Former State AG Knew About Holmberg

(North Dakota Monitor)

(KNOX) – Recently released records indicate that the late North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem communicated with former Sen. Ray Holmberg of Grand Forks as the lawmaker was being investigated for sex crimes, including calls the day Stenehjem sat for a law enforcement interview.

Stenehjem only told law enforcement about one phone call with Holmberg. That is according to Attorney General Drew Wrigley, who succeeded Stenehjem after his January 2022 death.

“That’s a pretty troubling log,” Wrigley said after his office made the call logs public.

The attorney general office was asked about contacts with Ray Holmberg.

There also is evidence that Stenehjem and the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation knew years earlier about a sexual assault allegation against Holmberg but no criminal charges were ever filed from that report.