Former Sen. John McGee to be Sentenced

Eye on Boise reports that former Idaho Sen. John McGee, R-Caldwell, will be sentenced today at 1:30 p.m. in 4th District Court in Ada County.   McGee is facing sentencing for a charge of disturbing the peace on Feb. 7, 2012, related to charges that he sexually harassed a Senate staffer.  He also violated his probation in connection with the same allegation. At the time, McGee was on probation for driving under the influence in June of 2011, for which he received a withheld judgment. An additional charge of driving/operating a vehicle without the owner’s consent and causing more than $1,000 damage in the June 2011 incident was dismissed in exchange for his guilty plea on the DUI.

Court records show that McGee has completed 24 hours of community service; was fined $947; wrote a letter of apology to the victims in the driving case in July of 2011; was sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation; and was assigned 24 hours of alcohol/DUI education class. He also was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 175 suspended and received work release.

McGee, the former Republican caucus chairman, resigned from the Senate after the sexual harassment allegation surfaced. Betsy Russell’s complete report here .

Sometimes a guy comes around and you think, “Boy, I’m glad I’m not him today.”  Or am I the only one that thinks that?