Friends and readers have been asking what's the news with the impeachment trial of South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg.
Ravnsborg hit and killed Joseph Boever with his car in September 2020 as Boever was walking on the shoulder of the road. While Ravnsborg was charged with and convicted of minor traffic violations, public opinion favors impeachment.
Last month in a special session, the South Dakota House of Representatives voted to begin impeachment procedures.
Where's that at? At Dakota News Now, Austin Goss reported Thursday in Ravnsborg impeachment trial offers no updates, answers:
It has been a month since the South Dakota State House convened to create a committee to consider the impeachment of Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg.
Since then, the “Special Investigative Committee on Impeachment” has met one time.
“The impeachment committee right now is working on getting our legal counsel for the committee, said State Rep. Jamie Smith (D-Sioux Falls), a member of the committee. “Once that is in place, I believe we will be moving forward.”
Smith and eight other members of the select committee voted to allow for the selection of special counsel during their brief meeting on November 10th.
After the initial one, no such meetings have occurred, nor have any announcements been made in regards to who would be hired as special counsel to help guide the committee.
Speaker of the House Spencer Gosch (R-Glenham), who heads the committee, says that part of the reason for the delay is because of a number of lawsuits, or threats of lawsuits, that he and the Legislative Research Council (LRC) have faced.
“In the process of finding special counsel we have run into a few hiccups,” Gosch said. “Whether that be frivolous lawsuits from certain media entities, that takes up a ton of our time, or just threats thereof. Ultimately, we have run into other hiccups too. We are still on the right path and will have more updates as they come.”
Gosch also confirmed that the impeachment committee will not meet next week, due to “scheduling conflicts.” The following week is the week of Christmas. . . .
Waiting is the hardest part.
Related posts:
- Ravnsborg impeachment process news digest: SD House takes 1st steps toward booting killer AG from office
- SD House speaker unveils Special Investigative Committee members; poll reveals strong public support for Ravnsborg impeachment.
- Week before Ravnsborg impeachment, Hyde County Sheriff Mike Volek, 1st at crash, has died
- SD Supreme Court rules Sanford probe warrants to be unsealed, but names of state house special session supporters don't need disclosure
- As South Dakota turns; or, more melodrama from Kristi and Jason in the stonefaces state
- Justice for Joe Boever: widow, Ravnsborg reach confidential settlement in wrongful death lawsuit
- Proof we're not in MN anymore, Toto: Ravnsborg reviewing Noem’s meeting with daughter
- South Dakota legislators call for special session to ponder impeaching state attorney general
- Associated Press: Top lawmakers release Ravnsborg impeachment petition for special session
- Justice for Joe Boever: news about Ravnsborg impeachment; Jackley's campaign for office
- Bipartisan group of South Dakota House leaders call for Ravnsborg impeachment inquiry
- A Friday of headlines in the life of South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg
- Top South Dakota lawman: Joe Boever's killer Ravnsborg gets 7th speeding ticket since 2014
- Is anyone pleased with SD AG Jason Ravnsborg plea deal other than Team Ravnsborg?
- Remember Joe Boever: AP reports South Dakota AG Ravnsborg objects to cameras at his trial
- Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Army Reserve blocks Ravnsborg promotion due to Boever death
- Boever death: Ravnsborg didn't see face coming through glass, flashlight like beacon in grass
- Ravnsborg's lawyer enters not guilty plea; South Dakota Attorney General not present in court
- Joe Boever was killed, but Ravnsborg's attorney claims client suffering is the worst thing ever
- Justice for Joe Boever: Governor Noem calls for AG Ravnsborg's resignation; articles of impeachment filed in South Dakota House
- Attorney General Ravnsborg charged with 3 misdemeanors in crash that killed Joe Boever
- Twitter memorials: 5 months ago, South Dakota Attorney General Ravnsborg killed Joe Boever
- Daily Beast: Ravnsborg killed a man. Family members fear Joe Boever has been forgotten
- Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Noem supports using grand jury to speed up Ravnsborg killing probe
- States attorneys looking into killing of Joseph Boever by AG Ravnsborg not talking to Noem
- Rapid City Journal: After 4 months, still no decision on whether AG Ravnsborg will be charged for killing Joseph Boever
- AP: Prosecutors waiting on debris testing in SD Attorney General killing of Joseph Boever
- Governor Kristi Noem takes off her positive pants, given pace of Ravnsborg investigation
- Well, that's illuminating: South Dakota Highway Patrol’s accident report on Boever killing
- South Dakota News Watch: Crash experts question Ravnsborg’s car-deer explanation
- SD News Watch: State's criminal & civil traffic laws favor drivers over pedestrians in collisions
- UPDATED: Joe Boever's tragic death on Hwy 14: news digest about Ravnsborg's fatal accident
Photo: Ravnsborg's Taurus, via Rapid City Journal. From the New York Times' transcription:"“We know that his face came through your windshield,” one investigator said. The vehicle also had an imprint from at least part of the man’s body on the hood, an investigator said, adding that “at some point he rolls off and slides into the ditch.”
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