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A South Dakota ethics board found Gov. Kristi Noem may have engaged in misconduct by intervening in her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license.

John Pelissero, a scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, said it's “unusual” for an ethics board not to publicly announce the action it takes against an accused official.

“It lacks transparency if they do not announce the level of accountability,” he said. “That has the potential to undermine the public’s confidence in the accountability board and in state government generally.”

John Pelissero, senior scholar in government ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, quoted by the Associated Press. The article appeared in media channels nationwide including; The Washington Post, US News and World Report, WSFA 12 News, and more.