Rep. Rogers charged with November assault (Concord: attorney, house, casino)

[Nonesuch]

NHSP charged Katherine Rogers (D-Concord) on Aug. 7 with misdemeanor simple assault in relation to an incident during the November 2016 recount between incumbent Democrat Andrew Hosmer and Republican Harold French.

Originally Posted by GraniteGrok

“She turns to me and grabs me with one hand and starts to lean in to me like she was going to hug me and basically says, ‘You know, well whatever makes you happy.’ Then she clocked me on the side of the head,” Olsen said in an audio interview with the conservative blog Granite Grok. “After telling her that I would have her arrested if she touched me again, she leans in to me and says, ‘Hit me, go ahead, hit me, I know you want to. No, what you want to do – you want to shoot me.’ ”

According to Olsen, the incident was witnessed by Republican Rep. Steve Vaillancourt, who died this March, and “a young man from the Secretary of State’s IT department.” She said she told French – who ultimately won the recount – about the altercation that day, along with an attorney for the Republican party.

Olsen said she also later recounted the incident to House Speaker Shawn Jasper and told him she intended to file charges but would wait until the legislative session was over “out of respect for the House.”

Rogers is best known for her support of casino gambling and gun control, while Olsen regularly speaks against those bills. Both will appear in Concord District Court on Sept. 29.

[sgthoskins]

The tolerant left.

[jdhpa]

It will be interesting to see if this deters voters from supporting her again.