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Special Rules for a Special Trial

Special Rules for a Special Trial

Senator Art Rusch Photo: WNAX


Meeting in special session this week, the South Dakota Senate approved rules for the impeachment trial of Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg.

Senator Art Rusch of Vermillion says the rules are one of a kind….

Rusch, a retired circuit court judge, says Senators will have to make several decisions…..

Rusch says there could be a third vote during the trial….

Rusch says he has several hundred pages of information to study before the trial begins on June twenty first. The Senate has set aside two days for the proceedings.

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