South Dakota prosecutor: No charges for Noem’s airplane use

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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, center, checks her phone before taking off on July 26, 2021, in Pierre, S.D. A South Dakota prosecutor who was overseeing an investigation into Noem's use of state government aircraft announced Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, that the investigation found nothing to support a criminal prosecution.

The Associated Press
October 26, 2022
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota prosecutor who was overseeing an investigation into Gov. Kristi Noem’s use of state government aircraft says that the investigation found nothing to support a criminal prosecution.

Hughes County State’s Attorney Jessica LaMie says that there was “no basis to pursue” any actions on the allegations that the Republican governor had misused the state plane or that the plane’s flight records had been altered.

She called an allegation that flight records had been tampered with “frivolous.”

Noem, a potential 2024 White House contender, had used the plane to attend events hosted by political organizations in 2019.

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