A South Dakota legislative committee met privately Tuesday with the lawyer handling the investigation into allegations that a state senator engaged in sexual misconduct with a high school student who served as a page in the 2006 legislative session. Members of the Legislature's Executive Board, which handles management issues for the Legislature, said they could not discuss details of what was said at the meeting.
Sen. Ed Olson, R-Mitchell, the panel's chairman, said Sioux Falls lawyer Jim McMahon told the committee what he has learned from investigation records that were subpoenaed from the attorney general's office. The panel also discussed what direction the probe will take, Olson said.
The Senate is looking into allegations that Sen. Dan Sutton, D-Flandreau, groped an 18-year-old male page during the 2006 session. Sutton has not spoken publicly about the issue, but his lawyer has said Sutton has done nothing wrong.
The Senate had scheduled a special session this week to look into the allegations against Sutton, but it was canceled when Sutton resigned Nov. 14 from his current term.
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