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BumRushDaShow

(162,062 posts)
Mon Aug 22, 2022, 02:21 PM Aug 2022

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 daughter’s 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 didn’t 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 general’s 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.
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Ethics board: SD Gov. Noem may have 'engaged in misconduct' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 OP
Uh Oh! This Is Going To Help Her Chances In November SoCalDavidS Aug 2022 #1
"May have" durablend Aug 2022 #2
I smell a curt letter of reprimand. Thomas Hurt Aug 2022 #3
This, along with the last Marijuana issue, bluestarone Aug 2022 #4
For those in coltrol of the state this behavior is probably worthy of a badge of honor. Scalded Nun Aug 2022 #5
another crooked republican... moonshinegnomie Aug 2022 #6
What about her misconduct of playing doctor during the pandemic? KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2022 #7
Can I just say that I find it super creepy that female repubs refer to him as "daddy"? Initech Aug 2022 #9
Even worse, some call him a messiah. KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2022 #10
That's.................. even creepier! Initech Aug 2022 #11
I'm shocked, SHOCKED! Well not that shocked. Initech Aug 2022 #8
The reason Republicans assume Democrats are crooked is because all of them are. Martin68 Aug 2022 #12
She's a republican. DUH. Novara Aug 2022 #13
K and R oasis Aug 2022 #14
 

SoCalDavidS

(10,599 posts)
1. Uh Oh! This Is Going To Help Her Chances In November
Mon Aug 22, 2022, 02:23 PM
Aug 2022

Ahhhh...who am I kidding? It's South Dakota. It's already in the bag.

bluestarone

(20,553 posts)
4. This, along with the last Marijuana issue,
Mon Aug 22, 2022, 02:37 PM
Aug 2022

I would hope people of South Dakota would get rid of this scumbag!

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,743 posts)
7. What about her misconduct of playing doctor during the pandemic?
Mon Aug 22, 2022, 04:27 PM
Aug 2022

Things she said cost a number of people their lives......

Just repeating things her daddy in D.C. said.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,743 posts)
10. Even worse, some call him a messiah.
Mon Aug 22, 2022, 05:48 PM
Aug 2022

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)
11. That's.................. even creepier!
Mon Aug 22, 2022, 06:00 PM
Aug 2022

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.

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