Indiana county commissioner John Jessup won re-election while on house arrest, but will not be able to serve in office

Summary

John Jessup, a Republican politician in Indiana, pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault and must resign from his position as county commissioner.

Despite winning re-election while under house arrest, Jessup’s conviction disqualifies him from serving in office.

The local Republican party will arrange a caucus to fill his position once his resignation takes effect.

  • Aurenkin
    130·
    1 month ago

    How is it that a county commissioner is held to a higher standard than the president

    • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
      50·
      1 month ago

      Pretty much everyone is. The Supreme Court basically ruled that laws don’t apply to the President.

    • stoly@lemmy.world
      9·
      1 month ago

      It’s always been that way. I am a state employee and can get fired and fined for listening to Spotify over the network because that’s making undue use of state resources. They only put these policies in place to hurt the small people, not the big ones.