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Rep. Thompson should resign now He has lost the ability to effectively represent his district.
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It is rare that a governor, state House speaker and chairman of one s own party would demand the resignation of a legislator. Yet such is the case with Minnesota Rep. John Thompson, whose accusation that he was racially profiled by St. Paul police has snowballed into revelations that he has been accused of domestic abuse.
Police reports show that Thompson was accused on several occasions of choking and punching a female companion, including an incident in which the victim s 5-year-old daughter was said to be an eyewitness. He s also accused of exposing his genitals to female acquaintances while young children were present.
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Rebuttal comes day after Gov. Walz, other leaders call on him to resign.
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Mara H. Gottfried / St. Paul Pioneer Press | 3:04 pm, Jul. 18, 2021 ×
John Thompson, a St. Paul legislator, speaks to reporters at the Minnesota Capitol in 2021. Sarah Mearhoff / Forum News Service
ST. PAUL State Rep. John Thompson “challenges the authenticity of the police reports that have been circulated to the press” about past domestic assault allegations against him, his attorney said Sunday, July 18, the day after the state’s top Democrats called on him to resign.
Thompson’s wife, who he’s been in a relationship with for 20 years, “does not recall and does not believe she ever made such allegations,” according to attorney Jordan Kushner, who said he spoke with both Thompson and his wife. Kushner is representing Thompson in an unrelated ongoing misdemeanor trial in Hennepin County stemming from a 2019 Thompson arrest at a Robbinsdale hospital.
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