Holmberg’s release violation continues pattern of GOP criminal behavior

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 5, 2024

FARGO — A recent report from the Fargo Forum uncovered that Former North Dakota Sen. Ray Holmberg violated release conditions ahead of his plea hearing multiple times. Holmberg was set to plead guilty for traveling to Prague with intentions to rape children. The plea agreement would drop a charge that Holmberg possessed child sex abuse materials.

Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn remarked, “This plea agreement was already a sweetheart deal. It’s a betrayal of our nation’s promise to protect its children that Holmberg has been able to gallivant about Grand Forks as if nothing happened. This isn’t new for Republican lawmakers though. Whether it’s Nico Rios drunkenly harassing police officers, Jason Dockter being convicted for profiting from taxpayer funds, Emily O’Brien’s alleged illegally lobbying, Claire Cory drinking and driving, or out-on-bail felon Donald Trump’s long list of crimes, Republicans think that they are above the law. Voters have a clear choice this election: the Republican Party is the party of criminals; the Democratic Party, led by a former prosecutor, is the party of law and order.”