{"id":2414196,"date":"2025-03-21T11:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-state-senator-resigns-after-alleged-sexual-misconduct-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T15:13:11","slug":"minnesota-state-senator-resigns-after-alleged-sexual-misconduct-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-state-senator-resigns-after-alleged-sexual-misconduct-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota state senator resigns after alleged sexual misconduct &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminnesota-state-senator-resigns-after-alleged-sexual-misconduct-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2414196&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - 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I must focus on personal matters at this time. It has been an honor to serve in the Minnesota Senate,&rdquo; the letter read.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The resignation comes after Minnesota police began an undercover operation where detectives posed as underage girls and &ldquo;placed advertisements for commercial sex&rdquo; on public websites. Eichorn began communicating with someone he believed to be a 17-year-old girl who was an undercover detective earlier this month. When he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3352421\/minnesota-state-senator-arrested-sexual-misconduct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">went to meet<\/a> the girl for sex on Monday, Eichorn was arrested by police.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eichorn was swiftly condemned by his colleagues, with members of the state GOP calling en masse for him to step down from office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are shocked by these reports and this alleged conduct demands an immediate resignation,&rdquo; Minnesota Senate Republicans wrote in a statement on Tuesday. &ldquo;Justin has a difficult road ahead and he needs to focus on his family.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) also called for Eichorn&rsquo;s resignation during a press conference Wednesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You cannot prey on children and expect to get away with it,&rdquo; the Minnesota governor said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Staff place the agenda on the desk of GOP Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn before his name was removed prior to the morning&rsquo;s session and Eichorn&rsquo;s resignation at the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (Elizabeth Flores\/Star Tribune via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Investigators allege&nbsp;Eichorn was fully aware the girl he believed he was communicating with was a minor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/03\/20\/justin-eichorn-minnesota-resigns\/82578291007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according to<\/a> <em>USA Today<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am 17 &hellip; like I said don&rsquo;t want any drama but wanna be upfront cause one guy got hella mad at me,&rdquo; the undercover agent said in one text.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3352421\/minnesota-state-senator-arrested-sexual-misconduct\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MINNESOTA GOP CALLS FOR STATE SENATOR&rsquo;S RESIGNATION AFTER ARREST FOR ALLEGED SEXUAL MISCONDUCT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why was he so mad? I think age of consent is 17 when do ya turn 18?&rdquo; Eichorn replied, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>Conversations between the two included &ldquo;the undercover&rsquo;s &lsquo;rates,&rsquo; her supposed age, and sex acts,&rdquo; police said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1919495\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1919495\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnesota state senator resigns after being arrested for alleged sexual misconduct with a minor Justin Eichorn, who was a Republican state senator in Minnesota for over eight years, resigned from office on Thursday after being charged with allegedly soliciting a minor for prostitution. 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