ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA - Sen. Dean Johnson, under pressure for embellishing remarks on the gay marriage issue, will make a public apology on the Senate floor as part of a resolution of an ethics complaint.A Senate ethics subcommittee said Friday it would dismiss the complaint after Johnson apologizes on the Senate floor on Monday. Johnson also must give a written apology to the people who convened a January meeting where he made his original remarks.
Johnson has been under fire for telling a group of pastors that several Supreme Court justices told him they wouldn't overturn the state's law prohibiting same-sex marriage.
"I'm glad it's over," Johnson said after the subcommittee meeting. "It's behind us."
The panel found probable cause for the ethics complaint, but didn't determine whether Johnson was guilty of lying or bringing the Senate into disrepute, said Senate President James Metzen, who heads the subcommittee.
He said the panel's four members all supported dismissing the complaint after the apologies. The subcommittee met privately for two hours after its members voted to close the session to the public and the media.
Speaking to reporters after the decision was announced, Johnson said he didn't think he broke Senate rules.
from The Duluth News Tribune
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