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Tuesday, April 26th, 2022

Judge denies request to delay trial for Idaho Republican accused of rape

Author:     KELCIE MOSELEY-MORRIS
Source:     Idaho Capital Sun
Publication Date:     APRIL 18, 2022 | 5:46 PM
 Link: Judge denies request to delay trial for Idaho Republican accused of rape
Stephan:   One of the things that stands out, for me, in all the arrests and indictments of Republican officials is their male dominance obsession. Trump has 26 -- 26! -- women who have registered complaints about his attempts to molest and dominate them. But he is far from alone in this. Here is an obscure Republican now former state representative. It's the same Trumpian story.
Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger, R-Lewiston (left), and his attorney, Edward Dindinger, seated in the Lincoln Auditorium at the Idaho Capitol before the House Ethics Committee hearing in April 2021. Credit: Kelcie Moseley-Morris/Idaho Capital Sun

Fourth District Judge Michael Reardon denied a request to postpone the trial date for former state Rep. Aaron von Ehlinger, who is charged with felony rape and forcible penetration of a foreign object, and the trial will still go forward on April 26.

Von Ehlinger, 39, is accused of raping a 19-year-old legislative intern in March 2021, when the former intern said the two went to dinner and then his apartment. Von Ehlinger has pleaded not guilty to the charges and has said the sexual activity was consensual.

Von Ehlinger’s attorney in the case, Jon Cox, told the court Monday he expected the trial would be delayed based on his understanding of the priority the courts assigned to jury trials when COVID-19 case numbers were high. In past cases, the court was giving first priority to criminal trials involving a defendant who […]

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