Photographed here is the late North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)
Mountrail County State's Attorney Wade Enget outlined his decision in a memo Thursday to Burleigh County State's Attorney Julie Lawyer, saying he can't file a charge of tampering with public records because North Dakota law didn't clearly define at the time that emails are a government record. A new state law for email retention has since taken effect.
Enget told The Associated Press he is still reviewing the Montana report regarding the remodel and lease of the building, which houses divisions of the attorney general's office. The cost overrun occurred under Stenehjem.
Brocker's attorney, Tom Dickson, said Enget made the correct decision.
"When you looked at the law in effect in 2022 or during the time frame we're talking about here, it wasn't a violation, and I concluded that almost right away," Dickson said.
Brocker now works in the Burleigh County State's Attorney's Office.
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Separate from Enget's review, Republican state Rep. Jason Dockter, of Bismarck, who has an ownership interest in the building, was charged with a misdemeanor for "voting on legislative bills appropriating money to pay for property he had acquired a pecuniary interest in," according to a complaint. He has pleaded not guilty; a trial is set for May.
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