South Dakota Senate approves June impeachment trial for Ravnsborg

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The South Dakota Senate has approved the rules for an impeachment trial of the state’s attorney general for his conduct surrounding a 2020 fatal car crash. The Senate will hold a two-day proceeding in June that gives just hours to either side to argue their case.

Republican Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was impeached by the House this month over a car crash in which he killed a pedestrian but initially said he may have struck a deer or other large animal. The trial will start June 21.

Ravnsborg said after his impeachment that he is looking forward to the Senate trial as a chance to “be vindicated.”

His attorney and spokesman did not immediately respond to requests for comment.