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DEVELOPING... Story will be updated as new information can be verified. Updated 3 times BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho state lawmaker refused to answer questions she deemed “irrelevant” during a hearing Monday to determine whether she violated ethics rules by publicizing in disparaging social media posts the name of a woman who accused another lawmaker of rape. The lawmaker also argued that the young Statehouse intern who said she was raped wasn’t actually a victim or entitled to privacy und...

Then she said she went on Facebook to post a link to a different far-right blog article that included the interns photo, name and other personal information — and linked to the same article in a newsletter to constituents. After the interns identity was revealed, she was subjected to a flood of harassment. Advocates for victims of sexual assault said the situation showed why many are afraid to report crimes. But Giddings, who is running for lieutenant governor, said the complaints about her...

`; var circulars = Idaho Rep. Priscilla Giddings denies allegations of conduct unbecoming legislator, blames ethics hearing on ‘woke cancel culture movement’ Kelcie Moseley-Morris, Idaho Capital Sun Updated at Share This Rep. Priscilla Giddings, R-White Bird, reads her opening statement before the House Ethics and Policy Committee at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise on August 2. | (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun) BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) – Idaho Rep. Priscilla Giddings den...

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BOISE, Idaho • An Idaho state lawmaker accused of violating ethics rules by publicizing the name of an alleged rape victim in disparaging social media posts refused to answer questions she deemed “irrelevant” during an ethics hearing Monday. The lawmaker also claimed the young Statehouse intern who reported the alleged rape wasn’t actually a victim or entitled to privacy under the law. Republican Rep. Priscilla Giddings became the subject of two ethics complaints by about two dozen lawm...

Then she said she went on Facebook to post a link to a different far-right blog article that included the interns photo, name and other personal information — and linked to the same article in a newsletter to constituents. After the interns identity was revealed, she was subjected to a flood of harassment. Advocates for victims of sexual assault said the situation showed why many are afraid to report crimes. But Giddings, who is running for lieutenant governor, said the complaints about her...

Updated at Share This House Speaker Scott Bedke BOISE (AP) — Rep. Priscilla Giddings says an ethics investigation she’s facing is “dirty politics,” but her opponent in the race for lieutenant governor, House Speaker Scott Bedke, said Wednesday the probe is legitimate and the complaint signed by a bipartisan group of 24 lawmakers was dated before Giddings announced she was running. The House Ethics and Policy Committee received two formal complaints earlier this year that center on Gid...

North Idaho Rep. faces ethics hearing for publicly naming alleged sexual assault victim Hayat Norimine, The Idaho Statesman Jul. 20—After months of calls from sexual assault survivors and advocates, a Republican House lawmaker now faces an ethics hearing over her behavior as a representative. Rep. Priscilla Giddings, a White Bird Republican running for lieutenant governor, will face a hearing on Aug. 2 over her conduct when a 19-year-old legislative intern alleged that another...

Air Force Reserve major, lawmaker who publicly shared rape accuser’s name faces hearing by   In this Thursday, March 1, 2018, file photo, Idaho Republican state Rep. Priscilla Giddings sits at the Capitol in Boise. The Idaho lawmaker who publicized the name of an intern who accused another state lawmaker of rape will face a legislative ethics hearing next month. (Kimberlee Kruesi/AP) BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho lawmaker and Air Force Reserve major who publicized the name of a 19-year...

President on a Tightrope Boise State’s leader must tread carefully through the culture war. Others may soon walk the same line. Politics on Campus July 2, 2021 The letter from 28 Republican lawmakers arrived before the president had even moved into her new home. Typically, when conservative politicians send early demands to public-college presidents, they focus on the rising cost of college. But in this three-page missive, that concern w...