South Dakota House To Vote On Impeaching Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg after he struck and killed a pedestrian in 2020 Fatal Crash

[basquebromance]

Today is South Dakota AG Jason Ravnsborg's 46th birthday. It's also the day the state House will decide whether to impeach him for his role in a strange, fatal car crash in 2020. Late last night, Ravnsborg sent this letter to lawmakers, urging them not to impeach.

South Dakota House To Vote On Impeaching Attorney General After Fatal Crash

Jason Ravnsborg struck and killed a pedestrian on the shoulder of a highway in 2020. Opponents of his impeachment argue that he wasn't on the job when it happened.

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[bodecea]

Next up: trump endorses him.

 

[odanny]

On September 12, 2020, Ravnsborg struck and killed 55-year-old pedestrian Joseph Boever on U.S. Highway 14, west of Highmore while driving home from a South Dakota Republican Party fundraiser in Redfield at Rooster's Bar & Grill, about 110 miles (180 km) from his home in Pierre. He later said that after the collision, while still in his car, he thought he had hit a large animal (perhaps a deer) and called 911 to report the collision. In addition, he said that after making the 911 call he exited his car to survey the damage. Sheriff Mike Volek inspected Ravnsborg's car, which was too damaged to drive. Volek then lent Ravnsborg his personal vehicle so Ravnsborg could drive himself home.

Boever had been walking along the side of the highway. According to two of Boever's cousins, Boever was walking back to his pickup truck, which he had crashed into a ditch along the highway earlier that day. Ravnsborg said he discovered Boever's body the next morning when he returned the sheriff's car and went to the scene of the collision to search for the carcass of the deer he thought he had struck. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety began an investigation of the collision. The victim's broken reading glasses were discovered inside Ravnsborg's Ford Taurus, leading detectives to tell Ravnsborg that "his face was in your windshield"; Ravnsborg denied seeing the man's body or the glasses in his car. The victim's wife said she was not notified of his death until 22 hours after the collision. Testimony also stated that the victim had been stuck partially inside the vehicle for an undetermined amount of time.

 

[Papageorgio]

Do the right thing and impeach him. He needs to focus on his life and how he is breaking the laws he is sworn to protect.

 

[Moonglow]

Why is this mook still walking the streets on the taxpayer dole?

 

[westwall]

Do the right thing and impeach him. He needs to focus on his life and how he is breaking the laws he is sworn to protect.

Yup. He should have never been elected.

 

[basquebromance]

impeached!

South Dakota attorney general impeached over fatal crash

Jason Ravnsborg will at least temporarily be removed from office pending the historic Senate trial, where it takes a two-thirds majority to convict on impeachment charges.

www.politico.com