Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion undergoes ethics hearings

Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion undergoes ethics hearings

ST. PAUL — The Senate Ethics Subcommittee reviewed Senate President Bobby Joe Champion’s potential conflict of interest with a north Minneapolis reverend and his nonprofit on Tuesday, April 22, during one of two planned ethics hearings. The subcommittee is attempting to determine if Champion had a conflict of interest when introducing a bill to provide $1 million in state grants to 21 Days of Peace, a violence prevention program headed by Rev. J…

Champion denies conflict of interest, wrongdoing in first ethics hearing on funding for legal client • Minnesota Reformer

Senate President Bobby Joe Champion, DFL-Minneapolis, denied to the ethics committee Tuesday that he did anything wrong when he spearheaded $3 million in state grants to a nonprofit run by a legal client, north Minneapolis Rev. Jerry McAfee. Champion reiterated that his legal work for McAfee was pro-bono and concluded just prior to the start […]

Champion denies conflict of interest, wrongdoing in first ethics hearing on funding for legal client

Senate President Bobby Joe Champion, DFL-Minneapolis, denied to the ethics committee Tuesday that he did anything wrong when he spearheaded $3 million in state grants to a nonprofit run by a legal client, north Minneapolis Rev. Jerry McAfee. Champion reiterated…

Ethics panel weighs whether MN Senate president violated rules

Bobby Joe Champion has asked the committee for an advisory opinion on whether he violated the chamber’s conflict of interest rules.

One Year After Alleged Detroit Lakes Burglary, Sen. Mitchell Faces New Conflict of Interest Complaint

ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) — Sen. Steve Drazkowski of Mazeppa, Minnesota has filed a conflict of interest complaint against fellow Sen. Nicole Mitchell of Woodbury. The Republican says the Democrat Mitchell voted on a matter that directly impacted her income and continued employment. Mitchell took part in a Senate vote on January 27 to uphold a ruling by the presiding officer against a motion to expel the senator. She is set to stand trial in June f…