Structure of the office
The South Dakota Attorney General's Office represents and provides legal advice to agencies, boards, and commissions of the government of South Dakota. The office represents the state in state and federal court, as well as in administrative adjudication and rulemaking hearings.
History
Within South Dakota, the office of attorney general is often considered a stepping stone to the office of governor. Six attorneys general Coe I. Crawford (won 1904 & 1906), Merrell Q.
Living former Attorneys General of South Dakota
As of August 2021#N#[update]#N#, there were seven former and current Attorneys General of South Dakota still alive, the oldest Attorneys General of South Dakota being Gordon Mydland (served 1969–1973, born 1922). The most recent Attorney General of South Dakota to pass away was Mark V. Meierhenry (served 1979–1987) on July 29, 2020.
Elections
The voters of the U.S. State of South Dakota elect an attorney general for a four-year term. The winning candidate is shown in bold .
'We Need to Tell The American public'
- In late April 20216, after being informed by Graham Wilson, a Perkins Coie colleague, that the DNC server had been breached, Michael Sussmann immediately turned to CrowdStrike. As Sussmann recalled in December 2017 testimony to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the cyber firm was hired based on his "recommendation." Although it is widely believed that Cro…
'We Just Don’T Have The Evidence'
- The Washington Post's June 2016 story, generated by Sussmann, was the opening public salvo in the Russiagate saga. But it was not until nearly four years later that the public learned that CrowdStrike was not as confident about the Russian hacking allegation that it had publicly lodged. In December 2017 testimony that was declassified only in May 2020, Henry admittedthat his fir…
Conflicting Accounts on DNC Server Access
- The FBI relied on CrowdStrike's forensics of the DNC servers, but both sides have given conflicting accounts as to why. The FBI claims that the DNC denied it direct access to its computer network, while the DNC claims that the FBI never sought such access. Once again, Sussmann was in the middle of this, and his sworn testimony is at odds with other accounts. In their December 2017 t…
Henry Struggles, Perkins Coie Intervenes
- In addition to exposing a major evidentiary gap regarding alleged Russian hacking, Henry's December 2017 testimony revealed that Sussmann's law firm exerted significant influence over the flow of information in CrowdStrike's handling of it. Joining Henry at the deposition was Sussmann's Perkins Coie partner, Graham Wilson, who represented the DNC, and David Lashway…
An 'Extraordinary Coincidence'
- The CrowdStrike-Perkins Coie contract, signed in early May 2016, ensured that Sussmann and his firm would oversee the cyber firm's work product, and subject it to the secrecy of attorney-client privilege. The Perkins Coie-CrowdStrike contract is similar to the arrangement between the firm and another contractor pivotal to the Trump-Russia investigation, Fusion GPS. In their 2019 boo…
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