No committee assignments for Iowa senator facing ethics charges
DES MOINES -- A Democratic senator facing an ethics investigation has not been given any committee assignments by Senate Minority Leader Janet Petersen.
Petersen, a Des Moines Democrat, announced Democratic committee assignments Friday, but Sen. Nate Boulton, also of Des Moines, was not given any committee responsibilities.
I will defer making any committee assignments for Senator Boulton until the Senate Ethics Committee completes its ongoing investigation into the complaint filed against him, she said.
Shes referring to a complaint filed by Des Moines attorney Sharon Wegner outlining allegations she made last May that Boulton pursued her in a bar in 2015 and repeatedly grabbed her buttocks without her consent.
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