Corruption on display in Montana Senate - 2025 Day 24
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9 [DIRTY] Republicans joined with 18 Democrats to sweep the Corruption under the rug. The former Republican Senate President has illegally awarded a $170K contract to his business partner.
https://rumble.com/embed/v6fq0ja/?pub=8e2u1
Allegations of criminal activity by former Montana Senate leader Jason Ellsworth are being handed over to the state Department of Justice following a heated Thursday floor debate in the Senate chambers in which minority Democrats prevailed.
Against the wishes of the Republican leadership, lawmakers voted to suspend a Senate Ethics Committee investigation into Ellsworth and send allegations of criminal official misconduct to Republican Attorney General Austin Knudsen.
https://montanafreepress.org/2025/02/06/democrats-notch-a-win-by-sending-ellsworth-investigation-to-doj/
Emotions ran high Thursday afternoon on the Montana Senate floor, as members approved a motion that would delay the Senate Ethics Committee’s investigation into a former Senate president.
By a 27-22 vote, senators approved a request by Senate Minority Leader Pat Flowers, D-Belgrade, to refer the allegations against Sen. Jason Ellsworth, R-Hamilton, to the Montana Department of Justice. The motion also suspended for now the Ethics Committee’s investigation, which had been set to begin hearings as soon as next week.
Ellsworth has been accused of not following the proper procedure when approving a $170,000 state contract late last year, and a Legislative Audit Division report said his handling of the contract had demonstrated “abuse and waste.” Ellsworth and his attorney have pushed back against those findings.
https://www.ktvq.com/news/montana-senate-votes-to-delay-ellsworth-ethics-investigation-refer-to-department-of-justice