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Respondent’s Counsel Says Rules Risk Bias, Asks for More Time and Protections
Summary
Joan Veil, counsel for former Senate President Jason Ellsworth, told the Senate Ethics Committee that the proposed rules and reliance on an audit report risk prejudging the case; she sought extended response time, discovery protections, and procedures for protective orders and in-camera review.
Joan Veil, counsel for former Senate President Jason Ellsworth, delivered a sustained objection to the committee's proposed rules and timeline, saying they risk presuming culpability before an adjudicatory fact-finding process begins. Veil argued the rules' introduction references the legislative auditor's findings and therefore may bake in bias, invoking what she described as a "cat's-paw" theory whereby earlier adverse conclusions are imputed to the committee's work.
Veil raised multiple procedural concerns: she contended the allegations under review arose outside the current legislative session and may therefore present a jurisdictional…
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