Category: Jason Ravnsborg

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg Convicted, Removed From Office Over Fatal Crash in 2020

Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg of South Dakota was convicted by the state Senate on June 21 of two impeachment charges following a car accident in 2020 that claimed another man’s life. The vote to impeach the Republican came after hours of questioning from lawmakers, who did not appear to believe Ravnsborg’s account of the crash, and also triggered his automatic…


South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg Convicted, Removed From Office Over 2020 Fatal Crash

Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg of South Dakota was convicted by the state’s Senate on June 21 of two impeachment charges in connection with a car crash in 2020 that claimed the life of a pedestrian. The vote to impeach the Republican came after hours of questioning from lawmakers, who didn’t appear to believe Ravnsborg’s account of the crash, and…


South Dakota Lawmakers Impeach State’s Attorney General Over Fatal Car Crash

South Dakota’s House of Representatives on April 12 impeached the state’s attorney general over the fatal car crash he got into in 2020. Republican Jason Ravnsborg was impeached in a 36–31 vote. The adopted resolution says Ravnsborg “committed certain crimes while operating a motor vehicle, which led to and directly caused the death of South Dakota…


South Dakota AG Gets Fines, No Jail Time in Pedestrian Death

FORT PIERRE, S.D.—South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg pleaded no contest Thursday to a pair of misdemeanor traffic charges over a crash last year that killed a pedestrian, avoiding jail time despite bitter complaints from the victim’s family that he was being too lightly punished for actions they called “inexcusable.” Circuit Judge John Brown had…


Widow of Man Killed by South Dakota AG Wants Records Private

PIERRE, S.D.—The widow of a man struck and killed on a South Dakota highway by the state’s attorney general is attempting to block the release of her husband’s mental health records. A judge recently ordered several hospitals and clinics to provide records about Joe Boever’s psychiatric state. The order from retired Circuit Court Judge John…


South Dakota AG Pleads Not Guilty in Fatal Crash Hearing

PIERRE, S.D.—South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg pleaded not guilty in an initial court hearing Friday for three misdemeanor charges he is facing for striking and killing a man with his car last summer. The Republican attorney general did not appear at the courthouse in Pierre, South Dakota, but his lawyer Tim Rensch made the…


Police Grilled South Dakota AG on Phone Use Before Crash

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—Investigators questioning South Dakota’s attorney general after a fatal car crash pressed him on how he did not realize he had struck a man and whether he had been reading email and checking news sites on his phone immediately before, according to videos of their interviews. In two videos released by Gov. Kristi…