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ANOTHER NEBRASKA STATE SENATOR FACES INVESTIGATION

NEBRASKA GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN IS CALLING FOR A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO THE REMOVAL OF A NEBRASKA CAPITOL DISPLAY ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY.

PILLEN SHOWED A SECURITY VIDEO THAT APPEARS TO SHOW STATE SENATOR MACHAELA CAVANAUGH OF OMAHA REMOVING SEVERAL DISPLAYS OF THE FOUNDERS MUSEUM TRAVELING EXHIBIT ON JANUARY 7TH, AND A PHOTO SHOWED THE MISSING ITEMS IN HER OFFICE.

THE DISPLAY WAS PUT UP AT THE CAPITOL AS PART OF THE NATION’S 250TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.

PILLEN ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING HE SHARES NEBRASKANS’ PROFOUND DISAPPOINTMENT IN SENATOR CAVANAUGH’S CONDUCT IN THE STATE CAPITOL.

HE SAYS IF A PRIVATE CITIZEN HAD ENGAGED IN SIMILAR CONDUCT, THERE WOULD BE A CONSEQUENCE FOR SUCH MISCONDUCT.

PILLEN SAYS DUE TO THE NEBRASKA STATE PATROL’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR CAPITOL AND LEGISLATIVE SECURITY, HE DIRECTED AGENCY SUPERINTENDENT, COLONEL BRYAN WAUGH TO REFER THIS MATTER TO THE LANCASTER COUNTY SHERIFF FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.

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