Fox9 in Minneapolis first reported that Mr. Thompson was involved in multiple domestic-assault cases. Court records from 2003 to 2011 show he pleaded guilty in three cases to reduced charges of disorderly conduct, while a fourth case was dismissed.
Mr. Kushner said that his client, now on trial in a 2019 obstruction case in Hennepin County Court, “maintains the allegations are false and he was never found guilty of them in a court,” according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Mr. Walz joined the Democratic House leadership, the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and the Republican Party of Minnesota in calling Saturday for Mr. Thompson to step down from his seat representing St. Paul’s east side.