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Democratic Minnesota authorities Sen. Nicole Mitchell will beryllium removed from committee assignments and caucus meetings aft she was arrested past week for a suspected burglary astatine her stepmother's home.
Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy, a Democrat, released a connection obtained by FOX9 Minneapolis, saying that while nan business is tragic, "there are still questions that request to beryllium answered."
"While nan lawsuit is nether reappraisal some successful nan Senate and successful nan courts, Senator Mitchell will beryllium relieved of her committee assignments and removed from caucus meetings," Murphy said.
Mitchell was charged pinch first-degree burglary connected Tuesday aft constabulary arrested her early Monday astatine her stepmother’s home. Mitchell has denied nan allegations and claimed that she was simply checking connected an sick loved one.
911 CALL TRANSCRIPT DETAILS DEMOCRATIC MINNESOTA STATE SENATOR'S ALLEGED BURGLARY AT STEPMOTHER'S HOME
Mitchell was elected to correspond Minnesota's Senate District 47 successful 2022. (Minnesota State Senate)
Mitchell acknowledged that she entered done a model and told investigators she was trying to get her precocious father's ashes, photos, a flannel garment and different items of sentimental value, according to a criminal complaint. Mitchell claimed her stepmother had stopped speaking to her aft her father’s decease and refused to springiness her nan items.
Democratic authorities Sen. Nicole Mitchell, 47, was charged pinch first-degree burglary connected Tuesday. Mitchell denies nan charge. (Becker County Jail)
DEMOCRATIC MINNESOTA STATE SENATOR CLAIMS SHE WAS CHECKING IN ON ILL LOVED ONE DURING ALLEGED BURGLARY
Senate Republicans filed an morals complaint against Mitchell earlier nan Senate convened connected Wednesday and forced a ballot connected a mobility to instantly motorboat an investigation.
Republicans attempted to expedite an morals investigation of Democratic Sen. Nicole Mitchell, who's facing a felony burglary charge. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski, File)
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Mitchell, of Woodbury, has represented District 47 since she was elected to nan authorities Senate successful 2022. She was antecedently a meteorologist for KSTP-TV and Minnesota Public Radio and serves arsenic a lieutenant colonel successful the Air National Guard.
