MN GOP: JOHNSON DOUBLE-TALK ON ETHICS COMPLAINT
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Dean Johnson on Senate Ethics Complaint
Dean Johnson on Senate Ethics Complaint
Earlier Today, Johnson Ridiculed Ethics Complaint As "Further Political Shenanigans"
"Senate Republican leaders filed an ethics complaint against DFL Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson this morning, saying an investigation is needed to get to the bottom of a recorded conversation in which Johnson said Supreme Court justices had assured him they would not overturn state law to allow same-sex marriage. … Johnson said he had not yet read the complaint and would have more comment this afternoon. But he said, 'I expect this is just further political shenanigans." (Patricia Lopez, “Ethics Complaint Filed Against Senate Majority Leader,” Star Tribune Website, <http://www.startribune.com/587/story/323507.html>, March 22, 2006)
"Senate Republican leaders filed an ethics complaint against DFL Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson this morning, saying an investigation is needed to get to the bottom of a recorded conversation in which Johnson said Supreme Court justices had assured him they would not overturn state law to allow same-sex marriage. … Johnson said he had not yet read the complaint and would have more comment this afternoon. But he said, 'I expect this is just further political shenanigans." (Patricia Lopez, “Ethics Complaint Filed Against Senate Majority Leader,” Star Tribune Website, <http://www.startribune.com/587/story/323507.html>, March 22, 2006)
Johnson Now Says Ethics Complaint "Is Being Taken Seriously"
"The ethics complaint filed against me today is being taken seriously. We have a process in place in the Minnesota Senate which I respect. I intend to let the process work." (“Senate Majority Leader Johnson Issues Statement Following Filing Of Complaint Against Him,” E.C.M. Publishers Inc. Website, March 22, 2006)
"The ethics complaint filed against me today is being taken seriously. We have a process in place in the Minnesota Senate which I respect. I intend to let the process work." (“Senate Majority Leader Johnson Issues Statement Following Filing Of Complaint Against Him,” E.C.M. Publishers Inc. Website, March 22, 2006)
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