FACT CHECK: Jackley Donor a Scam Artist, Not Economic Developer
VERMILLION, S.D. – During last night’s South Dakota Public Broadcasting debate, Marty Jackley made a series of false statements regarding his involvement with the “sham corporation” Global Aquaponics.
“South Dakota deserves an honest governor for whom economic development doesn’t include fraud,” said Justin Brasell, Kristi for Governor Campaign Manager.
Marty Jackley falsely claimed: “[Tobias Ritesman] didn’t hold a fundraiser for me. I was at an event that he was at…”
THE FACTS: Marty Jackley’s PAC reported a $700 in-kind contribution from Tobias Ritesman for “Food and Location for event” on their 2016 pre-general fundraising report.
Marty Jackley claimed the Global Aquaponics sham was “important to South Dakota,” saying “I did go to a groundbreaking because that’s what’s important to South Dakota.”
THE FACTS: Outside of the hole Marty Jackley dug, no construction started. Instead, the company was accused of being a “sham corporation,” and its founder – a “Friend of Marty Jackley” – was caught making “bogus” claims. He “misrepresented” and “misled” South Dakota employees, which led to a $400,000 lawsuit, and was arrested and charged with devising a “scheme to defraud investors.”
And the question still remains: Why was there no state-level investigation of this fraud committed against South Dakotans?
Someone seems to be reading Dakota free press
I am SO DONE with Kristi and her non-stop releases and BS! They do absolutely NOTHING to make me want to vote for her again. I helped with her previous campaigns, but now I don’t even think I’d be able to vote for her in the general election!
ok Glodt
Total Glodt fabrication. He comes in here constantly and poses but he has very predictable speech patterns.
Moved on to Marty: I too sometimes get mad at the non-stop attempt at personal character assassination. Then, I calm down and realize it just her scumbag political hired gun (she deserves some responsibility for hiring him but. . . .). I know this is her scumbag because the Congresswoman knows the answer to the last question.
However, these tactics demonstrate she is losing and doesn’t have anything positive to offer to make a difference.
Love you troy!
This kentucky campaig fella is a real piece o work. Good grief.
I’m feeling the same way. Her campaign is turning into the school yard bully throwing every possible insult to get Marty to react. I mean how many times can she say government lawyer? Is that supposed to be an insult?
He needs to get back to positive messages and ignore them. The undecided have enough policy to go on and will make a character decision.
That is what she is hoping for….she cleans his clock on character…reminds them of all the scandals and poor judgments he has made
I don’t see how this is negative. They are simply pointing out the truth. Marty lied about not taking money from the guy, when he did. Everyone is attacking her campaign manager because they don’t have an argument against the fact that Marty lied. This isn’t negative. Kristi now has my vote.
Marty lies again. It’s all Kristi’s fault. Nothing is the slick lawyer’s fault and he’s mad because he got caught and exposed. Glodt and his team do their jobs & whine because it’s ‘negative’. Is this the pattern we’ll see if he is governor? OF COURSE IT IS! VOTE Kristi Noem for a real governor!
Sure, I’ll bet you were “undecided”
All smear campaigns think they are simply preaching the truth! Do go on!!
Kristi’s campaign knows she is in trouble and now is stooping so low.
Only a lifelong lawyer would think that providing facts is akin to “stooping low.”
Just remember when it’s all over the losing side needs to suck it up and go to work for the other side and fight under the “conservative” banner.
I don’t care what either side says, they are both good conservative candidates!
Look at the pro-Marty responses to this – instead of providing the truth to allegations of scandal, they try to turn it around, then deflect deflect deflect.
Sound familiar? It’s right out of the “sleazy lawyer” playbook.
That’s what you get with Marty – the sleazy lawyer playbook.
This has the potential to be a knife fight in the gutter. However, Jackley has yet to get out his knife (he does apparently know how to shoot a gun) and get in the gutter. Will he?
I think it’s important to note that Mr. Ritesman has been federal wire fraud charges. It’s not like an investigation hasn’t happened, it’s just happened at the federal level (FBI) since it’s a securities matter which falls under federal law.
Perhaps he committed state-level offenses.
But we don’t know because he was never investigated.
I also think its’s important to note the FBI told their lead informant not to spark to the DCI. Do you know why?
That’s because Marty Jackley is in charge of the DCI.
Millions were stolen over a period years. It was only recently they got caught due to their greed.
I am sure you think you are helping Kristi. But all this innuendo and assertion by someone who is anonymous sounds like Clomey, Clapper, and McCabe spreading false rumors against Trump. Plus you are reminding me you don’t have anything to want someone to support Kristi.
Now that I think about, you might be for Jackley using reverse psychology. If this is true, you are very effective.
Well if I just came right out and said I know intimate details about this case, which I do, for reasons that should come to you with little use of the imagination, would that make it more believable? I’d still get called a Noem staffer or whatever else. And people would say I’m full of it anyway. This is a real federal investigation. With real victims, and a lot of money disappeared. There are more in involved than the 2 already charged. Read the news. That other name always dropped is a buddy of Jackley. Pierre lobbyist, form CoS to Mickelson. What more do u want me to say? Ask and I’ll answer if I can. I’m no Kristi fanatic by any means.
read the news…is there a particular link we should read? can you post that?
There are a bunch out there to read from the argus leader. Many linked in the Noem press release posted in this blog yesterday. Scroll down.
Or just google Dean Krogman. Get a bowl of popcorn while your at it. Gave away his home to Tobias for $1. Also paid off a victim last summer (out of his own pocket) who threatened to go to authorities. Did all this knowing full well GA was never gonna happen. Who oversees the S.D Division of Securities? Marty Jackley. Who approved this scam the second time around after it failed the 1st time around? The S.D Divison of Securities. Who oversees this agency? Marty Jackley
Marty does not oversee the division of securities. It has nothing to do with the office of the AG. Pull your head out of Kristi’s keister and think before you speak.
Google is your friend. Lots of coverage on Mr. Ritesman and his financial and legal shenanigans.
If you and someone who is as financially astute as Troy Jones are not aware of Tobias Ritesman, I hear there are investment opportunities waiting for each of you in Stage 2 (or is that Stage 3, launched off-shore ?). I bet he would let both of you stand in the ground-breaking photo.
Marty got slapped around by The Congresswoman in last night’s SDPB debate — it was tough to watch. If he can’t fight harder than that, I don’t want him in the Governor’s mansion. And for heaven’s sake, quit referring to yourself as “your trusted attorney general”. Was this guy actually a courtroom litigator?
no
As a partner, his practice areas focused on construction & engineering law and real property disputes.
From his Wikipedia profile
Marty only shows up in court when the press is there — after other lawyers have done almost all of the work.
Like when he made a big public fuss about charging that guy from out of state who consulted for the failed Flandreau tribal marijuana endeavor? That case that got laughed out of court? The case where he didn’t try it himself cuz he knew it was a big loser?
Too funny.
If you are going to grandstand a case to build a facade that you are a crusading prosecutor, you had better win the case.
DON’T CARE! Get to the issues. This is so unlike Kristi. It’s Marty’s race to lose at this point. Let’s hear about what each candidate would do differently or for the future. Not character attacks on each other.
Marty’s record IS an issue. It’s appropriate for her to address it.
Since Marty doesn’t really have a record of anything other than signing on to other state attorney generals’ amicus briefs, he can make it whatever he wants. Like this whole “balance the budget” thing. He says he would balance the budget. Where’s his record of it? Oh right – he doesn’t have one. He just says what’s politically expedient.
SO in the absence of an actual policy record, we need to look at his AG background. What we see isn’t pretty.
Do you stamp your feet while typing in upper case letters ?
It really IS so unfair for the voters to reminisce Marty’s lackadaisical (or was it just selective ?) pursuit of justice during his nearly 9 years as candidate for Governor (aka serving as your Attorney General).
One candidate, and only one candidate, has brought Washington gutter politics to this race. Kristi Noem. Marty Jackley didn’t start this mudfest, and his negative stuff isn’t outright nasty like what we see coming from Kristi’s campaign. I never thought I’d say this, but Kristi is running her primary campaign against a fellow Republican Marty that is much uglier than her 2010 campaign against Herseth.
The same can be said for the US House campaign where 2 candidates are fighting to land the lowest blows. If we reward this behavior it will only get worse.
lol ok have you even read the pro-Marty comments on this blog?
Kristi doesn’t think it’s a tad hypocritical to attack someone for their donors when one of the few people who held a fundraiser for her in Pierre was a CONVICTED felon?
Reitzman may or may not be a concern artist, but at the time of the grand opening the mayor was there, as well as others who thought the idea sounded good. He is now under investigation bit wasn’t then.
Kristi on the other hand ADVERTISES the support of a felonious contractor as one of her big supporters. She speaks with a forked tongue.
Were it not for prosecutorial indifference the result being among “Friends for Marty”, there might be more felons in South Dakota. Reitzman (sic) sorta’ proves that.
Again … love the upper case shouting.
You really are frustrated that Republican voters will not just look the other way.
Just because Marty Jackley spent almost 9 years looking the other way while standing amidst graft, corruption and political scandal – doesn’t make it the correct thing to do..
The Division of Securities is part of the Department of Commerce, not the Attorney General’s office. As the poster above said, it is a federal investigation. For both legal, jurisdiction and practical reasons, the Division of Securities defers to the Securities & Exchange Commission 100% of the time in enforcement matters. The Congresswoman knows this and it casts a shadow of doubt on all of her attacks.