on the Government Accountability Board determined that appropriate action could be taken against Noem, though it didnt specify the action. The board voted unanimously to invoke procedures calling for a contested case hearing that would give Noem, who has denied wrongdoing, a chance to publicly defend herself against the allegations related to conflicts of interest or malfeasance.
The retired judges also referred a complaint that Noem flew on state-owned airplanes to political events to the state attorney generals office for further investigation. That puts the investigation under the oversight of the interim attorney general, Mark Vargo, who was appointed by Noem. Both complaints were brought by then-Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, a Republican who has since been impeached and removed from office over his conduct in an unrelated car crash in which he killed a pedestrian.
The board handled the complaints only by case number and did not refer to Noem directly in either case. Ravnsborg provided the case numbers to The Associated Press.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/kristi-noem-south-dakota-sd-state-wire-1c5fb7828aba13ad4f6467b76554c022?taid=6303c74a86667a00014fee80
"Ethics" is an oxymoron for the GQP.

SoCalDavidS
(10,599 posts)Ahhhh...who am I kidding? It's South Dakota. It's already in the bag.
durablend
(8,631 posts)Is the sky blue?
Thomas Hurt
(13,934 posts)bluestarone
(20,553 posts)I would hope people of South Dakota would get rid of this scumbag!
Scalded Nun
(1,533 posts)moonshinegnomie
(3,718 posts)Last edited Mon Aug 22, 2022, 06:17 PM - Edit history (1)
who would have thunk it....
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,743 posts)Things she said cost a number of people their lives......
Just repeating things her daddy in D.C. said.
Initech
(106,618 posts)
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,743 posts)Can't even imagine that level of brainwashing and illusion.......
What's worse again is they have a sizable number of their preachers feeding that fire....
Initech
(106,618 posts)I would like to place the blame for a lot of the shit that's happening right now on Fox, but that's over-simplifying it.
Initech
(106,618 posts)
Martin68
(26,557 posts)Novara
(6,115 posts)They're all corrupt.