Posted 3/28/2024, 7:37:00 PM
Emails of Late North Dakota AG Stenehjem Recovered, Contain Routine Correspondence but Raise Transparency Concerns
- Thousands of emails of late North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem released by successor Drew Wrigley, previously thought to be deleted
- Emails cover 2021-2022 and appear fairly routine but conducted on private account; still subject to open records laws
- Emails recovered from backup of Stenehjem's cellphone during investigation into former state Senator Ray Holmberg
- Holmberg charged with intent to pay for sex with minor and receiving child sexual abuse images; pleaded not guilty
- Email deletion prompted concerns over $1 million building cost overrun under Stenehjem; no charges filed against his deputy who ordered deletion