Indiana county commissioner John Jessup won re-election while on house arrest, but will not be able to serve in office

Summary

John Jessup, a Republican politician in Indiana, pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault and must resign from his position as county commissioner.

Despite winning re-election while under house arrest, Jessup’s conviction disqualifies him from serving in office.

The local Republican party will arrange a caucus to fill his position once his resignation takes effect.

    • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
      50·
      2 days ago

      Pretty much everyone is. The Supreme Court basically ruled that laws don’t apply to the President.

    • treefrog@lemm.ee
      17·
      2 days ago

      Most states, but not all, have laws disbarring felons from serving as state representatives.

      Federal offices do not have that same requirement.

    • stoly@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 days ago

      It’s always been that way. I am a state employee and can get fired and fined for listening to Spotify over the network because that’s making undue use of state resources. They only put these policies in place to hurt the small people, not the big ones.

  • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
    41·
    2 days ago

    And put in jail, right?
    The article is paywalled for me. Is there more than the summary in the post body?

    • hibsen@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Awaiting sentencing — here’s the relevant bit:

      Jessup on Monday told the Guardian that he must fill out certain paperwork before he could step down. The county council chair had mailed him those papers, but they had not immediately arrived, said Jessup, who is awaiting a sentencing hearing tentatively scheduled for April.

      According to what Jessup told the Daily Reporter, he was prepared for prosecutors to argue that he deserves between eight and 20 years in prison. Jessup reportedly said that his attorneys were going to seek a sentence of probation.