The Idaho Legislature needs to immediately begin an ethics investigation of Rep. Giddings.
The Idaho Legislature needs to immediately begin an ethics investigation of Rep. Giddings.
The Issue
The Lewiston Tribune (Marty Trillhaase) said it best:
"JEERS ... to Rep. Priscilla Giddings, R-White Bird.
Her conduct in the course of the sex scandal that led to Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger’s reprimand and ultimate resignation has been breathtakingly atrocious.
If the people of north central Idaho aren’t filled with a sense of shame at this moment, they have not been paying attention.
On April 16, just hours after the House Ethics Committee announced it had found probable cause to pursue charges that the Lewiston Republican had engaged in “conduct unbecoming” of a legislator by allegedly raping a 19-year-old legislative intern at von Ehlinger’s Boise apartment, Giddings began victimizing the victim.
On her Facebook page, Giddings posted a picture of the teenager, analogized von Ehlinger’s plight to that of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation battle and then directed readers to a linked Redoubt News article naming the young woman in the opening paragraph.
The following day, Giddings released her weekly newsletter, which contained another link to the same Redoubt News article...
By participating in such an escapade, Giddings may well have violated the Legislature’s Respectful Workplace Policy. It admonishes lawmakers to protect the confidentiality of anyone making a complaint. It also prohibits them from acts of retaliation.
Wednesday, that young woman — dubbed Jane Doe — courageously but painfully told her story to the Ethics Committee. As Giddings sat in the audience, The Associated Press and the Idaho Statesman of Boise reported she “scoffed and laughed at times during the hearing, including when the intern’s attorneys suggested that the bullying the intern had experienced would make other women less willing to report sexual assault.”
When it came her turn to testify, Giddings further disparaged the victim, suggesting that a previous confrontation between them showed the intern “was maybe on drugs” or “not in a normal state.”...
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The Idaho Legislature should immediately begin a ethics investigation into Giddings' “conduct unbecoming a representative which is detrimental to the integrity of the House as a legislative body”. Not to mention inhumane.
The Issue
The Lewiston Tribune (Marty Trillhaase) said it best:
"JEERS ... to Rep. Priscilla Giddings, R-White Bird.
Her conduct in the course of the sex scandal that led to Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger’s reprimand and ultimate resignation has been breathtakingly atrocious.
If the people of north central Idaho aren’t filled with a sense of shame at this moment, they have not been paying attention.
On April 16, just hours after the House Ethics Committee announced it had found probable cause to pursue charges that the Lewiston Republican had engaged in “conduct unbecoming” of a legislator by allegedly raping a 19-year-old legislative intern at von Ehlinger’s Boise apartment, Giddings began victimizing the victim.
On her Facebook page, Giddings posted a picture of the teenager, analogized von Ehlinger’s plight to that of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation battle and then directed readers to a linked Redoubt News article naming the young woman in the opening paragraph.
The following day, Giddings released her weekly newsletter, which contained another link to the same Redoubt News article...
By participating in such an escapade, Giddings may well have violated the Legislature’s Respectful Workplace Policy. It admonishes lawmakers to protect the confidentiality of anyone making a complaint. It also prohibits them from acts of retaliation.
Wednesday, that young woman — dubbed Jane Doe — courageously but painfully told her story to the Ethics Committee. As Giddings sat in the audience, The Associated Press and the Idaho Statesman of Boise reported she “scoffed and laughed at times during the hearing, including when the intern’s attorneys suggested that the bullying the intern had experienced would make other women less willing to report sexual assault.”
When it came her turn to testify, Giddings further disparaged the victim, suggesting that a previous confrontation between them showed the intern “was maybe on drugs” or “not in a normal state.”...
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The Idaho Legislature should immediately begin a ethics investigation into Giddings' “conduct unbecoming a representative which is detrimental to the integrity of the House as a legislative body”. Not to mention inhumane.
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Petition created on April 30, 2021