South Dakota Attorney General -- Update -- April 5, 2022

Updates

April 6, 2022: to say I'm disappointed in the Republican Party with regard to this issue would be an understatement. The Republicans aren't even showing up for presentations by the South Dakota Highway Patrol with their analysis.

This issue, along with a few others, has resulted in me turning in my Republican Party affiliation. I now self-identify as an independent and it won't take many more wedge issues to self-identify as a Democrat.

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KFYR-TV, yesterday, April 4, 2022:

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg twice caused police officers to hit their brakes to avoid his errant driving in the months before he struck and killed a pedestrian in 2020.

The Highway Patrol’s scrutiny of the attorney general’s driving record is coming to light ahead of the House meeting next week. Lawmakers will consider a majority report from a Republican-controlled impeachment investigation committee that recommended he not be impeached.

However, Gov. Kristi Noem is pushing for Ravnsborg’s ouster. The Highway Patrol is offering a public briefing for lawmakers on Wednesday, tomorrow, April 6, 2022.

Sioux Falls Argus Leader, today, April 5, 2022:

Republicans are lining up on opposite sides ahead of next week as they prepare to weigh whether Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg should be impeached for his role in the crash that killed 55-year-old Joseph Boever in 2020. 

On one side, there's Republicans on the House Select Committee on Investigation, who reviewed the investigation and voted not to recommend impeachment. 

This would be another wedge issue for me.  From the linked article:

Ravsnborg was convicted of a pair of traffic violations after he struck and killed Boever on the night of Sept. 12, 2020, while traveling from a political function in Redfield to his home in Pierre. Ravnsborg initially reported to a 911 dispatcher that he did not know what he'd struck. He did not report the discovery of Boever's body until the following morning, when he had returned to Highmore in a vehicle he was loaned the night prior.