Georgia Ethics Chief Resigns Amid Reports He Watched Porn On Work Computer

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Huffington Post

02/08/2019 01:53 pm ET
The commission has not commented publicly on the contents of the complaints against former Executive Secretary Stefan Ritter.

By Antonia Blumberg

Georgia’s ethics chief resigned on Friday amid an investigation into improper workplace conduct, including several reports that he watched porn on his state computer.

Stefan Ritter, who served as executive secretary of the Georgia State Ethics Commission since 2015, was placed on paid leave in January after several staffers filed complaints against him. The commission has not commented publicly on the contents of those complaints.

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“The Commission thanks Mr. Ritter for his service and wishes him the best in his future endeavors,” Evans said in a statement to HuffPost. “We will vigorously investigate the pending complaints and will prosecute those having merit. Promptly appointing a qualified replacement Executive Secretary will ensure this is accomplished.”

Multiple outlets reported in January that at least two ethics department employees had filed complaints against Ritter, including allegations that he had pornography on his work computer. The employees also complained about Ritter allegedly failing to show up to work and maintaining irregular hours.

Read more: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/georgia-ethics-chief-porn_us_5c5dbdf1e4b0a502ca353dc0

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[NewJeffCT]

1. damn

that's pretty stupid.

Heck, porn was blocked at my office by the mid 90s. Is Georgia that far behind technologically that they can't block porn in the workplace?

[NurseJackie]

4. Maybe he brought it from home on a DVD. Or someone sent him a porno by email.

And yeah... he's stupid (or an addict who feels like the rules don't apply to him.)

[Apollyonus]

10. Very stupid in not using a proxy and Tor

[NurseJackie]

11. For those times "when you absolutely positively cannot wait to JO at your desk!"

I guess the screen on his phone or tablet were too small??

[Apollyonus]

12. lol n/t

[CatMor]

2. Do as I say not as I do ....

what a idiot.

[TexasTowelie]

3. But he was only viewing the porn to determine whether it would be admissible as evidence.

It appears that they picked the wrong person for the job.

[keithbvadu2]

16. They call it 'research'.

[Hoyt]

5. Ethics in Georgia government. What a joke.

[not fooled]

6. Can you get such a position in Georgia

without being a professed "Christian"?

My guess is "no."

[SWBTATTReg]

7. And he was an ethics chief? Nothing like being responsible and ethical, eh? And, of all things,...

porn...good grief. Disgusting.

[Funtatlaguy]

8. In his defense, he mistook "Mormon missionaries" for "missionary positions ".

[riversedge]

19. oink

[Fla Dem]

9. There is just a segment of men who simply cannot control their lust. Very sad.

Between this guy watching porn at work, to the sexual aggressiveness and assault by the Va Lt Governor, and Judge Kavanaugh, to Jeff Bezos and Anthony Weiner taking selfies of their dicks to post in social media and all the creeps exposed during the #metoo movement, either these men are power crazy, they don't care, have no control over their impulses or are just plain stupid.

[Nitram]

13. That's Georgia Republicans for you. the ethics chief gets busted for watching porn at work.

He'll probably get a job with the Trump administration.

[crazytown]

14. Doesn't he own a phone?

Moron

[paleotn]

15. Gee you're dumb.

[keithbvadu2]

17. Sen. Ted Cruz likes porn video on Twitter

Sen. Ted Cruz likes porn video on Twitter

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141864467

"Cruz did no wrong by Twitter's standards."

[GulfCoast66]

18. He should resign for sheer stupidity!

Being over 50 I don’t watch porn much at all anymore. But being over 50 sometimes it can, well, errrr, move things along with the wife. Who knows fully well.

But at work! On a company computer! Or government, whatever.

This is stupid on steroids!!

The sad part is he is resigning not for misuse of government property. Were he caught watching Russian crash scenes on YouTube no one would care. But Porn! Like 90% of Georgia men aren’t watching porn on their cell phones.

Stupid and hypocrites!!