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- John Lavoie
Lavoie will step down effective August 31, according to Gov. Phil Scott's office, which accepted his resignation. The prosecutor did not immediately return an interview request from Seven Days.
Rep. Martin LaLonde (D-South Burlington), who chairs the impeachment committee, said the panel will meet on Friday to discuss the case. While much of the committee's proceedings have been held behind closed doors, Friday's meeting will be open to the public, LaLonde said.
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The report said Lavoie once stuffed an employee's ID into the top of her dress and pinched a female employee to suggest she was overweight.
Lavoie has acknowledged that his sense of humor is "often inappropriate" but denied ever inappropriately touching his staff. He charged that their complaints were politically motivated and refused previous calls to resign.
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The impeachment committee has hired the law firm Downs Rachlin Martin to investigate Grismore. A final report is expected this fall, LaLonde said.
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