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FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2014, file photo Jason Ravnsborg speaks in Sioux Falls, S.D. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is calling for the resignation of the state's attorney general who is facing misdemeanor charges for striking and killing a man with his car. Attorney General Ravnsborg has indicated he will not step down while he waits for the case against him to proceed.
FILE - in this Oct. 13, 2020, file photo, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem answers questions in Sioux Falls, SD. Gov. Noem is calling for the resignation of the state's attorney general who is facing misdemeanor charges for striking and killing a man with his car. Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has indicated he will not step down while he waits for the case against him to proceed.
Republican Rep. Will Mortensen listens to debate in the South Dakota House on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in South Dakota/Capital in Pierre, S.D., after he sponsored a resolution to impeach Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. The state's top law enforcement officer is facing misdemeanor charges for striking and killing a man with his car.
FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2014, file photo Jason Ravnsborg speaks in Sioux Falls, S.D. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is calling for the resignation of the state's attorney general who is facing misdemeanor charges for striking and killing a man with his car. Attorney General Ravnsborg has indicated he will not step down while he waits for the case against him to proceed.
Dirk Lammers
FILE - in this Oct. 13, 2020, file photo, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem answers questions in Sioux Falls, SD. Gov. Noem is calling for the resignation of the state's attorney general who is facing misdemeanor charges for striking and killing a man with his car. Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has indicated he will not step down while he waits for the case against him to proceed.
Erin Bormett
Republican Rep. Will Mortensen listens to debate in the South Dakota House on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, in South Dakota/Capital in Pierre, S.D., after he sponsored a resolution to impeach Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. The state's top law enforcement officer is facing misdemeanor charges for striking and killing a man with his car.
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota House lawmakers on Tuesday began impeachment proceedings against the state’s attorney general, who is facing misdemeanor charges for striking and killing a man with his car and is already under pressure to resign.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers filed a resolution in the House to impeach the state’s top law enforcement officer, Jason Ravnsborg, after he indicated Monday he would not heed calls for his resignation.
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