Windy Boy removed from legislative committee assignments after sex abuse allegations
Legislative leaders reassigned his committee posts after allegations that he sent sexually explicit messages and photos to underage girls in 2002.
- On Monday, Montana legislative leaders removed state Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy from his interim committee and commission assignments at the request of Senate President Matt Regier and Senate Minority Leader Pat Flowers.
- The removal follows recent allegations that Windy Boy sent sexually explicit photos to minors in 2002. Last month, Montana Democratic Party Chair Shannon O'Brien called for his resignation after learning of the claims.
- Senate leadership appointed Sen. Jacinda Morigeau to the State-Tribal Relations Committee, while Sen. Laura Smith and Sen. Dave Fern will fill vacancies on finance, budget, and school funding commissions.
- Regier and Flowers reiterated their calls for Windy Boy to resign from the Senate, citing a pattern of repeated sexual harassment and credible allegations dating back over two decades.
- Although stripped of committee duties, Windy Boy remains in office because the Legislature lacks authority to remove him; a voter-initiated recall election is the only path to removal before 2028.
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Senate Leadership Strips Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy from Interim Committee Assignments
Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, was removed from his interim committees Monday, following mid-April reports on allegations of sexual abuse against him. Interim committees in the state legislature meet between legislative sessions to study issues in more depth. Windy Boy was sitting on the State-Tribal Relations Interim Committee and Senate Finance & Claims and Section E Interim Budget Committees. He also served as one of the members of the…
Montana Free Press
Bozeman Daily ChronicleState Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy stripped of interim committee assignments
Legislative leaders from both sides of the aisle removed state Sen. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, from his interim committee and commission assignments Monday. Interim committees and commissions meet between Montana’s biannual legislative sessions to discuss issues and draft policy. Windy Boy’s removal from two interim committees and one commission came at the request of Senate President Matt Regier, R-Kalispell, and Senate Minority Leader …
Helena Independent Record
Windy Boy removed from legislative committee assignments after sex abuse allegations
"Sen. Windy Boy still needs to do the right thing and completely resign from public office," legislative leaders said in a joint statement on Monday.
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