Local News Reporter Pleads Guilty to Spoofing Gov. Kristi Noem’s Phone Number For a Prank Call About Vaccines

A former South Dakota ABC affiliate KOTA and Dakota News Now reporter has pleaded guilty to making a prank call using South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s personal cellphone number. The disgraced reporter, Austin Goss, made the call to the former chairman of the South Dakota Republican Party, Dan Lederman, in January after the Jan 6th panel “inadvertently” leaked out the social security numbers of almost 2,000 Republican officials and their family members. Goss was fired after being charged with “making threats, harassing, or misleading contacts.” The reporter had used the...