South Dakota attorney general convicted on 2 impeachment charges, removed
A vote was pending on whether Jason Ravnsborg should be barred from holding future office.
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A vote was pending on whether Jason Ravnsborg should be barred from holding future office.
Ravnsborg struck and killed a pedestrian on the shoulder of a highway in September 2020.
The committee's party-line decision was a major setback for those trying to remove the Republican from office.
Jason Ravnsborg pleaded no contest in August to a pair of misdemeanors in the crash that killed 55-year-old Joseph Boever.
Jason Ravnsborg, the state's top law enforcement officer, hit and killed a 55-year-old man last year.
South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg is facing criminal charges for fatally striking a man with his car in September.
The attorney general of South Dakota is facing possible impeachment amid an investigation into a September car accident where he struck and killed a man. Interrogation videos lead to new questions about what he knew about the accident the night it happened. David Begnaud reports.
Jason Ravnsborg is facing misdemeanor charges, as well as the governor calling for his resignation, after he struck and killed a man on a highway.
As investigators described how his car swerved and struck Joseph Boever, Jason Ravnsborg appears distressed.
When a 911 dispatcher asked if he could have hit a deer, Jason Ravnsborg said, "It could be."
Ravnsborg initially said he thought he struck a deer but when he returned to the scene, he found he had killed a man.
Jason Ravnsborg first said he thought he'd hit a deer and didn't realize he'd hit a man until the body was found. He now says he found the body himself.
"I am shocked and filled with sorrow following the events of last night," Jason Ravnsborg said.