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Ex-Senate Leader Convicted on Contract Scandal | Washington DC News
Former Montana Senate President Jason Ellsworth just got convicted on misdemeanor charges for awarding $170,000 in no-bid state contracts to a company tied to a longtime friend — a move prosecutors say bypassed all proper procedures. Despite leading the Legislative Audit Committee, which oversees spending, Ellsworth signed blank contracts and handed them off for others to finalize — all in the final days of December 2024. The company, Agile Analytics, was registered just weeks before the deals. His conviction follows a prior ethics ban from the Senate floor and committees for life, and he now…
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