The Republican senator is resigning on June 1 after reportedly exchanging 72 text messages with a man in prison on child pornography charges.
North Dakota’s longest-serving state senator announced Monday that he would resign following a report that he had traded scores of text messages with a man jailed on child pornography charges.
Holmberg did not immediately return messages from The Associated Press on Monday. His attorney, Mark Friese, said he didn't have anything to add beyond Holmberg's statement. Senate Majority Leader Rich Wardner said he spoke with Holmberg earlier about his future in the Legislature. The Forum of Fargo reported April 15 that Holmberg exchanged 72 text messages in August with Nicholas James Morgan-Derosier.
He told the Forum that his text messages with Morgan-Derosier were related to "a variety of things," including patio work Morgan-Derosier did for him. He also told the newspaper that he no longer has the text messages.Holmberg has been one of the Legislature’s most powerful lawmakers for decades, serving as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
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