Against the wishes of the Republican leadership, lawmakers voted to suspend a Senate Ethics Committee investigation into Jason Ellsworth and send allegations of criminal official misconduct to Republican Attorney General Austin Knudsen.
Author Archives: Tom Lutey
Politics and investigations reporter Tom Lutey has written about the West for 30 years, mostly from Montana and Washington. He has covered legislatures, Congress, courts, energy, agriculture and the occasional militia group. He is a collector of documents and a devotee of the long game. He hasn't been trout fishing since eating them fell out of fashion.
