Senate Panel Holds Hearing on State Sen. Mitchell Ethics Complaint

ST. PAUL (KVRR/KFGO) — A Senate Ethics committee holds another hearing on Minnesota DFL State Senator Nicole Mitchell in St. Paul.

Mitchell did not appear at the brief hearing.

Many in the Minnesota DFL party, including Gov. Tim Walz, have called for her resignation after her arrest for burglary at her stepmother’s home in Detroit Lakes in April.

Mitchell told police she was trying to retrieve some of her late father’s belongings, including his ashes.

Mitchell is set to appear in court July 1.

Her lawyers told the ethics panel that her case could take months to resolve.

“Final judgement in this case, whatever that may be, is probably several months away. So if that is a triggering moment for this body we probably aren’t going to see that until this fall, November, December,” said attorney Bruce Ringstrom.

The committee is also looking into whether it can obtain the body camera footage of Mitchell’s arrest.

They set the next hearing for July 25.