South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg used title to get out of traffic tickets, according to report

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Whilst a South Dakota Home committee voted Jason Ravnsborg ought to not be impeached because he was not “in office”, in other phrases not on duty, at the time of a deadly crash, the lawyer general has a history of applying his title to get out of targeted visitors tickets.

That’s just one particular of the matters our crew of reporters has uncovered as we go as a result of the Ravnsborg documents to study more about the crash that killed Joe Boever.

A single of the studies includes a in depth glance at Ravnsborg’s driving historical past. In the two several years leading up to the crash, law enforcement officers pulled him more than 15 situations. He was only ticketed twice. In most of individuals situations he received warnings, like in February of 2020, just months in advance of the deadly crash.

That is when a Gettysburg law enforcement officer pulled Ravnsborg more than for likely 50 miles an hour on a extend of highway with a 35 mile an hour pace limit. According to the highway patrol document, Ravnsborg told the officer he was the attorney basic, was on his way to a conference and felt the pace was essential.

It is just one of at the very least 3 conditions exactly where he explained to the officer his title in advance of acquiring a warning.

KELOLAND News has a team of reporters examining the Ravnsborg report.